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.

  1. 2011
  2. Published

    Errechnet, gesteuert, vernetzt: Musik am computer

    Warnke, M., 01.2011, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik : das Magazin für neue Töne. 172, 1, p. 34-39 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Perspektiven auf aktuelle und historische Fundamentalismen: Internationale Konferenz Fundamentalism and Gender: Scripture, Body, Community, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2. – 4. 12. 2010

    Engelmann, L., Köppert, K., Oloff, A. & Speck, S., 01.01.2011, In: Feministische Studien. 29, 2, p. 350-354 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Published

    The Impact of Idealism: The legacy of post-kantian German thought Volume III aesthetics and literature

    Boyle, N. (ed.), Disley, L. (ed.), Jamme, C. (ed.) & Cooper, I. (ed.), 01.01.2011, New York: Cambridge University Press. 321 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    The legacy of Idealism and the rise of academic aesthetics

    Jamme, C., 01.01.2011, The Impact of Idealism: The Legacy of Post-Kantian German Thought Volume III Aesthetics and Literature. Boyle, N., Disley, L., Jamme, C. & Cooper, I. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, Vol. Volume III. p. 11-22 12 p. (The Impact of Idealism; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    The politics of reflexive governance: Challenges for designing adaptive management and transition management

    Bornemann, B. & Voß, J-P., 01.01.2011, In: Ecology and Society. 16, 2, 23 p., 9.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Same But Different. Ambivalent Internationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Children's Books.

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2011, In: The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 72, 3, p. 683-712 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts: An extended report from workshop 3 at the ASEF CCS4 Conference

    Kagan, S. & Verstraete, K., 02.2011, Asia Europe Foundation, 59 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  9. Published

    Verdrängung und Profit: Die Geschichte der 'Arisierung' jüdischen Eigentums in Lüneburg 1933 - 1943

    Balz, H. (ed.), 02.2011, Lüneburg: Geschichtswerkstatt Lünburg e.V. 175 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    The ontological politics of artistic interventions: Implications for performing action research

    Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 03.2011, In: Action Research. 9, 1, p. 100-115 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Benno Reifenberg (1892-1970): eine Biographie

    Bussiek, D., 01.03.2011, Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. 500 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch