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

    The Availability of Things: A Short Genealogy of Consumption

    Schrage, D., 2012, In: Krisis. Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. 1, p. 5-19 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The Bigger Picture of Corruption: Europe in Comparative Perspective

    Kubbe, I., 15.05.2014, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 26 p. (CSD Working Papers).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The Body as a Historiographic Writing Tool in ŽemAt’s Video Work “Imagining the Absence” (2014)

    Gerhardt, U., 2016, In: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, Vilnius: Vilnius Academy of Arts. 2016, 80-81, p. 169-178 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The Body as Medium: Fashion as Art

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 18.12.2015, From Humanism to Meta-, Post and Transhumanism?. Deretic, I. & Sorgner, S. L. (eds.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, Vol. 8. p. 321-332 12 p. (Beyond humanism; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Bologna Reform: Experiences with the transition to Bachelor's and Master's Programs in Germany and at the Leuphana University

    Pez, P. & Reuther, H., 2013, Didaktik Aspekte interkultureller Kommunikation in der Bildung: Theorie und Praxis. Udmurtskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Vol. 1. p. 48-58 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    The Break In and With History: Nancy‘s Thinking of History in the Light of the Disruptive Condition

    Hörl, E., 06.2023, Thinking With – Jean-Luc Nancy. Lindberg, S., Magun, A. & Tatari, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-200 16 p.

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

  7. Published

    The Cabinet: A Viable Definition and its Composition in View of a Comparative Analysis

    Barbieri, C. & Vercesi, M., 10.2013, In: Government and Opposition. 48, 4, p. 526-547 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Case of Willetta Huggins

    Wiechern, A-L., 2020, Stimmen Hören. Klaut, M., Schnödl, G. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 277-284 8 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

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

  9. Published

    The centre of government in West Germany: Changing patterns under 14 legislatures (1949-1987)

    Müller-Rommel, F., 01.03.1988, In: European Journal of Political Research. 16, 2, p. 171-190 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union

    Friedrich, D. (ed.) & Kröger, S. (ed.), 2012, 1 ed. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 306 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook