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. 2023
  2. Published

    Schwerpunkt "Protokolle"

    Leistert, O. (ed.) & Shnayien, M. (ed.), 17.04.2023, transcript Verlag. 160 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 15, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 15.04.2023, Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 383-395 13 p. (Italian and Italian American Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Antonio Negri. Une philosophie de la subversion

    Nigro, R., 28.03.2023, Paris: Editions Amsterdam. 160 p. (L'émancipation en question)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Seth Price. Decimating Digital Data

    Neugärtner, S., 28.03.2023, Productive Image Interference. Sigmar Polke and Current Perspectives. Anna Polke-Stiftung (ed.). Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 59-74 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

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    Building Scene and Cultural Memory in the Weser Hills. The Case of Glitterhouse Records and Orange Blossom Special Festival

    Kuchar, R., 22.03.2023, Popular Music Scenes : Regional and Rural Perspectives . Bennett, A., Cashman, D., Green, B. & Lewandowski, N. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 163-178 16 p. (Pop Music, Culture, and Identity; vol. Part F1535).

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

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    Dadadatadada: From Dada to Data and Back Again

    Kölmel, M-J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 23-40 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Introduction: From Dada Tricks to Post-Truth Politics

    Kölmel, M-J. & Hegenbart, S., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 1-20

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Schooling, Identity, and Nationhood: Karen Mother-Tongue-Based Education in the Thai–Burmese Border Region

    Thako, H. & Waters, T., 09.03.2023, In: Social Sciences. 12, 3, 19 p., 163.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity

    Barber-Kersovan, A., 07.03.2023, Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. Heister, H-W., Polk, H. & Rusam, B. (eds.). Springer, p. 223-240 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter