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

    Art, Territory, and the Ecology of Time

    Brunner, C. & Raunig, G., 01.04.2017, Public Space? Lost and Found. Urbonas, G., Lui, A. & Freeman, L. (eds.). Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, p. 119-128 10 p.

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

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    Arts sponsorship and the state of the city: The Impact of local socio-economic conditions on corporate arst support

    Kirchberg, V., 12.1995, In: Journal of Cultural Economics. 19, 4, p. 305-320 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Arts Management: A Sociological Inquiry

    Kirchberg, V. (ed.) & Zembylas, T. (ed.), 01.03.2010, 1 ed. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 91 p. (The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society; vol. 40, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Arts, Culture and Urban Development in Hamburg: Employment and Exploitation

    Kirchberg, V., 2010, States of Transition: Art in the Urban Contexts of Detroit, Baltimore and Hamburg. Niemann, K. (ed.). Michigan, USA: Goethe-Institut, p. 40-50 10 p.

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

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    Art Schools, Universities and the Bologna Process

    Wuggenig, U., 2007, In: Andere Sinema. 29, 179, p. 142-148 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Arts and Power: Policies in and by the Arts

    Gaupp, L. (ed.), Barber-Kersovan, A. (ed.) & Kirchberg, V. (ed.), 11.2022, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 358 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Arto kay Dauropovo: Konektante Modeloyn por Kulturo de Komplekseco

    Kagan, S., 01.2012, Kiosko: libera, skeptica, transkultura. Guenther, W. (ed.). Kassel: Esperanto-Eldoneyo Nula Horo, Vol. 6. p. 54-62 9 p.

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

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    Artist-in-Residence: neue Modelle der Künstlerförderung

    Behnke, C. (ed.), 2008, Lüneburg: Verlag für Wissenschaft und zeitgenössische Kunst . 168 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Artistic Research on Anonymity

    Silvestrin, D. & Broeckmann, A., 03.04.2021, Book of Anonymity: An edited collection. Collective, A. (ed.). Brooklyn: punctum books, p. 35-67 33 p.

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

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    Artistic research and the poetics of knowledge

    Busch, K., 2007, A portrait of the artist as a researcher: the Academy and the Bologna Progress. Lesage, D. & Busch, K. (eds.). Antwerp: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, p. 36-44 9 p. (AS MEDIATIJDSCHRIFT ).

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