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

    Transformation as Differentiation: The Diversity of Representation in the European Union

    Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S., 2012, The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union. Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-273 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Two languages, two children’s literatures: Translation in Ireland today

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2020, Children's Literature in Translation: Texts and contexts. van Coillie, J. & McMartin, J. (eds.). Leuven: Leuven University Press, p. 55-70 16 p. (Translation, Interpreting and Transfer; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    (Urban) Sacred Places and Profane Spaces—Theological Topography in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    Keidel, V., 2020, Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies: Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity. Kindermann, M. & Rohleder, R. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 45-64 20 p. (Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Walt O’Disney and the Little People: Playing to the Irish-American Diaspora

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2022, On Disney: Deconstructing Images, Tropes and Narratives. Dettmar, U. & Tomkowiak, I. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, p. 115-129 15 p. (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien; vol. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Water, rivers and wetlands: Governance paradigms and principles

    Challies, E. & Newig, J., 25.03.2022, Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, Second Edition. Harris, P. G. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 512-525 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    “We are here to stay”: Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015

    Borgstede, S. B., 01.01.2016, Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy: Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering Mechanisms. Mudu, P. & Chattopadhyay, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 162-182 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    West Africa

    Elischer, S., 2015, Africa Yearbook, Volume 11: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Hofmeier, R., Melber, H., Elischer, S., Elischer, S. & Mehler, A. (eds.). Brill, p. 33-55 23 p. (Africa Yearbook; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession

    Burkart, G., 01.01.2010, Modern Privacy : Shifting Boundaries, New Forms. Blatterer, H., Johnson, P. & Markus, M. R. (eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 23-38 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Where do the data live? Anonymity and Neighborhood Networks

    Heinrichs, R., 2021, Book of Anonymity. Collective, A. (ed.).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Where there is no World and no Epoch: Bernard Stieglerüs Thinking of the Entropocene

    Hörl, E., 25.01.2024, Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future. Buseyne, B., Tsagdis, G. & Willemarck, P. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 107-123 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review