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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    Taking animals seriously: Interpreting and institutionalizing human-animal relations in modern democracies

    Saretzki, T., 2015, In: Historical Social Research. 40, 4, p. 47 - 54 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Crowdfunding the Commons?

    Ridgway, R., 2015, MoneyLab Reader: An Intervention in Digital Economy. Lovink, G., Tkacz, N. & de Vries, P. (eds.). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, p. 281 - 294 14 p.

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

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    Personalisation as currency

    Ridgway, R., 01.06.2015, In: A Peer-reviewed Journal About --. 4, 1, p. 17-28 12 p., 2.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Trauer um Prof. Hermann Schweppenhäuser

    Wuggenig, U., 13.04.2016, 2 p.. Apr 13, 2015.

    Research output: Memorandum/expositionAcademic memorandum

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    Data traffic in theater and engineering: Between technical conditions and illusions

    Leeker, M. & Steppat, M., 25.09.2015, Traffic: Media as Infrastructures and Cultural Practices. Näser-Lather, M. & Neubert, C. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 160-179 20 p. (Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection ; vol. 88).

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

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    Das Fleisch der Diskurse: Zur Verbindung von Biographie- und Diskursforschung in der wissenssoziologischen Subjektivierungsanalyse am Beispiel der Behindertenpädagogik

    Pfahl, L., Schürmann, L. & Traue, B. C., 2015, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Diskursforschung: Empirische Analysen zu Bildungs- und Erziehungsverhältnissen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 89-106 18 p. (Interdisziplinäre Diskursforschung).

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

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    Kinder machen: Neue Reproduktionstechnologien und die Ordnung der Familie ; Samenspender, Leihmütter, Künstliche Befruchtung

    Bernard, A., 27.03.2014, 1. Aufl. ed. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag. 544 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransferpeer-review

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    Una teoria politica della prosperità economica

    Vercesi, M., 2015, In: Quaderni di scienza politica . 22, 3, p. 427 - 456 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Owner Parties and Party Institutionalisation in Italy: Is the Northern League Exceptional?

    Vercesi, M., 11.2015, In: Modern Italy. 20, 4, p. 395-410 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review