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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    Local scenes, urban development and the commercialization of live music: Three fields of tension for scene based performing spaces

    Kuchar, R., 07.2016, KISMIF - Keep it simple make it fast : DIY Cultures, Spaces & Places. Book of Abstracts. Bennett, A. & Guerra, P. (eds.). Universidade Porto, p. 113 1 p.

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

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    Local Scenes, Conditions of Music Making and Neoliberal City Management - A Case Study of Hamburg, Germany

    Kuchar, R., 08.07.2014, Keep it simple, make it fast!: Underground music scenes and DIY cultures. Guerra, P. & Moreira, T. (eds.). Porto: Universidade Porto, p. 551-562 12 p.

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

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    Local Scenes, Conditions of Music Making and Neoliberal City Governance: A Case Study of Hamburg, Germany.

    Kuchar, R., 12.2014, Keep it Simple, Make it Fast! : An approach to underground music scenes.. Guerra, P. & Moreira, T. (eds.). Universidade Porto, Vol. Vol. 1. p. 551-562 12 p.

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

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    Lob des Berührens: Zur phantasmatischen Dimension der Elektrizität und ihrer Medientheorien

    Sprenger, F., 2013, Abendländische Apokalyptik: Kompendium zur Genealogie der Endzeit. Wieser, V., Zolles, C., Feik, C., Zolles, M. & Schlöndorff, L. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 177-196 20 p. (Kulturgeschichte der Apokalypse; vol. 1).

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

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    Liveness Formats: A Historical Perspective on Live Sports Broadcasting

    Hoof, F., 2020, Format Matters: Standards, Practices, and Politics in Media Culture. Jankovic, M., Volmer, A. & Schneider, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 81-103 23 p.

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

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    Lively Artifacts

    Müggenburg, J., 27.08.2013

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearchpeer-review

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    Literatur und Wissenschaft: Unterscheidung/Vermittlung/Verortung/Übersetzung; Vorlesung an der Universität Timişoara im Sommersemester 2008 und Wintersemester 2008/09

    Schnödl, G., 2008, Timişoara: Editura Universitatii de Vest (=Universitätsverlag der West-Universität Timisoara. 141 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch