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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    Front, Field, Line, Plane: Researching the Militant Image

    Wuggenig, U. (ed.), Loichinger, H. C. (ed.), Kastelan, C., Derksen, J., Milevska, S., Bitter, S. & Weber, H., 06.2016, Hamburg: adocs. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesResearch

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    Hacking the Classroom: Rethinking learning through social media practices

    Bachmann, G. & Shah, N., 06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 287-297 11 p. 21

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

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    Picture-languages: Abbildungen von Stan VanDerBeeks Movie-Drome

    Göttel, D., 06.2016, Bildprojektionen: Filmisch-fotografische Dispositive in Kunst und Architektur. Haberer, L. & Urban, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 225-243 19 p. (Image; vol. 21).

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

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    Raf De Bont: Stations in the Field. A History of Place-Based Animal Research, 1870–1930

    Wessely, C., 06.2016, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 39, 2, p. 194-195 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education

    Steyaert, C. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Parker, M. (ed.), 31.05.2016, London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 550 p. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Künste, Kultur und Künstler im Verständnis der Stadtentwicklung - eine vergleichende Stadtforschung

    Kirchberg, V., 13.05.2016, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 2016, 20-22, p. 14-22 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    What’s German about German media theory?

    Pias, C., 10.05.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Friesen, N. (ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 15-27 13 p.

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

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    Femina Subtetrix: A Feminist Look at the APACA Textile Factory: Femina Subtetrix at Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, September 10 - October 3, 2015

    Gerhardt, U., 06.05.2016

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

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    Morphosen – Morphine: Zu einer Körpersprache des Schmerzes

    Steierwald, U. R., 06.05.2016, Herta Müller und das Glitzern im Satz: Eine Annäherung an Gegenwartsliteratur. Deeg, J. C. & Wernli, M. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 29-51 22 p. (Würzburger Beiträge zur deutschen Philologie; vol. 42).

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