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

    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C. (ed.), Kastelan, C. (ed.), Knoll, V. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 2015, Berlin: Sternberg Press. 629 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  2. Published

    German 1869: Back-translation of a passage from the German translation of Alice in Wonderland of 1869. With notes by Emer O'Sullivan

    O'Sullivan, E. & Brodesser, B., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. 3 Vols.. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 2: Back-Translations. p. 224-227 4 p.

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

  3. Published

    German 1963: Back-translation of a passage from the German translation of Alice in Wonderland of 1963. With notes by Emer O'Sullivan

    O'Sullivan, E. & Brodesser, B., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands : The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece ; Back-Translations. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 2. p. 228-231 4 p.

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

  4. Published

    Warren Weaver's Alice in Many Tongues: A Critical Appraisal

    O'Sullivan, E., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands - The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. 3 Vols.: Vol. 1:Essays. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 1. p. 29-41 13 p.

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

  5. Published

    Miss Zimmermann and her Successors: German Versions of Alice in Wonderland

    O'Sullivan, E., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. Vol 1: Essays. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 1. p. 259-269 11 p.

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

  6. Published

    Primitivism and humanist teleology in art history around 1900

    Leeb, S. A., 06.2015, In: Journal of Art Historiography. 12, 15 p., 12/SLb1.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Entangled – But How?

    Leeb, S. A., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center . Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 210-219 10 p.

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

  8. Published

    Mythos als Aufklärung: Ernst Cassirer und die Politik

    Jamme, C., 2015, Mythos als Aufklärung: Ernst Kantorowitz zwischen Historismus, Emigration und Erneuerung der Geisteswissenschaften. Burkart, L., Kersten, J., Raulff, U., von Bernstorff, H. & von Müller, A. (eds.). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, p. 285-294 10 p. (Mythen, Körper, Bilder. Ernst Kantorowicz zwischen Historismus, Emigration und Erneuerung der Geisteswissenschaften.).

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

  9. Published

    Politik der Mikroentscheidungen: Edward Snowden, Netzneutralität und die Architekturen des Internets

    Sprenger, F., 2015, Lüneburg: meson press. 130 p. (Digital Cultures Series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    FEMINA POLITICAL - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, Heft 2-2014

    Freudenschuß, M. (ed.) & Günther, J. (ed.), 11.2014, 2 ed. Verlag Babara Budrich. 196 p. (FEMINA POLITICAL - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft; vol. 23, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch