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
University of California, Irvine
Christian Welzel (Visiting researcher)
2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of California, Irvine
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Visiting researcher)
2012 → 2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Limerick (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
- 2011
New York - Hamburg. Zwei Waterfronts im Wandel
Martin Pries (Speaker)
19.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Spiel/Raum/Kunst. Diagonale Wissenschaften nach Roger Caillois - 2011
Peter Berz (Speaker)
16.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Seminar für Soziologie - SfS 2011
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
14.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aufarbeitung historischer Schuld 2011
Michael Schefczyk (Speaker)
09.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung im Rahmen der Preisverleihung von The Missing Link 2011
Peter Berz (Speaker)
09.12.2011 → 10.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kunstsoziologie als Gesellschaftsanalyse 2011
Dominik Schrage (Organiser)
06.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vom Nutzen enger Kanäle – Diskursverknappung als Methode - 2011
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
04.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research