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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    Is this Art? An Experimental Study on Visitors' Judgement of Contemporary Art

    Tröndle, M., Kirchberg, V. & Tschacher, W., 01.09.2014, In: Cultural Sociology. 8, 3, p. 310-332 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Is there a post-racism? On David Theo Goldberg's conjunctural analysis of the post-racial

    Bojadžijev, M., 20.10.2016, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39, 13, p. 2235-2240 6 p.

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    Is there a diagrammatic impulse with Plato? ‘Quasi-diagrammatic-scenes’ in Plato’s philosophy

    Krämer, S., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 163-177 15 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition ; vol. 17).

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    Ist doch alles kein Untergang: Über die Friedrich Christian Flick Collection

    Leeb, S. A., 2005, In: Texte zur Kunst. 57, p. 132-140

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Is Privacy Dead? An inquiry into GPS-based geolocation and facial recognition systems

    Loebel, J-M., 26.09.2012, ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Proceedings. Hercheui, M. D., Whitehouse, D., McIver, W. & Phahlamohlaka, J. (eds.). Springer, Vol. IFIP AICT 386. p. 338-348 11 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 386 AICT).

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

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    Isolation Playground

    Stolz, L., Diaz, A. & Scherrieble, L., 08.2021, In: A Peer-reviewed Journal About --. 10, 1, p. 6 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

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    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values?

    Welzel, C. & Alexander, A. C., 07.2011, In: International Review of Sociology. 21, 2, p. 249-276 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review