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.
24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”
07.09.14 → 13.09.14
Project: Scientific event
ESA RN2: 9th Midterm Conference of the Research Network Sociology of the Arts at the European Sociological Association: "Arts And Creativity: Working on Identity and Difference"
Kagan, S., Guerra, P. & Moreira, T.
01.09.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Scientific event
Affect- and Psychotechnolog Studies. Emergent Technologies of Affective and Emotional (Self-)Control
01.11.15 → 30.03.17
Project: Research
Akteur-Kunst-Theorie. Kunsttheoretische Potentiale der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie
01.04.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
‚Alger la Blanche‘ becomes ‚Alger la Rouge‘ – On the heritage of the anti-colonial movements in contemporary art
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
A Museum of Memory for Colombia: The emergence of a controversial space
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project