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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    Dataset of Italian Regional Presidents’ Career Paths (1970-2015)

    Grimaldi, S. & Vercesi, M., 23.11.2017

    Research output: Non-textual form typesData setResearch

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    "Von jetzt an also ist keine Zeit.": Zeitordnungen und Zeitbrüche in H. G. Adlers wissenschaftlicher und literarischer Auseinandersetzung mit der Shoah

    Menzel, J., 09.11.2017, Der Holocaust: Neue Studien zu Tathergängen, Reaktionen und Aufarbeitungen. Osterloh, J. & Rauschenberger, K. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main, New York: Campus Verlag, p. 191-207 17 p. (Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust; vol. 21).

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

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    Witless slaves or lively artifacts? A debate of the 1960s

    Müggenburg, J. K. & Pias, C., 08.11.2017, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 21, 1, p. 33–44 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Scale in environmental governance: moving from concepts and cases to consolidation

    Newig, J. & Moss, T., 06.11.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19, 5, p. 473-479 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Concepts in a Cooperative Multicultural Working Project

    Kirschner, U., 01.11.2017, SIGraDi 2017: XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Ibero-americana de Gráfica Digital. Ibaceta, M. R. (ed.). Blucher, p. 610-615 6 p. (Blucher Design Proceedings; vol. 3, no. 12).

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

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    Affective Labour and Alienation: Spinoza’s Materialism and the Sad Passions of Post-Fordist Work

    Trott, B., 11.2017, In: Emotion, Space and Society. 25, p. 119-126 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Memory, Contradictions and Resignification of Colonial Imagery in “My Heart of Darkness”

    Hobuß, S., 11.2017, (Post)Colonial Histories: Trauma, Memory and Reconciliation in the Context of the Angolan Civil War. Hobuß, S. & Jager, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 99-118 20 p. (Post Colonial Studies).

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

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    The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics

    Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Daten, Wahn, Sinn

    Apprich, C., 05.10.2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 9, 17-2, p. 54-62 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review