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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    Memoria del movimiento (ensaio visual)

    Eduardo, S. & Calel, E., 27.01.2020, In: Revista Poiésis. 21, 35, p. 163-176 13 p.

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    Politicized Transnationalism: The Visegrád Countries in the Refugee Crisis

    Koß, M. & Séville, A., 13.02.2020, In: Politics and Governance. 8, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.

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    Computer

    Pias, C., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 76-81 6 p.

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    Organization

    Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 177-183 7 p.

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    Currating

    Beyes, T., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 109-113 5 p.

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    Introduction: The Creativity Complex

    Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.

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    „Wie kämpft man gegen Väter?“ Briefe zwischen Peter Hacks, Alfred Kurella und Bernt von Kügelgen 1961/62

    Klinkenbusch, I. L., 03.2018, Auslaufmodell »DDR-Literatur«.: Essays und Dokumente. Berbig, R. (ed.). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, p. 246–257 12 p. (Forschung zur DDR-Gesellschaft).

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    Pia und die Dinge

    Söntgen, B. E., 2019, Pia Stadtbäumer. Psycho-Aktiv: 1989-2019.. Heynen, J. (ed.). 1. ed. Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 259-268 9 p.

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    The Triple Transformation: The Emergence of Philosophy in Deleuze and Guattari

    Schönher, M., 2019, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 33, 4, p. 610-627 18 p.

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    Cultural Evolution Shifts the Source of Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom

    Minkov, M., Welzel, C. & Schachner, M., 01.12.2020, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 21, 8, p. 2873-2888 16 p.

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