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.
Reale Utopien - Ursachen und Wirkungen
Kirchberg, V. & Blieffert, S.
15.05.22 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
LIAS-CAS: Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society
01.06.22 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
InnoPlus: Digitale Barrierefreiheit im BA Digital Media
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Practical 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
Die Dialektik des Body Politic: Eine Studie zum Wandel des neuzeitlich sozialen Körpers
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Gay Radical Theory Formation as (a Constellation of) Critique
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Identity as Deportability: On ‘Identitatsklärung’ as a Contested Practice of Control within the German-European Deportation Regime
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Poetic and Photographic Practices in the Kiongozi German East African Colonial Newspaper 1885 to 1918
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
‚Primitive Communism‘ as a narrative concept between 1848 and 1940
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Re-thinking Solidarity and Care Infrastructures in Belarusian Protest Art 2020–2021
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
The Ecotechnical Community: Hospitality and the Organisation of Locality
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
The Logistical Museum – Circulation and Connectivity in Contemporary Museum Practice
01.10.22 → …
Project: Dissertation project
DigID: Doing Digital Identities
Scheel, S., El-Kahil, S. & O'Brien, O.
01.02.23 → 31.01.28
Project: Research
LoMAR: Reproductive Loss and Bereavement in Medically Assisted Reproduction
Böcker, J. & Jakoby, N.
01.04.23 → 30.06.24
Project: Research