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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    Nachhaltigkeitsethik

    Oermann, N. O. & Weinert, A., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin u.a.: Springer, p. 63-86 24 p.

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

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    Political Culture

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 2014, Comparative Politics. Caramani, D. (ed.). 3 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 284-301 18 p. 17

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

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    Enlightening People: The Spark of Emancipative Values

    Welzel, C. & Moreno, A., 01.01.2015, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Welzel, C. (eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 59-88 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Schönheit im ästhetischen Kapitalismus

    Wuggenig, U., 07.2015, In: Art Education Research. 6, 10, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Bemächtigung, Entnaturalisierung oder Renaturierung? Naturbegriffe in der Philosophie und den Kulturwissenschaften

    Hobuß, S., 07.2015, Neue Naturverhältnisse in der Gegenwartsliteratur?. Kramer, S. & Schierbaum, M. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 43-72 30 p. (Philologische Studien und Quellen; vol. 250).

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    Neue Naturverhältnisse in der Gegenwartsliteratur?

    Kramer, S. (ed.) & Schierbaum, M. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 346 p. (Philologische Studien und Quellen; vol. 250)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Subversive Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 27.02.2018, Playful Subversion of Technoculture. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Singapore: Springer, p. 198 - 208 11 p. (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

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

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    Art, Ecology, and Sustainability - An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 280-301 22 p.

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

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    The Return of History - An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 174-185 12 p.

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

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    Affect, Attachment, and Passion: An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 40-55 16 p.

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