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. Published

    Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU

    Heinelt, H. (ed.) & Münch, S. (ed.), 26.01.2018, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 398 p. (Handbooks of research on public policy)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  2. Published

    EU Migration and Asylum Policies

    Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 306-330 25 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series).

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

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    Introduction

    Heinelt, H. & Münch, S., 21.01.2018, Handbook of European Policies: Interpretive Approaches to the EU. Heinelt, H. & Münch, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-16 16 p. ( Handbooks of research on public policy).

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

  4. Published

    Nous sommes tous des prisonniers! Foucaults Genealogie des Gefängnisses.

    Mattutat, L., 2018, Strafe und Gefängnis: Theorie, Kritik und Alternativen - Eine Einführung. Malzahn, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Stuttgart: Schmetterling Verlag, p. 80-93 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Contagion Effects by the AfD? Candidate Selection in Germany

    Reiser, M., 01.01.2018, The Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis. Coller, X., Codero, G. & Jaime-Castillo, A. M. (eds.). New York, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 81-97 17 p. (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites).

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

  6. Published

    ‘Raising the temperature’: the arts in a warming planet

    Galafassi, D., Kagan, S., Milkoreit, M., Heras, M., Bilodeau, C., Juarez Bourke, S., Merrie, A., Guerrero, L., Pétursdóttir, G. & Tàbara, J. D., 04.2018, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 31, April 2018, p. 71-79 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Bewegung an der Wand: Zur Aufführung von Organismen mit dem Sonnenmikroskop

    Wellmann, J., 2018, Bildwelten des Wissen: Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik. Feiersinger, L. (ed.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 14. p. 10-20 11 p. ( Bildwelten des Wissens : Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik; vol. 14).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Gluing life together. Computer simulation in the life sciences: An Introduction

    Wellmann, J., 01.12.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 4, 10 p., 70.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Konfliktfeldanalyse – das Beispiel „Fracking“ in Deutschland

    Bornemann, B. & Saretzki, T., 10.2017, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 563-581 19 p.

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