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. 2022
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    "foto-bauhäusler, werdet arbeiterfotografen!"

    Neugärtner, S., 24.10.2022, Linke Waffe Kunst: Die Kommunistische Studentenfraktion am Bauhaus. Thöner, W., Strob, F. & Schätzke, A. (eds.). Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, p. 163-180 18 p. (Bauwelt Fundamente; vol. 175)(Edition Bauhaus; vol. 60).

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

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    Structure as Infrastructure: The Interrelation of Fiber and Construction

    Neugärtner, S., 24.10.2022, Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer. Strob, F. (ed.). Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, p. 222–236 15 p. (Bauwelt Fundamente; vol. 174)(Edition Bauhaus; vol. 59).

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

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    Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’: an investigation of the conditions of acceptability of right-wing politics in Europe

    Bojadžijev, M. & Opratko, B., 20.10.2022, In: Patterns of Prejudice. 56, 4-5, p. 205-218 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    »HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SAMPLES«: Beat-Bildung, Zeit-Maschinen und Phonographizität zweiter Ordnung

    Pelleter, M., 11.10.2022, HipHop im 21. Jahrhundert: Medialität, Tradierung, Gesellschaftskritik und Bildungsaspekte einer (Jugend-)Kultur. Wilke, T. & Rappe, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 331-346 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    »Was wäre, wenn?« Zum Nutzen kontrafaktischer Analyse in der (historischen) Soziologie am Beispiel 1989

    Böcker, J. & Leistner, A., 04.10.2022, Verstehen als Zugang zur Welt: Soziologische Perspektiven . Karstein, U., Burchart, M. & Schmidt-Lux, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, p. 277-298 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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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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    Barriers to naturalization: How dual citizenship restrictions impede full membership

    Weinmann, M., 01.10.2022, In: International Migration. 60, 5, p. 237-251 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Environmental commitments and rhetoric over the Pandemic crisis: social media and legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU

    Hall, S. G. F., Lenz, T. & Obydenkova, A., 01.10.2022, In: Post-Communist Economies. 34, 5, p. 577-602 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Gokteik Viaduct: A Tale of Gentlemanly Capitalists, Unseen People, and a Bridge to Nowhere

    Wohlers, D. C. & Waters, T., 01.10.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 10, 19 p., 440.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Transcending the Locality of Grassroots Initiatives: Diffusion of Sustainability Knowledge and Practice through Transdisciplinary Research

    Ortíz, W. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.10.2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 19, 17 p., 12259.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review