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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    Comparative children's literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Comparative analysis of public environmental decision-making processes: A variable-based analytical scheme

    Newig, J., Adzersen, A., Challies, E., Fritsch, O. & Jager, N. W., 20.02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 65 p. (INFU Discussion Paper; no. 37).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Communication spaces - memory spaces. Articles on transcultural encounter in Africa

    Loelke, U., 2006, In: AFRIKA SPECTRUM. 41, 2, p. 305-308 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Communication Regimes and Creativity

    Traue, B. C., 2014, Culture, Communication, and Creativity: Reframing the Relations of Media, Knowledge, and Innovation in Society. Knoblauch, H., Jacobs, M. & Tuma, R. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 227-246 20 p. 31

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

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    Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems

    Newig, J., Schulz, D., Fischer, D., Hetze, K., Laws, N., Lüdecke, G. & Rieckmann, M., 09.07.2013, In: Sustainability. 5, 7, p. 2976-2990 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Communication

    Bialski, P., Brunton, F. & Bunz, M., 2019, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 126 p. (In Search of Media )

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Come la Nouvelle Vague ha inventato il DVD: cinefilia, new wave e cultura del film 2.0

    Hagener, M., 2008, In: Bianco & Nero. 69, p. 77-86 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Comedy of Deviation: Tamar Getter's Hēliotropion Cycle

    Leeb, S., 2018, Tamar Getter. Hēliotropion: Catalogue for the exhibition held at the Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, January 6-March 3, 2018. 1. Auflage ed. En Harod: Mishkan Museum of Art, p. 157-164 7 p.

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

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    Comedy in Serie : medienwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf ein TV-Format

    Knop, K., 27.01.2007, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 360 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch