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. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Social movement theory and research on radicalisation

    Malthaner, S., 01.01.2023, The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Busher, J., Malkki, L. & Marsden, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-112 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    Software and soldier life cycles of recruitment, training, and rehabilitation in the post-9/11 ERA

    Allen, R., 01.01.2015, The War of My Generation: Youth Culture and the War on Terror. Kieran, D. (ed.). Rutgers University Press, p. 144-168 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    "Something is not quite right" - Two cinematic narratives about decision-making after prenatal diagnosis

    Rehmann-Sutter, C. & Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 253-262 10 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Strangers to the Aesthetic: Psychoanalysis in the Work of Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva

    Fabian Rauch, M., 01.01.2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Literature and Psychoanalysis. Tambling, J. (ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 309-321 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Body as Medium: Fashion as Art

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 18.12.2015, From Humanism to Meta-, Post and Transhumanism?. Deretic, I. & Sorgner, S. L. (eds.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, Vol. 8. p. 321-332 12 p. (Beyond humanism; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY

    Welzel, C., 06.08.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Rohrschneider, R. & Thomassen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 76-94 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The Government and its Hard Decisions: How Conflict is Managed within the Coalition

    Vercesi, M. & Marangoni, F., 17.12.2014, The Challenge of Coalition Government: The Italian Case. Conti, N. & Marangoni, F. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-35 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    The "Hidden Homeless" in Japan’s Contemporary Mobile Culture

    Yoshida, M., 2013, Asian Popular Culture in Transition. Fitzsimmons, L. & Lent, J. A. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 97-107 11 p. (Routledge contemporary Asia series; vol. 36).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Importance of Expertise: Political Careers, Personnel Turnover, and Throughput Legitimacy in the European Parliament

    Salvati, E. & Vercesi, M., 2021, Personnel Turnover and the Legitimacy of the EU. Scherpereel, J. A. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 137-165 29 p. (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review