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. Book › Research
  2. Published

    The Impact of Idealism: The legacy of post-kantian German thought Volume III aesthetics and literature

    Boyle, N. (ed.), Disley, L. (ed.), Jamme, C. (ed.) & Cooper, I. (ed.), 01.01.2011, New York: Cambridge University Press. 321 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  3. Published

    The Rise of International Parliaments: Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations

    Schimmelfennig, F., Winzen, T., Lenz, T., Rocabert, J., Crasnic, L., Gherasimov, C., Lipps, J. & Mumford, D., 10.12.2020, 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 368 p. (Transformations in Governance)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  4. Published

    The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education

    Steyaert, C. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Parker, M. (ed.), 31.05.2016, London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 550 p. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  5. In preparation

    The Social Organization of Arts: Theories of Arts Organization

    Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 2024, (In preparation) mdwPress. 240 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  6. Published

    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

  7. Published

    Tomorrow the Manifold: Essays on Foucault, Anarchy, and the Singularization to Come

    Schürmann, R., Rauch, M. F. (ed.) & Schneider, N. (ed.), 2019, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 183 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  8. Published

    Touristifizierung von Räumen: Kulturwissenschaftliche und soziologische Studien zur Konstruktion von Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2011, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 278 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  9. Published

    Transnational labour solidarity: Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European trade union movement

    Gajewska, K., 10.05.2009, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 230 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    Verhandelte Globalisierung: Studien zur Internationalisierung von Wirtschaft und Kultur

    Seeliger, M., 2019, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 177 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  11. Published

    Vom Versuch, Kreativität in der Stadt zu planen: die Internationale Bauausstellung IBA Hamburg

    Klotz, C., 01.06.2014, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 362 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook