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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    Locating the Impolitical in American Theatre: Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Schechner's Dionysus in 69

    Pinder, J. Y., 01.05.2022, In: New Theatre Quarterly. 38, 2, p. 172-185 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Afghanistan's energy sociotechnical imaginaries: Alternative visions in a conflict zone.

    Fahimi, A., Upham, P. & Münch, S., 01.10.2022, In: Political Geography. 98, 102657.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Von Delfinhaut bis Wolfskin: Kleine Epistemologie der Funktionskleidung

    Müggenburg, J., 2021, Hautlichkeit: Oberflächen in Wissenschaft und Design. Schnödl, G. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 37-55 19 p. ( DesignWissen; vol. 3).

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

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    Visiting the Colección Poyón, or Indigeneity and the Nation-State in Guatemala: Performing the Nation for Two Hundred Years

    Eduardo, 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. 213-240 28 p. (Edition Museum; vol. 52).

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

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    Lonzi Lesen

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 31.01.2021, Carla Lonzi. Selbstbewusstwerdung: Schriften zu Kunst und Feminismus. Zapperi, G. (ed.). b-books, p. 175 - 184 10 p.

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

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    Verzetteln

    Lochner, O., 2022, PERMEATIONEN. anders wissen durch Kunst und Theorie. Brunner, C., Busch, K. & Ebeling, K. (eds.). Spector Books

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    Für's Arrangement sorgen

    Lochner, O. & Schoen, K., 03.2024, PERMEATIONEN. : Durchdringungen von ästhetischer Theorie und künstlerischer Forschung . Brunner, C., Busch, K. & Ebeling, K. (eds.). Leipzig: Spector Books

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

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    Gathering Voices, Feeling Relations: Arlene Raven

    Lochner, O., 04.2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 249-250 2 p.

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

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    Why Art Criticism? A Reader

    Söntgen, B. (ed.) & Voss, J. (ed.), 04.2022, Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag. 464 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer