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.
O'Brien, Oisin
- Centre for Digital Cultures - Research associate
- Professorship for Political Sociology - Doctoral candidate
Person: Academic staff
Opratko, Benjamin
Dr.
- Professorship of Migration and Mobility Studies - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
O'Sullivan, Emer
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for English Literature - Professor
- Institute of History and Literary Cultures - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Pias, Claus
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Theory and History of Media - Professor
- DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation) - Head of Unit
- Digital Cultures Research Lab - Associated member
- DFG-Researchgroup "Cultures of Critique"
Person: Academic staff
Roloff, Simon
- Professorship for Theory and History of Media - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Rueda, David Cabrera
- DFG-Researchgroup "Cultures of Critique" - Doctoral candidate
Person: Academic staff