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. Published

    Existential Graphs as Ontographic Media

    Wentz, D., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 10, 1, p. 177-189 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Exildebatte

    Fischer, T., 2007, Lexikon der "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" in Deutschland: Debatten- und Diskursgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus nach 1945. Fischer, T. & Lorenz, M. N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 48-50 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Exhibiting Earth History: The Politics of Visualization in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

    Stoffel, P. & Wessely, C., 2020, Aesthetic Temporalities Today: Present, Presentness, Re-Presentation. Genge, G., Schwarte, L. & Stercken, A. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 57-66 10 p. (Image; vol. 185).

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

  4. Published

    Executive Power

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Vercesi, M., 19.02.2020, The SAGE Handbook of Political Science. Berg-Schlosser, D., Badie, B. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. 2. p. 760-775 16 p.

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

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    Executive Dashboard

    Beverungen, A., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 225-237 13 p.

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

  6. Published

    Exceeding Work: Performing Conceptual Art

    Vogman, E. & Rauch, M. F., 06.2019, Mundo diffuso: Jean-Christophe Norman. Joly, P. (ed.). Dijon: Les Presses du Réel, p. 175–182 8 p.

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

  7. Published

    EWMN: Towards a Cooperation of Self-organized Actors in Digital Cultures

    Leeker, M., 2012, Sharon Lockhart / Noa Eshkol. Barron, S. & Salvesen, B. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 97-102 6 p.

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

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    Evolution, Planung und Zukunft

    Runkel, G., 2008, Steuerung versus Emergenz: Entwicklung und Wachstum von Unternehmen ; Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Egbert Kahle. Bouncken, R. B. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 3-24 22 p.

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

  9. Published

    Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation: How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder

    Welzel, C., 12.2014, In: World Development. 64, p. 33-51 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Evolution, Empowerment and Emancipation: How Societies Ascend the Utility Ladder of Freedoms

    Welzel, C., 2013, World Values Survey Association, p. 1-42, 43 p. (World Values Research; vol. 6, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers