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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    Urban artistic interventions: A typology of artistic political actions in the city

    Hoop, M., Kirchberg, V., Kaddar, M., Barak, N. & de-Shalit, A., 01.06.2022, In: City, Culture and Society. 29, 10 p., 100449.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Urbane Kreativitätsimpulse durch 2-3 Strassen

    Kirchberg, V., 2011, 2-3 Straßen: Eine Ausstellung in Städten des Ruhrgebiets. Gerz, J. (ed.). Köln: DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, p. 56-59 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

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    Urban Problem Discourses: Understanding the distinctiveness of cities

    Barbehön, M., Münch, S., Gehring, P., Grossmann, A., Haus, M. & Heinelt, H., 01.05.2016, In: Journal of Urban Affairs. 38, 2, p. 236–251 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    (Urban) Sacred Places and Profane Spaces—Theological Topography in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    Keidel, V., 2020, Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies: Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity. Kindermann, M. & Rohleder, R. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 45-64 20 p. (Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Urban Transdisciplinary Co-study in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U., 2018, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 15th International Conference, CDVE 2018, Hangzhou, China, October 21–24, 2018, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 145-152 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11151 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Urzeit und Umwelt: Philipp Leopold Martins Museum der Urwelt in Berlin

    Stoffel, P. & Wessely, C., 2020, Erdgeschichten: Literatur und Geologie im langen 19. Jahrhundert. Schnyder, P. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 247-264 18 p.

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

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    Urzeit und Umwelt: Inszenierungen des Prähistorischen in der Moderne

    Stoffel, P. & Wessely, C., 2020, Ästhetische Eigenzeiten: Bilanz der zweiten Projektphase. Gamper, M. & Richter, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag, p. 355-374 20 p. (Ästhetische Eigenzeiten; vol. 19).

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

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    Using Large N Longitudinal Comparison to Explain Political Recruitment in Changing Democracies

    Vercesi, M. & Grimaldi, S., 03.2019, SAGE Research Methods Cases (Politics & International Relations) ed., SAGE Publications Inc., 11 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

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    Using the Domestication Approach for the Analysis of Diffusion and Participation Processes of New Media

    Peil, C. & Röser, J., 09.2012, The Social Use of Media: Cultural and Social Scientific Perspectives on Audience Research. Bilandzic, H., Patriarche, G. & Traudt, P. (eds.). Bristol: Intellect, p. 221-240 20 p. 12. (European Communication Research and Education Association).

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