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.
Tagungsreihe "Der Einfluss des Idealismus. Das Vermächtnis des nachkantianischen deutschen Denkens in Ästhetik, Literatur und Literaturtheorie"
01.09.10 → 15.11.12
Project: Scientific event
“Teaching the Crisis. Geographies, Methodologies, Perspectives”, International Summer School
01.09.13 → 15.09.13
Project: Scientific event
Technoecologies of Participation: New Perspectives from Media Philosophy and Anthropology
01.08.15 → 31.08.18
Project: Research
The Authority of International Organizations and Institutional Overlap
Lenz, T. & Haftel, Y. Z.
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.03.20 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
SaM: The City as Space of Possibility (subproject)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present
O'Sullivan, E., Immel, A., Lathey, G., Morgado, M., Rutschmann, V. & Renonciat, A.
04.12.09 → …
Project: Research
The Contagion Effect of New Populist Actors on Mainstream Parties' Communication
01.10.17 → …
Project: Research
The Cool Water Effect: Why Human Civilization Turned towards Emancipation in Cold-Wet Regions
01.01.18 → 31.12.24
Project: Research