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.

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    "Von jetzt an also ist keine Zeit.": Zeitordnungen und Zeitbrüche in H. G. Adlers wissenschaftlicher und literarischer Auseinandersetzung mit der Shoah

    Menzel, J., 09.11.2017, Der Holocaust: Neue Studien zu Tathergängen, Reaktionen und Aufarbeitungen. Osterloh, J. & Rauschenberger, K. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main, New York: Campus Verlag, p. 191-207 17 p. (Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust; vol. 21).

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

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    Dataset of Italian Regional Presidents’ Career Paths (1970-2015)

    Grimaldi, S. & Vercesi, M., 23.11.2017

    Research output: Non-textual form typesData setResearch

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    What Kind of Veto Player Is the Italian Senate? A Comparative Analysis of European Second Chambers

    Vercesi, M., 30.11.2017, In: Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 22, 5, p. 604-623 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Idioms: The Minor ‘A’s of Art

    Leeb, S., 12.2017, In: Texte zur Kunst. 27, 108, p. 32-56 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Idioms – Languages of Art, Thematic issue of Texte zur Kunst, Nr. 108

    Leeb, S. (ed.) & Thomann, M. (ed.), 12.2017, Berlin: TEXTE ZUR KUNST Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 263 p. (Texte zur Kunst; vol. 27, no. 108)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Experiments in climate governance: A systematic review of research on energy and built environment transitions

    Kivimaa, P., Hildén, M., Huitema, D., Jordan, A. & Newig, J., 15.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 169, p. 17 - 29 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Mobility, Media, and the Experiences of Airbnb’s Aesthetic Regime

    Bialski, P., 19.12.2017, Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities: Practices, Flows, Methods. Freundendal-Pedersen, M., Hartmann-Petersen, K. & Perez Fjalland, E. L. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 5 p.

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

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    Atkinson, Anthony B. Inequality. What Can Be Done? Cambridge/Massachusetts. Harvard University Press 2015

    Leipold, A., 20.12.2017, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 58, 4, p. 639 - 641 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Swarm Robotics, or: The Smartness of 'a bunch of cheap dumb things'

    Vehlken, S., 24.12.2017, In: Spool. 4, 1, 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review