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.

  1. Published

    Scenes of Indifference: The Addressee of the Adventure

    Lagaay, A. & Rauch, M. F., 2020, In: Ethics and Politics. 22, 3, p. 87–108 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Relating to water, spaces, and other agents. On the journey behind Juliane Tübke’s project Weathering

    John, R., 01.11.2020, Sirene – Goldrausch 2020. Dell, K. & Kruse, H. (eds.). Berlin: Goldrausch Frauennetzwerk Berlin e.V.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  3. Published

    Giving a voice to gaps and cracks. Archival critique in Jumana Manna's A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

    John, R., 15.07.2020, In: Roots Routes. 33

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Failing and the perception of failure in student-driven transdisciplinary projects

    Vilsmaier, U. & Thalheimer, A., 04.11.2020, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Failures: Lessons Learned from Cautionary Tales. Fam, D. & O'Rourke, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 237-252 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Italian Parliament in the European Union, edited by Nicola Lupo and Giovanni Piccirilli, Portland, Hart Publishing, 2017.

    Vercesi, M., 2021, In: Contemporary Italian Politics . 13, 1, p. 121-122 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. Published

    Träume: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2020

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2020, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 193 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2020)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  7. Published

    Raf De Bont: Stations in the Field. A History of Place-Based Animal Research, 1870–1930

    Wessely, C., 06.2016, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 39, 2, p. 194-195 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    Geschichtskryonik. Die Welteislehre und der Untergang des Abendlandes

    Wessely, C., 2018, Spenglers Nachleben: Studien zu einer verdeckten Wirkungsgeschichte. Voller, C., Schnödel, G., Wagner, J. & Hörl, E. (eds.). Lüneburg: zu Klampen Verlag, p. 131-158 27 p.

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

  9. Accepted/In press

    Glaspraxis und Umwelttheorie: Zur materiellen Kultur der Meeresbiologie um 1900

    Wessely, C., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Glas. Materielle Kultur zwischen Zeigen und Verbergen. Vöhringer, M. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos

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

  10. Published

    "Opponieren aus Einsicht und Gründen": Hermann Schweppenhäuser und die Kritische Theorie in Lüneburg

    Wessely, C., 09.2019, Im Vorraum. : Lebenswelten Kritischer Theorie um 1969. Göttel, D. & Wessely, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 99-112 13 p. (Kaleidogramme; vol. 181).

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