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

    La Esencia Barroca de la Razón de Estado: Excepción y Regla en el Golpe de Estado Clasico y Moderno

    Nigro, R., 2020, Filosofías del Barroco. González García, M. & Castignani, H. (eds.). Madrid: Tecnos Edicion, p. 551-567 17 p. 17

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

  2. Published

    Demokratie in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft

    Münch, S., 01.07.2020, Handbuch Demokratie. Kost, A., Massing, P. & Reiser, M. (eds.). Frankfurt: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 247-260 14 p.

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

  3. Published

    “Making Sense”: Aesthetic Counterpowers in Activist Media Practices

    Brunner, C., 01.07.2020, In: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation. 7, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    کتاب ادبیات تطبیقی کودکان [Comparative Children's Literature]

    O'Sullivan, E., 2020, Teheran: Kanun-e Parvaresh. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Warm, lively, rough? Assessing agreement on aesthetic effects of artworks

    Specker, E., Forster, M., Brinkmann, H., Boddy, J., Immelmann, B., Goller, J., Pelowski, M., Rosenberg, R. & Leder, H., 13.05.2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 5, 16 p., e0232083.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Late Masterwork of Gilles Deleuze: Linking Style to Method in What Is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.06.2020, In: Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences. 29, 1, p. 25–63 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Governing Objects from a Distance: Blockchains as Organizers of Environmentality

    Leistert, O., 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Explorations in Digital Cultures. Burkhardt, M., Shnayien, M. & Grashöfer, K. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 5-20 16 p.

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

  8. Published

    RE/viewing Jerusalem: Political Art Interventions in Occupied East Jerusalem

    Friedman, E. R. & Rayyan, A., 07.2018, Urban Art: Creating the Urban with Art: Proceedings of the International Conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 15-16 July, 2016. Blanché, U. & Hoppe, I. (eds.). Lisbon: Pedro Soares Neves, p. 92-100 9 p.

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

  9. Published

    Familie, Sterben und Tod

    Jakoby, N., Böcker, J. & Streeck, N., 07.2022, Handbuch Familie: Gesellschaft, Familienbeziehungen und differentielle Felder. Ecarius, J. & Schierbaum, A. (eds.). 2. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 1. p. 741-758 18 p. (Handbuch Familie; vol. 1).

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

  10. Published

    Schwebende Infrastrukturen: Project Loons extraterritoriale Ballons und die Medien der Stratosphäre

    Zindel, H., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 153–167 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review