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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    Data traffic in theater and engineering: Between technical conditions and illusions

    Leeker, M. & Steppat, M., 25.09.2015, Traffic: Media as Infrastructures and Cultural Practices. Näser-Lather, M. & Neubert, C. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 160-179 20 p. (Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection ; vol. 88).

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

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    Das Fleisch der Diskurse: Zur Verbindung von Biographie- und Diskursforschung in der wissenssoziologischen Subjektivierungsanalyse am Beispiel der Behindertenpädagogik

    Pfahl, L., Schürmann, L. & Traue, B. C., 2015, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Diskursforschung: Empirische Analysen zu Bildungs- und Erziehungsverhältnissen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 89-106 18 p. (Interdisziplinäre Diskursforschung).

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

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    Kinder machen: Neue Reproduktionstechnologien und die Ordnung der Familie ; Samenspender, Leihmütter, Künstliche Befruchtung

    Bernard, A., 27.03.2014, 1. Aufl. ed. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag. 544 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransferpeer-review

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    Una teoria politica della prosperità economica

    Vercesi, M., 2015, In: Quaderni di scienza politica . 22, 3, p. 427 - 456 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Owner Parties and Party Institutionalisation in Italy: Is the Northern League Exceptional?

    Vercesi, M., 11.2015, In: Modern Italy. 20, 4, p. 395-410 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Ecologies of Change: Editorial

    Freudenschuß, M., Feigelfeld, P., Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Simons, S. & spheres Editorial Collective, 15.12.2015, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Zur Ästhetik des Schaufensters: Expositionen zwischen Abstraktion und Verdinglichung

    Steierwald, U. R., 2015, Der Sturm: Literatur, Musik, Graphik und die Vernetzung in der Zeit des Expressionismus. Herwig, H. & von Hülsen-Esch, A. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 247-271, Tafeln S. 448-458 24 p.

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

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    Prefiguring Sustainability: Response-Ability & Spaces of Possibility

    Kagan, S., 04.12.2015, Art for the Planet's Sake: Arts and Environment. Le Sourd, M. & Van Den Bergh, H. (eds.). Brussels: IETM, p. 29-32 4 p. (Fresh Perspectives; vol. 4).

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

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    Art and the Economy of Attention: On the 1% - the 100 Most Expensive Works of Art

    Rudolph, S., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 478 - 491 14 p.

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