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

    Razzismo e specismo: un intreccio eugenetico

    Stefanoni, C., 03.2024, In: Aut Aut. 401, p. 112 121 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reading Marx: On Transcendental Materialism; lecture notes for courses at the New School for Social Research (Fall 1977)

    Schürmann, R., Rauch, M. F. (ed.) & Schneider, N. (ed.), 2021, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 159 p. (Selected writings and lecture notes)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Readings in Twenty-First-Century European literatures

    Gratzke, M. (ed.), Whitehead, C. E. (ed.) & Hutton, M. A. (ed.), 07.2013, Oxford: Peter Lang Verlag. 444 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Reading the 2011 Riots: England's Urban Uprising - An Interview with Paul Lewis

    Trott, B., 06.2013, In: South Atlantic Quarterly. 112, 3, p. 541-549 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reale Utopien: Möglichkeitsräume für eine nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung?

    Kirchberg, V., 27.01.2019, Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum: Experimentierfelder einer urbanen Nachhaltigkeit. Kagan, S., Kirchberg, V. & Weisenfeld, U. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 319-364 46 p. (Urban Studies).

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

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    Reality Mining: Neue Mengen-Lehren in Social Simulations

    Vehlken, S., 01.11.2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen: Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-203 19 p.

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

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    Reality tv und reality computing - von der wundersamen Vermehrung der Realität

    Großmann, R., 2000, Artefakte Artefiktionen: crossovers between contemporary literatures, media, arts and architectures: for Christian W. Thomsen on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Krewani, A. (ed.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 313-321 9 p.

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

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    "Rebellious Subjects: The Politics of England’s 2011 Riots"

    Trott, B. (ed.), 2013, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. 47 p. (South Atlantic Quarterly; vol. 112, no. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  9. Published

    Recent trends in arts financing and the role of the cultural entrepreneur

    Kagan, S., 2009, Neuzsalanti kultura 2006/2008. Klaipeda: Druka, p. 37-42 6 p.

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

  10. Published

    Recent trends in arts financing and the role of the cultural entrepreneur

    Kagan, S., 2009, Neuzsalanti kultura 2006/2008. Klaipeda: Druka, p. 32-37 6 p.

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