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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    Vorwort: Liebe – Annäherungen aus Geschlechterperspektive

    Bethmann, S., Burkart, G. & Kortendiek, B., 2016, In: Gender. 8, 1, p. 7 - 10 4 p.

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    Connections, Seilschaften und Verbindungen: Zur Relevanz des Netzwerkbegriffs im Kunstfeld - ein Gespräch von Pascal Jurt mit Ulf Wuggenig

    Wuggenig, U. & Jurt, P., 2011, In: Springerin : Hefte für Gegenwartskunst. 17, 4, p. 40 - 44 5 p.

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    Das Rauschen der Schwärme

    Vehlken, S., 2010, In: Mare. 78, p. 54-55 2 p.

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    Animating embryos: the in toto representation of life

    Wellmann, J., 01.09.2017, In: British Journal for the History of Science. 50, 3, p. 521-535 15 p.

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    Approaches and Lessons in Political Career Research: Babel or Pieces of a Patchwork?

    Vercesi, M., 30.11.2018, In: Revista Española de Ciencia Política (Spanish Journal of Political Science). 48, p. 183-206 24 p.

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    A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

    Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Lüderitz, C., Lang, D., Newig, J., Reinert, F., Abson, D. & von Wehrden, H., 08.2013, In: Ecological Economics. 92, August, p. 1-15 15 p.

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    Between 'Nothing' and 'Something': Narratives of Survival in H. G. Adler's Scholarly and Literary Analysis of the Shoah

    Menzel, J., 2016, In: Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. 61, 1, p. 119-134 16 p.

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