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.3 Altersbezogene Unterschiede bei der Interaktion mit einem Virtual-Reality-System

    Domin, M., Janneck, M. & Grimm, S., 2019, Communities in New Media: Researching the Digital Transformation in Science, Business, Education and Public Administration - Proceedings of 22nd Conference GeNeMe. Kohler, T., Schoop, E. & Kahnwald, N. (eds.). Dresden: TUDpress, p. 24-34 11 p.

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

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    7. Socio-Cultural and Religious Views on Prenatal Diagnosis in Israel and Germany

    Weber, A. & Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 199-226 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    50 Jahre Understanding Media

    Mangold, J. (ed.) & Sprenger, F. (ed.), 2014, Siegen: Universität-Gesamthhochschule Siegen. 124 p. (Navigationen : Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften; vol. 14, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    4/ Queering Death in the Medical and Health Humanities

    Böcker, J., Kirey-Sitnikova, Y., Werner, A., Tzouva, P. & Clay, S., 30.06.2021, In: Whatever. 4, p. 653–682 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    #3 Unstable Infrastructures: spheres Editorial Collective

    Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Feigelfeld, P., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Luchs, I., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C. & Yoosuf, H., 06.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 3, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    3DMIN – Challenges and Interventions in Design, Development and Dissemination of New Musical Instruments.

    Bovermann, T., Hinrichsen, A., Hildebrand Marques Lopes, D., de Campo, A., Egermann, H., Förstel, A., Hardjowirogo, S-I., Pysiewciz, A. & Weinzierl, S., 2014, Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos. Kouroupetroglou, G. & Georgaki, A. (eds.). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vol. 2. p. 1637-1641 5 p.

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

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    30 Years After Les Immatériaux: Art Science & Theory

    Broeckmann, A. (ed.) & Hui, Y. (ed.), 2015, 1. ed. Lüneburg: meson press. 245 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    303, MPC, A/D: Popmusik und die Ästhetik digitaler Gestaltung

    Großmann, R., 2013, Performativität und Medialität Populärer Kulturen: Theorien, Ästhetiken, Praktiken. Kleiner, M. & Wilke, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 299-319 20 p.

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

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    1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion

    Knöbl, W., 2019, Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. Habermas, R. (ed.). Berghahn Books Inc., p. 31-55 25 p. (New German Historical Perspectives; vol. 10).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    1968: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2018

    Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2018, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 199 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2018)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch