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.
- 2012
2nd Transatlantic Conference on Transparancy Research 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
31 : das Magazin des Instituts für Theorie (Journal)
Roberto Nigro (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association - 2012
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ARTMargins (Journal)
Karen Benezra (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Auftaktveranstaltung des Projekts Jugend und Demokratie 2012
Dawid Friedrich (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
b-books (Publisher)
Susanne Leeb (Editor)
2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Beltz Juventa Verlag (Publisher)
Andrea Kretschmann (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Centre for Digital Cultures (Organisational unit)
Claus Pias (Chair) & Timon Beyes (Chair)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Department of German Studies (Brown University)
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research