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 Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    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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    Aspekte der Maschinenästhetik

    Broeckmann, A., 12.12.2022, Technik-Ästhetik : Zur Theorie techno-ästhetischer Realität. Ruf, O. & Grabbe, L. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 125-144 20 p. ( Medien- und Gestaltungsästhetik; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  4. Published

    A Thinking of Suspension: Melancholy and Politics Where There Is No Epoch

    Hörl, E. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 08.02.2024, On Bernard Stiegler: Philosopher of Friendship. Nancy, J-L. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 63-80 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    “Circuits of Commons”: Exploring the Connections Between Economic Lives and the Commons

    Dalla Chiesa, C., Morea, V. & Sabatini, F., 2023, Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer. Haefele, S. & Storr, V. H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 51-76 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Denmark: “De Grønne”

    Schüttemeyer, S., 2019, New Politics in Western Europe: The Rise and Success of Green Parties and Alternative Lists. Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 55-60 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Die Fotobefragung

    Wuggenig, U., 01.01.1988, Pragmatische Soziologie: Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Diagnose und praktischen Lösung gesellschaftlicher Gegenwartsprobleme. Kreutz, H. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 333-354 22 p. (Forschungen zur Soziologie und Sozialanthropologie; vol. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 15.04.2023, Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 383-395 13 p. (Italian and Italian American Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Eine Kultur des Zweifels: Kinderlosigkeit und die Zukunft der Familie

    Burkart, G., 2007, Ein Leben ohne Kinder: Kinderlosigkeit in Deutschland. Konietzka, D. & Kreyenfeld, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 401-423 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Entrepreneurship in conventions, place-making, and spaces of creativity

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 65-88 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Farewell to the White Space? Overcoming Racism in Baltimore's Artistic Fields

    Kirchberg, V., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 115-129 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter