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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    Ballonflüge: Medientechniken der Atmosphäre

    Zindel, H., 12.2020, JARDIN GLOCAL: Medienökologische Suchbewegung . Fetzner, D. (ed.). Offenburg: Hochschule Offenburg, p. 20–21 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Offenburg; vol. 7).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  2. Accepted/In press

    Ballon, Luftschiff, Flugzeug

    Zindel, H., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Handbuch Literatur und Reise. Bay, H-J., Beck, L., Hamann, C. & Osthues, J. (eds.). J.B. Metzler

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Ballons: Medien und Techniken früher Luftfahrten

    Zindel, H., 2020, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 191 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Ballooning: Aeronautical Techniques from Montgolfier to Google

    Zindel, H., 24.08.2020, Cultural Techniques: Assembling Spaces, Texts and Collectives. Dünne, J., Fehringer, K., Kuhn, K. & Struck, W. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 107–127 21 p.

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

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    Banaler Militarismus

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 20, p. 690-691 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Banal militarism: zur Veralltäglichung des Militärischen im Zivilen

    Thomas, T. (ed.) & Virchow, F. (ed.), 31.12.2006, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 432 p. (Cultural Studies; vol. 13)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Banal Militarism: zur interdisziplinären Erschliessung eines Forschungsfeldes

    Virchow, F. & Thomas, T., 2006, Banal militarism. Thomas, T. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 25-48 24 p.

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

  8. Published

    Banal militarism and the culture of war

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2005, Bring 'em on: Media and Politics in the Iraq War. Artz, L. & Kamalipour, Y. R. (eds.). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 23-36 14 p. (COMMUNICATION, MEDIA, AND POLITICS).

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

  9. Published

    Bankruptcy in Germany: filling rates and the people behind the numbers

    Backert, W., Brock, D., Lechner, G. & Maischatz, K., 2009, Consumer credit, debt and bankruptcy. Niemi, J., Ramsay, I. & Whitford, W. C. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 273-288 16 p.

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

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