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

    Aspects of memory acts: Transnational cultural memory and ethics

    Hobuß, S., 20.11.2011, In: Journal of Aesthetics and Culture. 3, 5 p., 7188.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    A Sociological Reflection on the Concert Venue

    Kirchberg, V., 2021, Classical Concert Studies: A Companion to Contemporary Research and Performance. Tröndle, M. (ed.). New York & Milton Park: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 188-192 5 p.

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

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    A society of the interview: techniques of the interview in sociology, art and market research

    Wuggenig, U., 2001, In: Texte zur Kunst. 17, 67, p. 60-69 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    A Single Swing of the Shovel: Former West Proxies

    Levin, B. & Tollmann, V., 2016, Former West: Art and the Contemporary after 1989. Hlavajova, M. & Sheikh, S. (eds.). Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, p. 519-534 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Asia in the edges: a narrative account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore

    Shah, N., 04.2014, In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 15, 2, p. 306-314 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    As cidades e os filmes, uma biografia de Rino Lupo

    Hagener, M., 2009, In: Journal of Film Preservation. 79/80, 5, p. 123-124 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Art World's End: Mara Kölmel über Ryan Trecartin im KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

    Kölmel, M-J., 12.2014, In: Texte zur Kunst. 96, p. 199-200 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Art Work as Life Work: Lu Märten’s Feminist “Objectivity”

    Nachtigall, J. & Stakemeier, K., 20.12.2021, In: October. 178, p. 35-54 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Arttvism: Quando l'arte diventa consapevole ; intervista di Tatiana Bazzichelli

    Bazzichelli, T., 2007, Artivismo Tecnologico: Scritti e interviste su arte, politica, teatro e tecnologie. Verde, G. (ed.). Pisa: BFS, p. 56-58 3 p. (Biblioteca universale Utopie; vol. 7).

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

  10. Published

    art thinking doing art: Artistic Practices in Educational Contexts from 1900 to Today

    Neugärtner, S., 2024, e-flux Index #1. MacBeth, G. (ed.). New York, p. 157–165 9 p.

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