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. Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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    Lasst es brennen! Ein Kommentar

    Apprich, C., 2010, In: Kulturrisse : Zeitschrift für radikaldemokratische Kulturpolitik. 1, p. 8 1 p.

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    Medien, Universitäten, Lügen: Ein Kommentar zum Beitrag von Bernhard Pörksen

    Pias, C., 01.09.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 19-2, p. 77-83 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsTransfer

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  7. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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    1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion

    Knöbl, W., 2019, Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. Habermas, R. (ed.). Berghahn Books Inc., p. 31-55 25 p. (New German Historical Perspectives; vol. 10).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Aspekte der Maschinenästhetik

    Broeckmann, A., 12.12.2022, Technik-Ästhetik : Zur Theorie techno-ästhetischer Realität. Ruf, O. & Grabbe, L. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 125-144 20 p. ( Medien- und Gestaltungsästhetik; vol. 12).

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    A Thinking of Suspension: Melancholy and Politics Where There Is No Epoch

    Hörl, E. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 08.02.2024, On Bernard Stiegler: Philosopher of Friendship. Nancy, J-L. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 63-80 18 p.

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    “Circuits of Commons”: Exploring the Connections Between Economic Lives and the Commons

    Dalla Chiesa, C., Morea, V. & Sabatini, F., 2023, Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer. Haefele, S. & Storr, V. H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 51-76 26 p.

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    Denmark: “De Grønne”

    Schüttemeyer, S., 2019, New Politics in Western Europe: The Rise and Success of Green Parties and Alternative Lists. Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 55-60 6 p.

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    Die Fotobefragung

    Wuggenig, U., 01.01.1988, Pragmatische Soziologie: Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Diagnose und praktischen Lösung gesellschaftlicher Gegenwartsprobleme. Kreutz, H. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 333-354 22 p. (Forschungen zur Soziologie und Sozialanthropologie; vol. 1).

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