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

    Century of Play: 18th Century Precursors of Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 01.04.2016, In: Kinephanos. Special issue, p. 9-33 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Center for the Study of Democracy at Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Müller-Rommel, F., 07.2010, In: Zeitschrift für Politikberatung. 3, 3-4, p. 421-426 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Case Study Analysis

    Seha, E. & Müller-Rommel, F., 30.12.2016, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science. Keman, H. & Woldendorp, J. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 419-429 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Can not wanting to know be responsible? Conceptual analysis and meanings of not-knowing in Israeli and German prenatal genetic practices

    Schües, C., Reinsch, S., Raz, A. & Rehmann-Sutter, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 303-345 43 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Cancan

    Mordhorst, S., 2016, Das große Tanz Lexikon: Tanzkulturen, Epochen, Personen, Werke. Hartmann, A. & Woitas, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Laaber: Laaber Verlag, p. 132-133 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  6. Published

    Can Art Save The Ethnological Museum?

    Leeb, S. A., 2013, The Challenge of the Object: 33rd congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Nuremberg, 15th - 20th July 2012; Congress Proceedings. Großmann, G. U. (ed.). Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Vol. 2. p. 556-560 5 p. (Wissenschaftlicher Beiband zum Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums; no. 32,2).

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

  7. Published

    Camouflagen des Computers: McLuhan und die Neo-Avantgarden der 1960er Jahre

    Leeker, M., 2008, McLuhan neu Lesen: Kritische Analysen zu Medien und Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert. De Kerckhove, D., Leeker, M. & Schmidt, K. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 345-375 31 p.

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

  8. Published

    California Thinking. Die drei ??? als Medienphilosophen

    Vehlken, S., 01.01.2019, 10 Minuten Philosophie. Christoph, J. & Kristin, D. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 155-165 10 p.

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

  9. Published

    Calendar

    Hoof, F., 12.12.2019, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 54-67 14 p.

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

  10. Published

    Cabinets

    Müller-Rommel, F., 2011, International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Badie, B., Berg-Schlosser, D. & Morlino, L. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. Vol. 1. p. 183-186 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch