School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Research School
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.
- 2010
Doing and Undoing Gender in Domestic Internet Use. How Everyday Live Levels and Reproduces Gender Inequalities Regarding Media Use in the Home
Corinna Peil (Speaker)
13.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Networked Humanities Conference - 2010
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
13.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
35. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - 2010
Dominik Schrage (Organiser)
12.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mobile Media Practice and Social Movements in Pakistan and Seoul
Oliver Leistert (Speaker)
12.10.2010 → 15.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Political Leadership and Gender Hierarchy in News Photography. The Iconography of Male and Female Political Leaders in German Newspapers and Magazines
Elke Grittmann (Speaker)
12.10.2010 → 15.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“You wanna be on top?” – (Critical) Findings of a Transcultural Television Analysis of America's Next Top Model and Germany's next Topmodel
Miriam Stehling (Speaker)
12.10.2010 → 15.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Discerning aspects of memory: The ethics of memory in (post)global and transnational contexts
Steffi Hobuß (Speaker)
11.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
3rd European Communication Preconference - 2010
Miriam Stehling (Speaker)
10.10.2010 → 11.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arts and entertainment districts - creative districts as urban development tools?: The example of Baltimore
Volker Kirchberg (Lecturer)
08.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Exhibition on Membranes, Surfaces, Boundaries - 2010
Claus Pias (Opponent)
07.10.2010 → 09.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research