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. 2023
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    The rise and fall of GMOs in politics: party positions and mainstream party behaviour in Western Europe

    Schwörer, J., Vidal, X. R. & Vallejo, S. M., 2023, In: Environmental Sociology. 9, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The rubber brick’s story: A cultural sociology of policing protest in Europe

    Kretschmann, A., 2023, In: European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology. 10, 2, p. 233 - 257 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Smartness Mandate: Orit Halpern/Robert Mitchell. Cambridge/London (The MIT Press) 2022

    Tollmann, V., 2023, In: Springerin : Hefte für Gegenwartskunst. 29, 2, p. 75 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsEducation

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    Three shades of 'urban-digital citizenship': borders, speculation, and logistics in Cape Town

    Antenucci, I. & Tomasello, F., 2023, In: Citizenship Studies. 27, 2, p. 247-270 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Legislative Democracy in the Bundestag After Reunification

    Koß, M., 01.2023, In: German Politics. 32, 1, p. 107-126 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Liquidity, Flows, Circulation: The Cultural Logic of Environmentalization

    Denecke, M. (ed.), Kuhn, H. (ed.) & Stürmer, M. (ed.), 01.2023, Diaphanes Verlag. 360 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Machina ex artificium. Zur Maschinenästhetik im künstlerischen Werk Ralf Baeckers.

    Broeckmann, A., 01.2023, Ralf Baecker. Cybernetic Imaginaries.. Seiffahrt, C. (ed.). Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 22-27 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

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    Modernization

    Kruse, S., 01.01.2023, Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. Grasso, M. & Giugni, M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 301-305 5 p. 77

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Mysteriöse Kisten und Vertrautheitsreste: Black Box Organisation

    Beyes, T., 01.01.2023, Organisation und Mythos. Klatetzki, T. & Ortmann, G. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, p. 119-137 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’

    O’connor, F., Lindekilde, L. & Malthaner, S., 01.01.2023, The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Busher, J., Malkki, L. & Marsden, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 213-230 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Social movement theory and research on radicalisation

    Malthaner, S., 01.01.2023, The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Busher, J., Malkki, L. & Marsden, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-112 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Strangers to the Aesthetic: Psychoanalysis in the Work of Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva

    Fabian Rauch, M., 01.01.2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Literature and Psychoanalysis. Tambling, J. (ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 309-321 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Kulturelle Diversität in der kuratorischen Praxis: Politik(en) globaler Künste

    Gaupp, L., 11.01.2023, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 372 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

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    Independent Music and Independent Music Scenes. From DIY led Collectives to Individualized Professionals?

    Kuchar, R., 26.01.2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Cultures. Bennett, A. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 567-592 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    It’s All Method: Schmitz and Neo- Phenomenology

    Jørgensen, L., 26.01.2023, The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenologies and Organization Studies. de Vaujany, F-X., Aroles, J. & Pérezts, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 602-621 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Society and territory: making sense of Italian populism from a historical perspective

    Vercesi, M., 02.2023, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 31, 1, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Dada Data: Contemporary Art in the Era of Post-Truth Politics

    Hegenbart, S. (ed.) & Kölmel, M-J. (ed.), 23.02.2023, Bloomsbury Academic. 304 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Simulative Souveränität: Eine Soziologie politischer Ordnungsbildung

    Kretschmann, A., 03.2023, Konstanz: Konstanz University Press. 383 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity

    Barber-Kersovan, A., 07.03.2023, Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. Heister, H-W., Polk, H. & Rusam, B. (eds.). Springer, p. 223-240 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter