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
  2. Published

    Gespenster des Wissens

    Holl, U. (ed.), Pias, C. (ed.) & Wolf, B. (ed.), 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 440 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  3. Published

    Hans von Marées als entwicklungsgeschichtlicher Gipfelpunkt moderner Malerei? Zum Bildverständnis von Julius Meier-Graefe

    Marchal, S., 2017, Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste. Becker, I. & Marchal, S. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 149-161 13 p.

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

  4. Published

    Has a child a duty to donate hematopoietic stem cells to a sibling?

    Schües, C. & Rehmann-Sutter, C., 2017, Ethics and Oncology: New Issues of Therapy, Care, and Research . Bobbert, M., Herrmann, B. & Eckart, W. U. (eds.). Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 81-100 20 p. (Angewandte Ethik; vol. 19).

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

  5. Published

    Instrumentality: On the Construction of Instrumental Identity

    Hardjowirogo, S-I., 2017, Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices. Bovermann, T., de Campo, A., Egermann, H., Hardjowirogo, S-I. & Weinzierl, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 9-24 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations

    Dippel, A. (ed.) & Warnke, M. (ed.), 2017, Lüneburg: meson press. 182 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Interieur

    Söntgen, B. E., 2017, Matisse - Bonnard: Es lebe die Malerei! . Krämer, F. & Museum, S. (eds.). München: Prestel Verlag, p. 81-87 7 p.

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

  8. Published

    Introduction

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Springer Nature AG, p. 1-10 10 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Introduction: Converging the Yet-Separate Theoretical Discourses of Testimony Studies

    Krämer, S. & Weigel, S., 2017, Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History, and Culture. Krämer, S. & Weigel, S. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. IX-XII 4 p.

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

  10. Published

    Inwändig, unsichtbar, liminal. Ambivalenzen pränataler Verluste

    Böcker, J., 2017, Zur Soziologie des Sterbens: Aktuelle theoretische und empirische Beiträge. Jakoby, N. & Thönnes, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 135-156 22 p.

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

  11. Published

    IOCOSE: Art, Authority and Culture Jamming

    Ruffino, P., Cremonesi, M., Cuttica, F. & Prati, D., 2017, Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance. De Laure, M. & M. F. (eds.). New York: NYU Press, p. 427-432 6 p.

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