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. 2014
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    Vernetzung und Transfer

    Ebermann, V., 08.2014, KLIFF - Klimafolgenforschung in Niedersachsen : Abschlussbericht 2009 - 2013. Beese, F. & Aspelmeier, S. (eds.). Hannover: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, p. 118-123 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsTransfer

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    Der Oligarch: Ein Beitrag zur Berufskunde

    Kemp, W., 01.08.2014, In: Merkur. 68, 783, p. 665-677 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Plutonium Worlds: Fast Breeders, Systems Analysis and Computer Simulation in the Age of Hypotheticality

    Vehlken, S., 25.08.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 1, 23 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Datenhandeln: Zur Wissensordnung und Praxeologie des Online-Handels

    Kaldrack, I. & Köhler, C., 09.2014, In: Mediale Kontrolle unter Beobachtung. 3.1, 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Gaia's Game

    Schrape, N., 09.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 24 p., 5.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Forgotten Pioneer Movement: Guidebook

    Gerhardt, U. (ed.) & Husse, S. (ed.), 09.2014, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Children’s Literature On The Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations. Edited by Nora Maguire and Beth Rodgers

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2014, In: Inis. 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Is this Art? An Experimental Study on Visitors' Judgement of Contemporary Art

    Tröndle, M., Kirchberg, V. & Tschacher, W., 01.09.2014, In: Cultural Sociology. 8, 3, p. 310-332 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Soziale Medien: Neue Massen

    Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 01.09.2014, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch