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
  2. Published

    Dadadatadada: From Dada to Data and Back Again

    Kölmel, M-J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 23-40 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Introduction: From Dada Tricks to Post-Truth Politics

    Kölmel, M-J. & Hegenbart, S., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 1-20

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Schooling, Identity, and Nationhood: Karen Mother-Tongue-Based Education in the Thai–Burmese Border Region

    Thako, H. & Waters, T., 09.03.2023, In: Social Sciences. 12, 3, 19 p., 163.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Building Scene and Cultural Memory in the Weser Hills. The Case of Glitterhouse Records and Orange Blossom Special Festival

    Kuchar, R., 22.03.2023, Popular Music Scenes : Regional and Rural Perspectives . Bennett, A., Cashman, D., Green, B. & Lewandowski, N. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 163-178 16 p. (Pop Music, Culture, and Identity; vol. Part F1535).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Antonio Negri. Une philosophie de la subversion

    Nigro, R., 28.03.2023, Paris: Editions Amsterdam. 160 p. (L'émancipation en question)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Seth Price. Decimating Digital Data

    Neugärtner, S., 28.03.2023, Productive Image Interference. Sigmar Polke and Current Perspectives. Anna Polke-Stiftung (ed.). Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 59-74 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

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    Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 15.04.2023, Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 383-395 13 p. (Italian and Italian American Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Schwerpunkt "Protokolle"

    Leistert, O. (ed.) & Shnayien, M. (ed.), 17.04.2023, transcript Verlag. 160 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 15, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  11. Published

    Behind the Scenes of Automation: Ghostly Care-Work, Maintenance, and Interferences: Exploring participatory practices and methods to uncover the ghostly presence of humans and human labor in automation

    Boeva, Y., Berger, A., Bischof, A., Doggett, O., Heuer, H., Jarke, J., Treusch, P., Søraa, R. A., Tacheva, Z. & Voigt, M. L., 19.04.2023, CHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Schmidt, A., Väänänen, K., Goyal, T., Kristensson, P. O. & Peters, A. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 1-5 5 p. 332. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Inheriting Cosmopolitics: Pericles, Whitehead, Stengers

    Stürmer, M. & Bella, D., 05.2023, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 40, 3, p. 3-21 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Media Freedom and the Escalation of State Violence

    Carey, S. C., González, B. & Mitchell, N. J., 05.2023, In: Political Studies. 71, 2, p. 440-462 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Hidden Value: Provenance as a Source for Economic and Social History

    Rother, L., Mariani, F. & Koss, M., 25.05.2023, In: Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 64, 1, p. 111-142 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Im Gespräch bleiben: Notizen zur Kunstkritik

    Söntgen, B., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill | Fink, p. 3-14 12 p.

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

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    Klassifizierungskämpfe: Ein imaginärer freier Austausch zur documenta fifteen

    Wuggenig, U., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill | Fink, p. 28-33 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  17. Published

    Nun brat’ mir doch eine(r) einen Elch! Oder: zur Kritik der Kochkunst

    Warnke, M., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill | Fink, p. 109-112 4 p.

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

  18. Published

    Taktilität des Blickens in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

    Kuhn, E., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen : Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 204-209 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Über das Marionettentheater: (eine semiotische Begebenheit in virtueller Zeit abgefasst nach dem Amerikanischen, zum Gebrauch für alte Kinder)

    von Xylander, C., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill | Fink, p. 126-132 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  20. Published

    Contessa di Castiglione: Die Femme fatale des Second Empire

    Berents-Kemp, C., 06.2023, München: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    The Break In and With History: Nancy‘s Thinking of History in the Light of the Disruptive Condition

    Hörl, E., 06.2023, Thinking With – Jean-Luc Nancy. Lindberg, S., Magun, A. & Tatari, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-200 16 p.

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