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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    Femina Subtetrix: A Feminist Look at the APACA Textile Factory: Femina Subtetrix at Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, September 10 - October 3, 2015

    Gerhardt, U., 06.05.2016

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

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    Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition

    Welzel, C. P., Alexander, A. & Inglehart, R., 01.11.2016, In: Social Indicators Research. 129, 2, p. 909-935 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nietzsche und der Mythos

    Jamme, C., 2017, Bild und Gedanke : Hermann Schweppenhäuser zum Gedenken. Schweppenhäuser, G. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, p. 239-243 5 p.

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

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    Stadt, lokale Politik, Variation. Annäherung an eine Forschungsagenda

    Barbehön, M. & Münch, S., 08.2016, Variationen des Städtischen – Variationen lokaler Politik. Barbehön, M. & Münch, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1-21 22 p. (Stadtforschung aktuell).

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

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    Variationen des Städtischen – Variationen lokaler Politik

    Barbehön, M. (ed.) & Münch, S. (ed.), 08.2016, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 373 p. (Stadtforschung aktuell)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Introduction: The representative turn in EU studies

    Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D., 13.08.2013, The representative turn in EU studies . Kröger, S. & Friedrich, D. (eds.). Abingdon: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-16 16 p. (Journal of European public policy series; vol. 20, no. 2).

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

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    The representative turn in EU studies

    Kröger, S. (ed.) & Friedrich, D. (ed.), 08.04.2016, Abingdon: Taylor and Francis Inc. 145 p. (Journal of European public policy series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Is there a post-racism? On David Theo Goldberg's conjunctural analysis of the post-racial

    Bojadžijev, M., 20.10.2016, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39, 13, p. 2235-2240 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review