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.
- 2008
Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association - ECREA 2008
Tanja Thomas (Speaker)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
"Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives." Joint conference of the Arts Research Network and Culture RN of the European Sociological Association (ESA) 2008
Sacha Kagan (presenter)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The future of traditional societies in Africa: The situation of the Karamoja region of Uganda - 2008
Sacha Kagan (Moderator)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Think Tanks - Was wissen Berater?
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Future of the Ordinary City
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
31.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Swarming. Science Fact and Science Fiction of Collective Intelligence
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
30.10.2008 → 02.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Swarming. Science Fact and Science Fiction of Distributed Intelligence
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
30.10.2008 → 02.11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Perspektiven kritischer Medien- und Kommunikationstheorien" - 2008
Tanja Thomas (Speaker)
30.10.2008 → 01.11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Shift-Festival
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
25.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Der Raum des Cyberspace - 2008
Martin Warnke (Participant)
22.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research