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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    Where There is No World and No Epoch: Bernard Stiegler's Thinking of the Entropocene

    Hörl, E., 22.02.2024, Bernard Stiegler: Memory of the Futur. Buseyne, B., Tsagdis, G. & Willenmarck, P. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 107-124 18 p.

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

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    Society and territory: making sense of Italian populism from a historical perspective

    Vercesi, M., 02.2023, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 31, 1, p. 111-131 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Protestbewegungen in Afrika im Spiegel aktueller afrikanischer Dokumentarfilme

    Luttmann, I., 2020, In: Anthropos. 115, 1, p. 85-105 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Imagologie, kinderliterarische Komparatistik und Digital Humanities – mögliche Synergien

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2021, BildWissen – KinderBuch : Historische Sachliteratur für Kinder und Jugendliche und ihre digitale Analyse . Schmideler, S. & Helm, W. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 83-97 15 p. (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    THE SOVIET-UNION UNDERGOING RADICAL CHANGE - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES AND LIMITS OF THE REFORM POLICY OF GORBACHEV - GERMAN - MEISSNER,B

    Geierhos, W., 06.1989, In: Osteuropa. 39, 6, p. 593-594 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    THE OCTOBER-REVOLUTION AS CYCLICAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION: METHODICAL APPROACHES TO INTERPRETING THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET-UNION

    Geierhos, W., 02.1988, In: Osteuropa. 38, 2, p. 87-108 22 p.

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    Zwei Streitschriften über Produktion und Legitimation ökonomischer Ungleichheit

    Leipold, A., 06.2021, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 62, 2, p. 405-408 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Don't call me a populist! The meaning of populism for western European parties and politicians

    Schwörer, J., 01.08.2021, In: Electoral Studies. 72, 102358.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Plattform-Urbanismus. Arbeit, Migration und die Transformation des urbanen Raums

    Altenried, M., Animento, S. & Bojadžijev, M., 23.04.2021, In: sub\urban. 9, 1/2, p. 73-92 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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