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

    Doing democracy differently: political practices and transnational civil society

    Knappe, H., 16.01.2017, Budrich UniPress . 220 p. (Democratic practices in transnational civil society networks)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  2. Published

    PlanBude Hamburg: Kollektives Wissen als Grundlage von Stadtgestaltung

    Tribble, R., Wedler, P. & Katthagen, V., 23.06.2017, In: sub\urban. 5, 1-2, p. 267-276 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    And always wins the Country Exodus from the Cities, Love for the Countryside, Agricultural Work in German TV Film, but also with Goethe

    Kemp, W., 03.2017, In: Merkur. 71, 814, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The Weird and the Eerie

    Woodard, B. G., 2017, In: Textual Practice. 31, 6, p. 1181-1183 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. Published

    Introduction

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Springer Nature AG, p. 1-10 10 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Joseph beuys: Gastrosophical aesthetics

    Lemke, H., 01.01.2017, The Taste of Art: Cooking, Food, and Counterculture in Contemporary Practices. Bottinelli, S. & Valva, M. D. (eds.). The University of Arkansas Press, p. 247-299 53 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    The sociologial discourse on "modernization" and "modernity"

    Knöbl, W., 21.08.2017, In: Revue Internationale de Philosophie. 281, 3, p. 311-329 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Vom Macht-Wissen-Dispositiv zum Wahrheitsregime

    Nigro, R., 2017, Vierzig Jahre "Überwachen und Strafen": Zur Aktualität der Foucault'schen Machtanalyse. . Nigro, R. & Rölli, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 175-196 22 p.

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

  10. Published

    Sky's the Limit

    Wulff, N., 2017, In: Kultur & Gespenster. 18, p. 271-276 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review