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. Collected editions and anthologies › Research
  2. Published

    Medienkultur im Wandel

    Hepp, A. (ed.), Höhn, M. (ed.) & Wimmer, J. (ed.), 2010, Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. 474 p. ( Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 37)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Medienkultur und soziales Handeln

    Thomas, T. (ed.), 2008, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 321 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Medienwandel kompakt 2011 - 2013: Netzveröffentlichungen zu Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik & Journalismus

    Kappes, C. (ed.), Jan, K. (ed.) & Novy, L. (ed.), 2014, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 422 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Metaphysik der praktischen Welt: Perspektiven im Anschluß an Hegel und Heidegger ; Festgabe für Otto Pöggeler

    Großmann, A. (ed.) & Jamme, C. (ed.), 2000, Amsterdam: Rodopi. 286 p. (Philosophie & Repräsentation; vol. 7)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Milieu. Umgebungen des Lebendigen in der Moderne

    Huber, F. (ed.) & Wessely, C. M. R. (ed.), 2017, 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 184 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Moirés, Andreas Fogarasi, Katya Sander, Urtica

    Wege, A. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 2008, 1. ed. Lüneburg: Verlag für Wissenschaft und zeitgenössische Kunst . 160 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Museums, Transculturality and the Nation-State: Case Studies from a Global Context

    Leeb, S. (ed.) & Samuel, N. (ed.), 27.05.2022, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 248 p. (Edition Museum; vol. 52)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices

    Bovermann, T. (ed.), de Campo, A. (ed.), Egermann, H. (ed.), Hardjowirogo, S-I. (ed.) & Weinzierl, S. (ed.), 2017, Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media. 412 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Music City: Musikalische Annäherungen an die kreative Stadt

    Barber-Kersovan, A. (ed.), Kirchberg, V. (ed.) & Kuchar, R. (ed.), 28.03.2014, 1. ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 344 p. (Urban Studies)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Nach Bourdieu: Visualität, Kunst, Politik

    Bismarck, B. (ed.), Kaufmann, T. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 2008, Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant. 361 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch