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

    Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Kruse, S., 2016, 1 ed., World Values Survey Association, 67 p. (World Values Research; vol. 8, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Präsidenten und Regierungen in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Grotz, F., 2016, Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Lauth, H-J., Kneuer, M. & Pickel, G. (eds.). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 483-495 13 p.

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

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    Case Study Analysis

    Seha, E. & Müller-Rommel, F., 30.12.2016, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science. Keman, H. & Woldendorp, J. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 419-429 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Dokumente avant la lettre: Eine Spurensuche um 1900

    Brons, F., 2015, Wie Bilder Dokumente wurden: Zur Genealogie dokumentarischer Darstellungspraktiken. Wöhrer, R. (ed.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 103-119 17 p. ( Kaleidogramme; vol. 119).

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

  5. Published

    Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland

    O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. van Doorslaer, L., Flynn, P. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 87-107 21 p. (Benjamins Translation Library; vol. 119).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    “Teach like you do in America”—Personal reflections from teaching across borders in Tanzania and Germany

    Waters, T., 2015, In: Palgrave Communications. 1, 6 p., 15026.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Weber’s rationalism and modern society: New translations on politics, bureaucracy, and social stratification

    Waters, T. & Waters, D., 01.01.2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 233 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Antisemitismus im deutschen Mediendiskurs: Eine Analyse des Falls Jakob Augstein

    Betzler, L. & Glittenberg, M., 2015, 1. Aufl. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 318 p. (Interdisziplinäre Antisemitismusforschung; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  9. Published

    The Americas: Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change, C. Farthing Linda & H. Kohl Benjamin . Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014. 272pp

    Buitrago, M. A., 11.2015, In: Political Studies Review. 13, 4, p. 617-618 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    You again Obsessive repeated Encounters in the Work of Rosamunde Pitcher and Leo Tolstoy

    Kemp, W., 07.2015, In: Merkur. 69, 794, p. 5-19 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review