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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    Boltanski/Chiapello: Ein feministischer Geist im neuen Kapitalismus?

    Burkart, G., 2012, Zeitgenössische Gesellschaftstheorien und Genderforschung : Einladung zum Dialog. Kahlert, H. & Weinbach, C. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 149-171 23 p. (Gesellschaftstheorien und Gender).

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    Boltanski/Chiapello: Ein feministischer Geist im neuen Kapitalismus?

    Burkart, G., 2015, Zeitgenössische Gesellschaftstheorien und Genderforschung : Einladung zum Dialog . Kahlert, H. & Weinbach, C. (eds.). 2 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 153-175 23 p. (Gesellschaftstheorien und Gender).

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

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    Bono-fication: On the Political Economy of Making Poverty History

    Trott, B. & Dowling, E., 2007, In: The Commoner : a web journal for other values .

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    Book Review: Giuliana Bruno "Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media" Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2014, 277 pages

    Beyes, T., 06.2018, In: Organization Studies. 39, 5-6, p. 836-839 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Book review on "Doing business with Germans"

    Seewald, S., 2004, In: Tertium Comparationis. 1, p. 136-138 3 p.

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    Book review: R.A.W. Rhodes and Paul 't Hart (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership

    Vercesi, M., 05.2016, In: Political Studies Review Journal. 14, 2, p. 280-280 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Books on World Art from the 1920s: On the Ambivalence of a Discursive Awakening

    Leeb, S., 2019, Bauhaus Imaginista: Die globale Rezeption bis heute. von Osten, M. & Watson, G. (eds.). Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, p. 106-111 6 p.

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

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    Boom, bust and recovery? Arts audience development in Germany between 1980 and 1996

    Kirchberg, V., 01.04.1999, In: International Journal of Cultural Policy. 5, 2, p. 219-254 36 p.

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    Border plants: globalisation as shown to us by the women living at its leading edge

    Kuhn, E., 25.01.2024, Coercion and Wage Labour: Exploring Work Relations through History and Art. Batista, A., Müller, V. F. & Peres, C. (eds.). London: UCL Press, p. 225-245 21 p. 10. (Work around the world: studies in global labour history).

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