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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    Neue Formeln zur Macht?

    Grotz, F., 2012, "Superwahljahr" 2011 und die Folgen . Jesse, E. & Sturm, R. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 215-233 19 p. (Parteien und Wahlen; no. 2).

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

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    Review of Mark Jensen: Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy, Routledge, 2011

    Schefczyk, M., 24.01.2012, In: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    The Financial Crisis, the Exemption View and the Problem of the Harmless Torturer

    Schefczyk, M., 01.03.2012, In: Philosophy of Management. 11, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Transculturality in Top Model: An Analysis of a Global Television Format and its Audiences in Different Cultural Contexts

    Stehling, M., 2010, Media and Communication Studies, Interventions and Intersections: The Intellectual Work of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School. Carpentier, N., Tomanic Trivundza, I., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Sundin, E., Olsson, T., Kilborn, R., Nieminen, H. & Cammaerts, B. (eds.). Tartu University Press, p. 334-335 2 p. (The researching and Teaching communicaTion series).

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

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    Goethe e il mito in Faust II

    Jamme, C., 2011, Icone dell'antico: transformazioni del mito nell´opera di Goethe. Bosco, L., Gambino, R., Licciardi, E. B. & Pulvirenti, G. (eds.). Acireale; Rom: Bonanno, p. 115-130 16 p. (Wunderkammer. Caleidoscopi; no. 11)(Goethe-Gesellschaft Italia; no. 4).

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

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    Walter Benjamin. Der Autor als Produzent: Aufsätze zur Literatur

    Kramer, S. (ed.), 2012, Stuttgart: Verlag Philipp Reclam jun. 350 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Mit den Simpsons über das Fernsehen nachdenken: Fernsehästhetik 2.0

    Rothemund, K., 2012, Analyse, Theorie, und Geschichte der Medien: Festschrift für Werner Faulstich. Karmasin, M. & Winter, C. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 63-74 10 p.

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

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    Eine Urlaubslektüre und ihre Folgen. Husserl liest Heidegger

    Jamme, C., 2012, Heidegger und Husserl. Denker, A., Zaborowski, H. & Bernet, R. (eds.). Freiburg/München: Verlag Karl Alber, Vol. 6. p. 218-232 15 p. (Heidegger-Jahrbuch ; vol. 6).

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

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    The Nature of Political Participation

    Albrecht, H., 2008, Political Participation in the Middle East. Lust-Okar, E. & Zerhouni, S. (eds.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 15-32 18 p.

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

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    Party Government in the New Europe

    Keman, H. (ed.) & Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.), 2012, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p. (Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; no. 79)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch