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. 2021
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    Sind Batterien Medien oder Medien Batterien? Zur Angst vor der Reichweite

    Hagen, W., 29.11.2021, Reichweitenangst: Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters. Müggenburg, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 47-62 16 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 28).

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

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    Wenn Batterien unter die Haut gehen

    Hille, L., 29.11.2021, Reichweitenangst: Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters. Müggenburg, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 63-76 14 p.

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

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    The wonderfully organized and mediated endurance of ephemera

    Beverungen, A., 12.2021, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 21, 4, p. 289-306 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities

    Münch, S., 01.12.2021, In: Journal of Refugee Studies. 34, 4, p. 3590-3607 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Diffusion and Decentralized Bargaining in International Organizations: Evidence from Mercosur’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism

    Lenz, T., 01.12.2021, In: International Studies Review. 23, 4, p. 1859–1883 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    How important is culture to understand political protest?

    Li Donni, P., Marino, M. & Welzel, C., 01.12.2021, In: World Development. 148, 15 p., 105661.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Klänge: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2021

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2021, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 186 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2021)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Ladwig, Bernd (2020): Politische Philosophie der Tierrechte

    Saretzki, T., 01.12.2021, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 62, 4, p. 705-709 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Ruins of Excess: Computer Game Images and the Rendering of Technological Obsolescence

    Luersen, E. H. & Fuchs, M., 01.12.2021, In: Games and Culture . 16, 8, p. 1087-1110 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Politics of Uncertainty: Producing, Reinforcing, and Mediating (Legal) Uncertainty in Local Refugee Reception—Introduction to the Special Issue

    Maas, F., Münch, S., Schader, M. & Schammann, H., 01.12.2021, In: Journal of Refugee Studies. 34, 4, p. 3559–3569 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch