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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Literatur – Bilder. Johann Heinrich Ramberg als Buchillustrator der Goethezeit. Hg. Alexander Košenina. Hannover 2013
Schütz, A. C., 2014, In: Das achtzehnte Jahrhundert. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. 38, 1, p. 117-119 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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German Children's Literature Planting a Hope
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Literature Planting Dreams in Children: Papers presented at the 3rd World Children's Literature Convention in Changwon. 8-12 August 2014. p. 206-217 12 p. (Publications of the Asian Children's Literature Convention).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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From the particular to the universal (and back again?): Irish children's literature in Germany
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Ireland and the Irish in Germany – Reception and Perception. O’Reilly, C. & O’Regan, V. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Shih-Wen Chen: Representations of China in British Children’s Fiction, 1851- 1911 (Ashgate Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. Pp. xiii + 203.
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 251, 2, p. 447-449 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Kritischer Realismus und das Axiom der Gleichheit: Der Antagonismus von Pierre Bourdieu und Jacques Rancière
Jurt, P. & Wuggenig, U., 2014, Pierre Bourdieu und Jacques Rancière: Emanzipatorische Praxis denken. Sonderegger, R. & Kastner, J. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant, p. 183-212 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation: How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder
Welzel, C., 12.2014, In: World Development. 64, p. 33-51 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ornament der Mass Customization: Zum Kollektivbewusstsein verstreuter Examinatoren
Simons, S., 2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 237-259 23 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Unvermeidliche vermeiden: Jayne Loaders, Kevin und Pierce Raffertys The Atomic Café (1982)
Simons, S., 2013, Das Undenkbare filmen: Atomkrieg im Kino. Nanz, T. & Pause, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 25-52 28 p. (Film).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The City is our Anthropo-Scene! Art as a Verb and Urban Sustainability Transformation
Kagan, S., 2014, Lighting People's Cities. Gay, J., Ong, S. H. & Tan, J. (eds.). Singapore: Oro Editions, p. 97-109 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Chardin: Inwardness - Emotion - Communication
Söntgen, B., 2014, Rethinking Emotion: Interiority and Exteriority in Premodern, Modern, and Contemporary Thought. Rüdiger, C. & Julia, W. (eds.). Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 101 -133 33 p. 6. (Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review