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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    An Experimental Study on Corrupt Actions

    Kubbe, I. & McBride, M. T., 20.02.2015, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 31 p. (CSD Working Papers).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    A new fully integrated X-ray irradiator system for dosimetric research

    Richter, D., Mittelstraß, D., Kreutzer, S., Pintaske, R., Dornich, K. & Fuchs, M., 01.06.2016, In: Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 112, p. 122-130 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    A new constitution for a new Germany

    Thaysen, U., 01.05.1993, In: German Studies Review. 16, 2, p. 299-310 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Andrea Zittel - "Insitute of Investigative Living": Leben und Werk als Testfall

    Grögel, K., 2013, München: edition metzel. 231 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    "And in the end my street will not be the same": The art project 2-3 Streets and its link to (un)sustainability, creative urban development and modernization

    Grigoleit, A., Hahn, J. & Brocchi, D., 01.09.2013, In: City, Culture, and Society. 4, 3, p. 173-185 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Anders als die anderen? Selbstbezug als Städtevergleich

    Barbehön, M. & Münch, S., 2014, Städte unterscheiden lernen: Zur Analyse interurbaner Kontraste: Birmingham, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Glasgow. Frank, S., Gehring, P., Griem, J. & Haus, M. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, p. 361-392 32 p. (Reihe interdisziplinäre Stadtforschung; vol. 19).

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

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    An der goldenen Nabelschnur / Attached by an Umbilical Cord of Gold

    Wuggenig, U., 09.2011, In: Texte zur Kunst. 21, 83, p. 56 - 75 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    An den Grenzen der Verständigung: Politische Erwachsenenbildung und die Herausforderungen der "Flüchtlingskrise"

    Oeftering, T., 2016, In: Hessische Blätter für Volksbildung. 4, p. 334-344 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

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    And always wins the Country Exodus from the Cities, Love for the Countryside, Agricultural Work in German TV Film, but also with Goethe

    Kemp, W., 03.2017, In: Merkur. 71, 814, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review