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.

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    Schichten und der Zwischenraum: Über Ästhetik und Funktion von Scheiben im 3D-Film am Beispiel von Martin Scorseses HUGO

    Kuhn, E., 2016, Scheiben: Medien der Durchsicht und Reflexion. Göttel, D. & Krautkrämer, F. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 89-103 15 p.

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

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    Music Spaces in Conflict: Local Scenes, Live-Music Industry, and the 'Urban Growth Machine' in Hamburg

    Kuchar, R., 2016, Arts and Creativity: Working on Identity and Difference: 9th Midterm Conference of the RN Sociology of the Arts, Book of Abstracts. Guerra, P. & Kagan, S. (eds.). Universidade Porto, p. 107 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics

    Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The “Fragment on Machines” as Science Fiction; Or, Reading the Grundrisse Politically

    Trott, B., 14.07.2018, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 42, 4, p. 1107-1122 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Frühe Tode: Verräumlichungen der Trauer um Ungeborene

    Böcker, J., 2016, Die Zukunft des Todes: Heterotopien des Lebensendes. Benkel, T. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 317-338 22 p. (Kulturen der Gesellschaft; vol. 15).

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

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    A Case for Media Infrastructures: A Comment on Activism in Landscapes

    Pinkrah, N. Y., 06.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 3, 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    What’s German about German media theory?

    Pias, C., 10.05.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Friesen, N. (ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 15-27 13 p.

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

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    Technik ǀ Intimität: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt

    Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 2, p. 10-17 8 p.

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    Weder Herren noch Knechte: Christoph Menke kritisiert die Form subjektiver Rechte und plädiert für ein Recht der Gegenrechte.

    Mattutat, L., 08.04.2016, 6 p. Hamburg

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch