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.

  1. Published

    Artistic City-zenship: How artists perceive and practice political agency in their cities

    Kaddar, M., Kirchberg, V., Barak, N., Seidl, M., Wedler, P. & de Shalit, A., 28.05.2022, In: Journal of Urban Affairs. 44, 4-5, p. 471-489 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    In the Aftermath of Violence. On Being Present and Calling Into Presence: Diana Taylor with Sebastián Eduardo Dávila and Ulrike Jordan

    Eduardo Dávila, S., Jordan, U. & Taylor, D., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Schneider, T., Sieber, J. & Wulff, N. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 159 176 p. ( Critical stances).

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

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    Modernization

    Kruse, S., 01.01.2023, Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. Grasso, M. & Giugni, M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 301-305 5 p. 77

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Editorial: Polizeiliche Performanzen von Gewalt

    Fink, F. & Kretschmann, A., 2023, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 16, 1, p. 1-11

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    A Psychiatric Clinic, a Monastery, a City and a River: On the (Artistic) Legibility of Disappearance in Topography

    Eduardo Dávila, S. & Jordan, U., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Wulff, N., Sieber, J. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 209-236 28 p.

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

  6. Published

    On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices

    Eduardo Dávila, S. (ed.), John, R. H. (ed.), Jordan, U. (ed.), Wulff, N. (ed.), Sieber, J. (ed.) & Schneider, T. (ed.), 2023, Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 384 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Dadadatadada: From Dada to Data and Back Again

    Kölmel, M-J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 23-40 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Introduction: From Dada Tricks to Post-Truth Politics

    Kölmel, M-J. & Hegenbart, S., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 1-20

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Strangers to the Aesthetic: Psychoanalysis in the Work of Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva

    Fabian Rauch, M., 01.01.2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Literature and Psychoanalysis. Tambling, J. (ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 309-321 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review