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. Published

    Anti-EU and anti-LGBT attitudes in Poland: Considering quantitative and qualitative evidence

    Chojnicka, J., 01.10.2015, In: Baltic Journal of European Studies. 5, 2, p. 30-55 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    When Machines Speak to Each Other: Unpacking the “Social” in “Social Media”

    Shah, N., 29.04.2015, In: Social Media and Society. 1, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Sluts 'r' us: Intersections of gender, protocol and agency in the digital age

    Shah, N., 06.04.2015, In: First Monday. 20, 4, 5463.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The selfie and the slut bodies, technology and public shame

    Shah, N., 25.04.2015, In: Economic and Political Weekly. 50, 17, p. 86-93 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Friedrich Kittler: E-Special Introduction

    Parikka, J. & Feigelfeld, P., 12.2015, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 32, 7-8, p. 349-358 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Equivalence unbalanced-metaphor, case, and example-from Aristotle to Derrida

    Haverkamp, A., 17.04.2015, Exemplarity and Singularity: Thinking through Particulars in Philosophy, Literature, and Law. Lowrie, M. & Lüdemann, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 46-57 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Workshop: Accessible interaction for visually impaired people

    Joisten, M., Zeng, L., Woletz, J., Brock, A. & Avila, M., 28.08.2015, Mensch und Computer 2015 - Workshop: 21st International Workshop on Intelligent and Personalized Human-Computer Interaction,. Weisbecker, A., Schmidt, A. & Burmester, M. (eds.). Oldenburg: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 379-381 3 p. (Mensch und Computer 2015 - Workshop).

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

  8. Published

    Alisa Baremboym between the Corporeal and the Digital

    Kölmel, M-J., 07.2015, In: DIE NADEL - Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Kunst und Medien. 3/2015, p. 87-115 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Das endlos bewegte Buch

    Pias, C., 2015, Das bewegte Buch: Ein Katalog der gelesenen Bücher; mit 104 Beispielen aus dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach. D. L. M. (ed.). Marbach: Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e.V., p. 48-67 20 p. (Marbacher Magazin; vol. 150/151/152).

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

  10. Published

    Retterkinder

    Rehmann-Sutter, C. & Schües, C., 2015, Rettung und Erlösung: Politisches und religiöses Heil in der Moderne. Lehmann, J. F. & Thüring, H. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 79 - 98 20 p.

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