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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    Thinking Against Nature: Nature, Ideation, and Realism between Lovecraft and Shelling

    Woodard, B., 01.01.2022, In: Logos (Russian Federation). 32, 2, p. 43-64 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Thinking and Diagrams - An Introduction

    Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams : The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 1-19 19 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition; vol. 17).

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

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    Thinking the Problematic: Genealogies and Explorations between Philosophy and the Sciences

    Leistert, O. (ed.) & Schrickel, I. (ed.), 26.10.2020, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 197 p. (Philosophy)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition

    Krämer, S. (ed.) & Ljungberg, C. (ed.), 11.07.2016, Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 247 p. (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]; vol. 17)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Think-Tank-Denken: Zur Epistemologie der Beratung

    Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S., 2010, Think Tanks. Die Beratung der Gesellschaft. Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Diaphanes Verlag, p. 17-58 42 p.

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

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    Think Tanks: Die Beratung der Gesellschaft

    Brandstetter, T. (ed.), Pias, C. (ed.) & Vehlken, S. (ed.), 2010, Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 123 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate

    Trott, B., 12.2014, In: Development. 57, 3-4, p. 633-635 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Thomas Gainsborough: The Modern Landscape

    Cassidy, C., 05.2018, In: Apollo. 187, 664, p. 106-107 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Three shades of 'urban-digital citizenship': borders, speculation, and logistics in Cape Town

    Antenucci, I. & Tomasello, F., 2023, In: Citizenship Studies. 27, 2, p. 247-270 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review