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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    Comparison through conversation: Thinking with different differences

    Hashiloni-Dolev, Y., Raz, A., Rehmann-Sutter, C. & Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 347-372 26 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Can not wanting to know be responsible? Conceptual analysis and meanings of not-knowing in Israeli and German prenatal genetic practices

    Schües, C., Reinsch, S., Raz, A. & Rehmann-Sutter, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 303-345 43 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    7. Socio-Cultural and Religious Views on Prenatal Diagnosis in Israel and Germany

    Weber, A. & Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 199-226 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Genetic responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of prenatal diagnosis

    Schües, C. (ed.), 18.11.2022, transcript Verlag. 377 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    "Something is not quite right" - Two cinematic narratives about decision-making after prenatal diagnosis

    Rehmann-Sutter, C. & Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 253-262 10 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Introduction - How prenatal diagnosis is entangled in historical and social contexts

    Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 9-25 17 p. ( Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Editorial: Die intime Stadt – Kulturen queerer Verbindung

    Die Redaktion von sub/urban 2022, 10(2/3) & Trott, B., 16.12.2022, In: sub\urban zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung. 10, 2/3, p. 7-15 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Das Lego-Ornament der Masse

    Gräfe, A., 01.07.2022, Im Sinne der Materialität : Film und Gesellschaft nach Siegfried Kracauer. Hunter, L. & Trautmann, F. (eds.). Berlin: Bertz+Fischer Verlag, p. 91-103 13 p. (IfS - Aus der Reihe; vol. 1).

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

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    ›Politik‹ und ›die Künste‹

    Muhle, M. & Gräfe, A., 12.12.2022, Handbuch Kunstphilosophie. Siegmund, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 579-596 18 p. (Philosophie).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Aspekte der Maschinenästhetik

    Broeckmann, A., 12.12.2022, Technik-Ästhetik : Zur Theorie techno-ästhetischer Realität. Ruf, O. & Grabbe, L. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 125-144 20 p. ( Medien- und Gestaltungsästhetik; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter