School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Research School
Organisation profile
Leuphana University Lüneburg's School of Culture and Society is driven by the deep conviction that contemporary scientific and societal challenges can only be addressed by transcending traditional academic disciplines. Our college’s five institutes feature more than one hundred faculty from disciplines including art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography, and history. Together, they form a highly integrated network in terms of both their research and teaching, continuing a successful tradition of cooperation and collaboration in cultural studies that has defined our programme for almost forty years.
Main research areas
Culture and Society at Leuphana
More than 100 academics from the humanities and social sciences work at the School of Culture and Society at Leuphana. They pursue the shared goal of further developing the cultural studies project in the context of changing socio-cultural conditions. The point is not to dissolve individual disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, but rather to establish a specific cultural studies programme that aims at a critique of the present.
Research Areas
The School of Culture and Society focuses on cross-disciplinary research that explores questions that are highly significant to contemporary society. Our two primary research areas (Digital Cultures and Cultures of Critique) and our one research initiative (Cultures of Conflict) form a framework for innovative, advanced research in cultural studies. All of these research areas rely heavily on collaboration, and they include colloquia, conferences, and summer programs as well as ongoing collaborations with numerous externally funded projects.
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Verbundenheit als Zwang: Die Kritische Theorie spätkapitalistischer Subjektivität im ökologischen Diskurs
Stubenrauch, H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe. Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, (Institut für Sozialforschung. Schriften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: eine Programmatik
Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe. Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, (Institut für Sozialforschung. Schriften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe
Stubenrauch, H. (Editor), Heinze, T. (Editor), Biemüller, R. (Editor) & Barth, T. (Editor), 2026, (Accepted/In press) Campus Verlag. (Schriften. Institut für Sozialforschung)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
- In preparation
Zwischen Kosmopolitismus, Judentum und Brasilkunde: Anatol Rosenfelds Essays (1937-1966).
Meyzaud, M. (Editor), 2026, Verlag Turia + Kant. (Neue Subjektile )Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Wissen(schaft)sskepsis: Aufklärung im verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus
Kretschmann, A. & Rowitz, L., 12.2025, In: Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 50, 1, 24 p., 28.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The EROTIC and PRAGMATIC SENSES of HOSPITALITY Jean-Luc Nancy and Bernard Stiegler’s Conversation on Christianity, Politics, and the Ends of Philosophy
Stewart, D., 03.2025, In: Cultural Politics. 21, 1, p. 64-73 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The common ground is epistemic violence: towards a social epistemology-based lens on the neoliberal-fascist nexus
Kather, C. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Distinktion. 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Abjection and Formlessness: Value, Digitality, and the Differential Allocation of Form
Alva, A. D., 06.2025, In: Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences. 34, 1, p. 205-242 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Farbe (II): Farbe an der Arbeit
Beyes, T., 07.2025, In: Merkur. 79, 914, p. 21-31 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Modelando el presente. Repensar, diseñar y experimentar entornos expositivos digitales
Romero Ferrón, B., 30.08.2025, (Accepted/In press) Metaversos. Mundos virtuales y tectónica de la inmersión. Sílaba editoresResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review