School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Faculty
Organisation profile
The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").
Topics
Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.
- 2013
GAME : the Italian journal of game studies (Journal)
Paolo Ruffino (Editor)
01.01.2013 → 31.12.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Timon Beyes (Office)
01.2013 → 10.2021Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Medieninstrumente – Klangmedien.: Musikinstrumente als Schnittstelle zwischen Musik- und Medienwissenschaft
Sarah Hardjowirogo (Lecturer)
01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
University of North Carolina
Tobias Lenz (Visiting researcher)
01.2013 → 04.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
b-books (Publisher)
Susanne Leeb (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Books on Demand GmbH (Publisher)
Martin Pries (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Christian Welzel (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
City, Culture, and Society (Journal)
Sacha Kagan (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Conference Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering (External organisation)
Ursula Kirschner (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Chair), Götz Bachmann (Chair), Timon Beyes (Chair) & Martina Leeker (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees