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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    A Psychiatric Clinic, a Monastery, a City and a River: On the (Artistic) Legibility of Disappearance in Topography

    Eduardo Dávila, S. & Jordan, U., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Wulff, N., Sieber, J. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 209-236 28 p.

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

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    A preliminary study on similarity-preserving digital book identifiers

    Vladimir, K., Silic, M., Romic, N., Delac, G. & Srbljic, S., 2015, Proceedings of the 9th SIGHUM Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities: LaTeCH 2015. Zervanou, K. A., van Erp, M. & Alex, B. (eds.). Beijing: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 78-83 6 p.

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

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    Approaches and Lessons in Political Career Research: Babel or Pieces of a Patchwork?

    Vercesi, M., 30.11.2018, In: Revista Española de Ciencia Política (Spanish Journal of Political Science). 48, p. 183-206 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Appointing to Govern: Party Patronage in Europe

    Vercesi, M., 2014, In: Public Administration Review . 74, 1, p. 131-133 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania

    Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Applied Playfulness: Proceedings of the Vienna Games Conference 2011: Future and Reality of Gaming

    Wimmer, J. (ed.), Mitgutsch, K. (ed.) & Rosenstingl, H. (ed.), 2012, Wien: New Academic Press. 300 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    A portrait of the artist as a researcher: the academy and the Bologna Process

    Lesage, D. (ed.) & Busch, K. (ed.), 2007, Antwerp: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst. 152 p. (AS Medieatijdschrift)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Apocalypse postponed: Discourses on video games from noxious objects to redemptive devices

    Carbone, M. B. & Ruffino, P., 2012, In: GAME : the Italian journal of game studies. 1, 1, 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Äpfel mit Birnen vergleichen: Korbinian Aigners Kunst der Abwesenheit

    Huber, F., 2018, Äpfel und Birnen und anderes Gemüse: Die Obstbilder von Korbinian Aigner im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth. Weber, C. S. (ed.). 1 ed. Künzelsau: Swiridoff Verlag, p. 10-25 15 p.

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

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    Apel, Hans: Bundesminister der Finanzen, Bundesminister der Verteidigung (SPD)

    Thaysen, U., 01.01.2001, Kanzler und Minister 1949 - 1998: Biografisches Lexikon der deutschen Bundesregierungen. Kempf, U. & Merz, H-G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 97-103 7 p.

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