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. 2016
  2. Published

    Religion aus kultursoziologischer Perspektive

    Herbrik, R. & Haken, M., 2016, Handbuch Kultursoziologie: Band 2: Theorien - Methoden - Felder. Moebius, S., Nungesser, F. & Scherke, K. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, Vol. 2. 15 p.

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

  3. Published

    Risk and Security: Diagnosis of the present in context of (post-)modern insecurities

    Kaufmann, S. & Wichum, R., 2016, In: Historical Social Research. 41, 1, p. 48-69 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Rózsa Farkas: Post-Internet? Deine Mudda! Ein Gespräch von Clemens Apprich

    Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kunstforum international. 242, p. 132 - 141 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  5. Published

    Schichten und der Zwischenraum: Über Ästhetik und Funktion von Scheiben im 3D-Film am Beispiel von Martin Scorseses HUGO

    Kuhn, E., 2016, Scheiben: Medien der Durchsicht und Reflexion. Göttel, D. & Krautkrämer, F. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 89-103 15 p.

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

  6. Published

    Script and sound: reflections on the creative function of visualization and spatiali-zation for time-bounded processes like speech and music.

    Krämer, S., 2016, Danish Musicology Online Special Edition, 2016: Word and Music Studies – New paths, new methods. Wierod, L., KKjær Lønneker, A. M., Borcak, F. & Larsen, C. V. (eds.). Dansk Musikforskning Online, p. 14-24 11 p. (Danish Musicology Online ; vol. Special Edition 2016).

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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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