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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    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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).

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