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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    Faksimile: "Mit eben so viel Kunst als Wahrheit": Johann Moritz David Herolds Bildungsgeschichte der Wirbellosen

    Wellmann, J., 2013, Morphologien. Bruhn, M. & Scholtz, G. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 9.2. p. 61-66 5 p. (Bildwelten des Wissens. Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik; vol. 9, no. 2).

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

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    Faire de la recherche avec des artistes. La continuité entre l'art et la science

    Wuggenig, U., 1996, In: Sociologie de l'art. 9, p. 95-119 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Failing and the perception of failure in student-driven transdisciplinary projects

    Vilsmaier, U. & Thalheimer, A., 04.11.2020, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Failures: Lessons Learned from Cautionary Tales. Fam, D. & O'Rourke, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 237-252 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Fahrten & Fährten: Zur Kamera in Eric Hattans Videoräumen

    Kuhn, E., 2016, Eric Hattan Works: Werke Œuvres 1979–2015. Spira, A. & Eitel, L. (eds.). Berlin: Holzwarth Publications, p. 175-185 11 p.

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

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    Fahndungssendungen im deutschsprachigen Fernsehen

    Pinseler, J., 2006, Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag. 173 p. (Fiktion und Fiktionalisierung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Facing complex crime: Investigating contemporary German crime fiction on television

    Rothemund, K., 2011, In: Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook. 9, 1, p. 127-142 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Facetten von Körperkultur: Tattoos und Piercing, Kosmetik und Body, Schlankheit und Bioessen

    Faulstich, W., 2010, Die Kultur der 90er Jahre: Kulturgeschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 235-252 18 p. (Kulturgeschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts; vol. 9).

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

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    Eye Contact with the Machine: Gaze Correction in Video Conferencing

    Rapoport, R. & Tollmann, V., 11.2023, Video Conferencing: Infrastructures, Practices, Aesthetics. Volmar, A., Moskatova, O. & Distelmeyer, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 209-231 23 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 53).

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

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    Extreme Climate Events as Opportunities for Radical Open Citizenship

    John, B. & Kagan, S., 2014, In: Open Citizenship. 5, 1, p. 60-75 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus

    Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 04.2014, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 32 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 59).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers