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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    The media arcane

    Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, Spring, p. 84-107 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media

    Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 197-213 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The Mobile Phone: From an Instrument of Microcoordination to a Universal Control Device

    Burkart, G., 2010, The World in your Hand: On the everyday global culture of the mobile phone. Yoshida, M., Mennicke-Schwarz, C., Feigelfeld, P. & Wenzel, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 498-517 20 p.

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

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    The Modern Concept of Fashion and its Origins in Romanticism

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 2012, The Actuality of Romanticism. Deiters, F-J., Fliethmann, A., Lang, B., Lewis, A. & Weller, C. (eds.). Rombach Verlag, Vol. 5. p. 141-159 19 p. (Limbus – Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 5).

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

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    The multimedial challenge

    Grossmann, R., 07.2005, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik : das Magazin für neue Töne. 4, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Museum Experience: Mapping the Experience of Fine Art

    Kirchberg, V. & Tröndle, M., 01.04.2015, In: Curator. 58, 2, p. 169-193 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibilities of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    Conrad, L., 04.2021, In: Management Learning. 52, 2, p. 255-259 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

    Welzel, C., 10.2012, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43, 7, p. 1039-1054 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Myth of Deconsolidation: Rising Liberalism and the Populist Reaction.

    Welzel, C. P. & Alexander, A., 10.2017, Hamburg: Institute of Law and Economics (Hamburg), 14 p. (ILE Working Paper Series; no. 10/2017).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    The Nature of Political Participation

    Albrecht, H., 2008, Political Participation in the Middle East. Lust-Okar, E. & Zerhouni, S. (eds.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 15-32 18 p.

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