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. Published

    John Stuart Mill, Ausgewählte Werke, Band III/1: Freiheit, Fortschritt und die Aufgaben des Staates: Individuum, Moral und Gesellschaft

    Schefczyk, M. (ed.) & Schmidt-Petri, C. (ed.), 2014, Hamburg: Murmann Verlag GmbH. 544 p. (Ausgewählte Werke; vol. 3,1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    John Stuart Mill’s Ethics

    Schefczyk, M., 15.05.2012, 9 p. USA : University of Tennessee at Martin .

    Research output: other publicationsContributions to online encyclopediaResearchpeer-review

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    John Stuart Mill: Über die Freiheit

    Schefczyk, M. (ed.) & Schramme, T. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Berlin [u.a.]: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 206 p. (Klassiker auslegen; vol. 47)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    John Stuart Mill über wirtschaftliche und politische Freiheit

    Schefczyk, M., 2014, Ökonomie Nach-Denken: Zur Aktualität von John Stuart Mill. Nutzinger, H. G., Unnerstall, H. & Ulshöfer, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 79-98 20 p.

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

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    John Stuart Mill und die Kunst der Weltverbesserung

    Schefczyk, M., 2012, In: Agora42. 3, 6, p. 38-43 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Jonas Mekas' Mnemotaktik oder: LOST LOST LOST, ein filmisches Gedächtnis

    Kuhn, E., 2015, Kino und Erinnerung. Schmidt, S., von Keitz, U. & Haake, S. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 47-62 16 p. (Augenblick – Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; vol. 61).

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

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    Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Joseph beuys: Gastrosophical aesthetics

    Lemke, H., 01.01.2017, The Taste of Art: Cooking, Food, and Counterculture in Contemporary Practices. Bottinelli, S. & Valva, M. D. (eds.). The University of Arkansas Press, p. 247-299 53 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review