School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Research School

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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    Das Monster am Ende des Buches

    Pias, C., 05.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 12, 1, p. 109-114 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    The environmental performance of participatory and collaborative governance: A framework of causal mechanisms

    Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Adzersen, A., 05.2018, In: Policy Studies Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-297 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Thomas Gainsborough: The Modern Landscape

    Cassidy, C., 05.2018, In: Apollo. 187, 664, p. 106-107 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Der Rest ist Papier: Mediale Infrastrukturen der Finanzmärkte

    Ambroschütz, J., Dommann, M. & Hoof, F., 12.04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 87-96 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Barbaric Salvage: Benjamin and the Dialectics of Destruction

    Khatib, S., 03.04.2018, In: Parallax. 24, 2, p. 135-158 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel

    Henkel, A. (ed.), Hobuß, S. (ed.), Jamme, C. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 03.04.2018, Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag. 259 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Intelligenz-Comptoirs

    Fuchs, M., 01.04.2018, Rimini Protokoll: Staat 1-4 : Phänomene der Postdemokratie. Schipper, I. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag Theater der Zeit, p. 146-153 8 p.

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

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    Logistical Borderscapes: Politics and Mediation of Mobile Labor in Germany after the "Summer of Migration"

    Altenried, M., Bojadžijev, M., Höfler, L., Mezzadra, S. & Wallis, M., 01.04.2018, In: South Atlantic Quarterly. 117, 2, p. 291-312 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Experimental Biology in the Vienna Prater: On the History of the Institute for Experimental Biology 1902 to 1945 (Review)

    Huber, F., 04.2018, In: Austrian History Yearbook. 49, 2018, p. 316-318 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch