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.

  1. 2017
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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

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    Colour and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T., 01.10.2017, In: Organization Studies. 38, 10, p. 1467 - 1482 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    A Tale of Culture-Bound Regime Evolution: The Centennial Democratic Trend and Its Recent Reversal.

    Welzel, C. P., 10.2017, 7 ed., Gothenburg (Sweden): Göteborgs universitet, p. 1-30, 30 p. (V-Dem Working Papers Series; vol. 2017, no. 11).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Heute - 1968 - 1950: Über die Höhen und Tiefen des Kreativitätsbegriffs

    Wuggenig, U., 10.2017, In: Kunstforum international. 250, p. 102–115 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Introduction: For an Ethology of Exhaustion

    Brunner, C., Kuipers, H. H. & Pape, T., 10.2017, In: Inflexions : a Journal for Research Creation. 10, p. I-IX 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review