School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Research School

Organisation profile

Leuphana University Lüneburg's School of Culture and Society is driven by the deep conviction that contemporary scientific and societal challenges can only be addressed by transcending traditional academic disciplines. Our college’s five institutes feature more than one hundred faculty from disciplines including art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography, and history. Together, they form a highly integrated network in terms of both their research and teaching, continuing a successful tradition of cooperation and collaboration in cultural studies that has defined our programme for almost forty years.

Main research areas

 

Culture and Society at Leuphana

More than 100 academics from the humanities and social sciences work at the School of Culture and Society at Leuphana. They pursue the shared goal of further developing the cultural studies project in the context of changing socio-cultural conditions. The point is not to dissolve individual disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, but rather to establish a specific cultural studies programme that aims at a critique of the present.

Research Areas

The School of Culture and Society focuses on cross-disciplinary research that explores questions that are highly significant to contemporary society. Our two primary research areas (Digital Cultures and Cultures of Critique) and our one research initiative (Cultures of Conflict) form a framework for innovative, advanced research in cultural studies. All of these research areas rely heavily on collaboration, and they include colloquia, conferences, and summer programs as well as ongoing collaborations with numerous externally funded projects.

 

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    Waterfronts im Wandel: Baltimore und New York

    Pries, M., 2008, Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag. 274 p. (Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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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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    Was waren Medien?

    Pias, C. (Editor), 2011, 1. Aufl. ed. Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 128 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Was vom Leben bleibt: imaginäre Körperbilder und Gabenrituale

    Därmann, I., 2007, Tod und toter Körper: der Umgang mit dem Tod und der menschlichen Leiche am Beispiel der klinischen Obduktion. Groß, D. (ed.). Kassel: Kassel university press, p. 25-32 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Was tun - mit der Frage "Was tun"?

    Derrida, J., Precht, O. (Translator) & Kleinbeck, J. (Translator), 2018, Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant. (Neue Subjektile)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Was tun?

    Althusser, L., Precht, O. (Translator) & Goshgarian, G. M. (Editor), 2020, Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant. (Neue Subjektile)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Wasting Billions of Dollars for the Arts?

    Behnke, C., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., V. K. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin, New York: Sternberg Press, p. 440-456 17 p.

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

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    Was soll die Diagnose: Überall Erlebnis?

    Wöhler, K., 2004, ErlebnisWelten: Zum Erlebnisboom in der Postmoderne. Kagelmann, H. J., Bachleitner, R. & Rieder, M. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 220-226 7 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 12).

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

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    Wassily Kandinsky - Biografie

    Vietmeier, M., 2008, Kandinsky: Das druckgrafische Werk ; [anlässlich der Ausstellung Kandinsky - Das Druckgrafische Werk, Lenbachhaus München, 25.10.2008 - 22.2.2009 ; Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2.4.2009 - 12.7.2009]. Friedel, H. & Hoberg, A. (eds.). Köln: Wienand Verlag, p. 67-74 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer