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 financialisation of business ethics

    Beverungen, A., Dunne, S. & Hoedemaekers, C., 01.01.2013, In: Business Ethics: A European Review. 22, 1, p. 102-117 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”: Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis

    Kuchar, R., Frey, M., Gooß, J. & Mertens, T., 22.06.2022, In: Journal of World Popular Music. 9, 1-2, p. 170-196 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Forgotten Pioneer Movement: Guidebook

    Gerhardt, U. (ed.) & Husse, S. (ed.), 09.2014, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830

    Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The “Fragment on Machines” as Science Fiction; Or, Reading the Grundrisse Politically

    Trott, B., 14.07.2018, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 42, 4, p. 1107-1122 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports

    Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.

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

  7. Published

    The German Fatherland Party. The national right at the end of the German empire

    Stegmann, D., 1999, In: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft. 47, 10, p. 952-953 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    The german greens in the 1980s: Short-term cyclical protest or indicator of transformation?

    Müller-Rommel, F., 01.03.1989, In: Political Studies. 37, 1, p. 114-122 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The German sustainable development strategy: facing policy, management and political strategy assessments

    Tils, R., 18.05.2007, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 17, 3, p. 164-176 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    The Gokteik Viaduct: A Tale of Gentlemanly Capitalists, Unseen People, and a Bridge to Nowhere

    Wohlers, D. C. & Waters, T., 01.10.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 10, 19 p., 440.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review