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.

  1. 2024
  2. lunatic Festival

    Robin Kuchar (Moderator)

    01.06.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  3. Racism and Common Public Spaces in the Arts – A Case Study of Hamburg

    Volker Kirchberg (Speaker)

    30.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Unboxing Amazon – How Amazon is taking over (public) infrastructures and why we should care

    Maja-Lee Voigt (Speaker)

    27.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Die Landschaft dauert länger als das Individuum

    Anne Gräfe (Speaker)

    17.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung

    Heiko Stubenrauch (Organiser)

    16.05.202417.05.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Elke Erb – »Die Mutter holt Kartoffeln«

    Lukas Betzler (Speaker)

    15.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  8. Tracing the Unknown: Learning from Provenance Data

    Lynn Rother (Organiser) & Fabio Mariani (Organiser)

    15.05.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  9. Lesung & Diskussion: "Liebesmühe"

    Christina Wessely (Speaker)

    14.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  10. Journal for Migration Research (Journal)

    Serhat Karakayali (Editorial Board)

    13.05.2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  11. Lesung & Diskussion: "Liebesmühe"

    Christina Wessely (Speaker)

    13.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer