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

    Experimente in der Politikwissenschaft: Eine methodische Einführung

    Kubbe, I., 2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 175 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    On the Existence of Digital Objects

    Hui, Y., 29.02.2016, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 314 p. (Electronic Mediations; no. 4)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  3. Published

    Neighborhood Techologies: An Introduction

    Vehlken, S. & Harks, T., 15.04.2015, Neighborhood Technologies: Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks. Vehlken, S. & Harks, T. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 9-16 8 p.

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

  4. Published

    Ghetto Blasts: Media Histories of Neighborhood Technologies between Segregation, Cooperation, and Craziness

    Vehlken, S., 15.04.2015, Neighborhood Technologies : Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks. Harks, T. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 37-66 29 p.

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

  5. Published

    On inter- and transdisciplinarity in culture and sustainability

    Kagan, S., 01.05.2015, Culture in, for and as Sustainable Development : Conclusions from the COST Action IS1007 Investigating Cultural Sustainability. Dessein, J., Soini, K., Fairclough, G. & Horlings, L. (eds.). Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, p. 61 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

  6. Published

    Wat imagologie kan betekenen vor de jeugdliteratuur

    O'Sullivan, E. & Ros, B., 2015, In: Literatuur zonder leeftijd. 29, 96, p. 8-28 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    La Vita in movimento: Per una ludicizzazione creativa

    Ruffino, P., 15.03.2016, Oltre il gioco : Critica della ludicizzazione urbana. Bittanti, M. & Zilio, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Mailand: Unicopli, Vol. 28. p. 146-160 15 p. (Ludologica).

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

  8. Published

    Future Gaming: Creative Interventions in Video Game Culture

    Ruffino, P., 23.03.2018, London: Goldsmiths Press. 154 p. (Future Media )

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  9. Published

    IOCOSE: Art, Authority and Culture Jamming

    Ruffino, P., Cremonesi, M., Cuttica, F. & Prati, D., 2017, Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance. De Laure, M. & M. F. (eds.). New York: NYU Press, p. 427-432 6 p.

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

  10. Published

    The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany

    Kubbe, I., 31.03.2015, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 46 p. (CSD Working Papers).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers