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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    Zur vollendeten Tatsache: Eine frankophone Kantkulturrezeption

    von Xylander, C., 2021, Vollendete Tatsachen: Vom endgültig Vorläufigen und vorläufig Endgültigen in der Wissenschaft. von Xylander, C. & Nordmann, A. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 395-466 73 p.

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

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    Die fragwürdige Autorität des Faktischen: Über Vollendete Tatsachen und die Vollendung der Tatsache

    von Xylander, C. & Nordmann, A., 2021, Vollendete Tatsachen: Vom endgültig Vorläufigen und vorläufig Endgültigen in der Wissenschaft. von Xylander, C. & Nordmann, A. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7-19 13 p.

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

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    Vollendete Tatsachen: Vom endgültig Vorläufigen und vorläufig Endgültigen in der Wissenschaft

    von Xylander, C. (ed.) & Nordmann, A. (ed.), 2021, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 469 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel

    Henkel, A. (ed.), Hobuß, S. (ed.), Jamme, C. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 03.04.2018, Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag. 259 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Collaborative Filmmaking: Extending the Modes of Working Together by a Digital Platform

    Kirschner, U. & Kohler, M., 28.10.2021, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 18th International Conference, CDVE 2021, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 160-171 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12983 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Creativity in Spaces of Possibilities for Sustainable Urban Development: An Empirical Study of Four Cultural Initiatives in Hanover, Germany

    Kagan, S., 11.2021, In: World Futures. 77, 7, p. 481-507 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    "The spirit of Europe" differential migration, labour and logistification

    Bojadžijev, M., 20.05.2021, Migration and the Contested Politics of Justice: Europe and the Global Dimension. Grappi, G. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 162-183 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Texturig Space: Towards an Exponential Cartography

    Brisson-Darveau, A. (ed.) & Brunner, C. (ed.), 10.2021, 1 ed. Hamburg: adocs. 242 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Form: Zwischen Ästhetik und künstlerischer Praxis

    Avanessian, A., Hofmann, F. (ed.), Leeb, S. (ed.) & Stauffacher, H. (ed.), 2009, Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 303 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Museums, Transculturality, and the Nation-State: Some Remarks on their Entanglement

    Leeb, S., 27.05.2022, Museums, Transculturality and the Nation-State: Case Studies from a Global Context. Leeb, S. & Samuel, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7-16 10 p. (Museum; vol. 52).

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