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. 2016
  2. Published

    Sea Creatures in Glass: The Blaschka Marine Animals at Harvard

    Brill, E. R. & Huber, F., 2016, New York: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. 112 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  3. Published

    Silence, remembering, and forgetting in Wittgenstein, Cage, and Derrida

    Hobuß, S., 2016, Beyond memory: Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance. Dessingué, A. & Winter, J. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 95-110 16 p. 6. (Routledge Approaches to History; vol. 13).

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

  4. Published

    Social Media - New Masses

    Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 2016, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 348 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of teaching

    Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Beyes, T., Steyaert, C. & Parker, M. (eds.). London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 312-329 18 p.

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

  6. Published

    Sprache und Kultur in der Systemtheorie Luhmanns

    Burkart, G., 2016, Sprache - Kultur - Kommunikation / Language - Culture – Communication. : Ein internationales Handbuch zu Linguistik als Kulturwissenschaft / An International Handbook of Linguistics as a Cultural Discipline. Jäger, L., Krapp, P., Holly, W. & Weber, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 138-145 8 p. (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 43).

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

  7. Published

    Sprachliche Identität in Übersetzungen

    O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Kulturelle Austauschprozesse in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Zur genrespezifischen Transformation von Themen, Stoffen und Motiven im medialen Kontext . Mairbäurl, G. & Seibert, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 33-55 23 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung in Österreich; vol. 17).

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

  8. Published

    Sustainability Communication

    Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M. & Schulz, D., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 139-148 10 p.

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

  9. Published

    Sustainability Ethics

    Oermann, N. O. & Weinert, A., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 175-192 18 p.

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

  10. Published

    'Svjedok – Der Zeuge' (2012) oder: Kann ein Film ein Zeugnis sein?

    Krämer, S., 2016, Zeugen in der Kunst. Krämer, S. & Schmidt, S. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 141-162 12 p.

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

  11. Published

    Tactical Media

    Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kritische Berichte. 44, 1, p. 50-53 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch