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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    Phonographie

    Großmann, R., 2002, Metzler Lexikon Medientheorie, Medienwissenschaft: Ansätze – Personen – Grundbegriffe. Schanze, H. (ed.). Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, p. 289-291 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Photographic Premises: Notes on the Exposure of Interiors around 1900

    Brons, F., 2015, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin / Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 261-278 18 p.

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

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    Photojournalisme en Allemagne à l’ère de la révolution numérique

    Grittmann, E., 2013, L’œil itinérant: La photographie allemande contemporaine à l’heure du web 2.0. Robin, G. (ed.). Paris: Septentrion, p. 120-133 14 p. (Allemagne d’aujourd’hui; vol. 203).

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

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    Physiological correlates of aesthetic perception of artworks in a museum

    Tschacher, W., Greenwood, S., Kirchberg, V., Wintzerith, S., van den Berg, K. & Tröndle, M., 02.2012, In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 6, 1, p. 96-103 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Pia und die Dinge

    Söntgen, B. E., 2019, Pia Stadtbäumer. Psycho-Aktiv: 1989-2019.. Heynen, J. (ed.). 1. ed. Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 259-268 9 p.

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

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    Picture-languages: Abbildungen von Stan VanDerBeeks Movie-Drome

    Göttel, D., 06.2016, Bildprojektionen: Filmisch-fotografische Dispositive in Kunst und Architektur. Haberer, L. & Urban, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 225-243 19 p. (Image; vol. 21).

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

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    Picturing the World for Children: Early Nineteenth-Century Images of Foreign Nations

    O'Sullivan, E., 09.2017, Imagining Sameness and Difference in Children’s Literature: From the Enlightenment to the Present Day. O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 51-70 20 p. (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature).

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

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    Piero Ignazi (2012) Forza senza legittimità. Il vicolo cieco dei partiti (Rome-Bari: Laterza)

    Vercesi, M., 01.12.2013, In: Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 18, 5, p. 664-666 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002): Die Feld-Kapital-Habitus Theorie der Künste

    Wuggenig, U., 2017, Klassiker der Soziologie der Künste: Prominente und bedeutende Ansätze. Steuerwald, C. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 731–798 68 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

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

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    Pierre Bourdieu: Franco-German perspective.

    Papilloud, C., 09.2006, In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 58, 3, p. 538-541 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch