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. 2015
  2. Published

    Ideologie, Hegemonie und Diskurs

    Thomas, T., 04.2015, Handbuch Cultural Studies und Medienanalyse. Hepp, A., Krotz, F., Lingenberg, S. & Wimmer, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 2. p. 67-77 11 p. (Medien; Kultur; Kommunikation).

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

  3. Published

    Narratologies: An Introduction

    Falb, D. & Gerhardt, U., 04.2015, Post-Studio Tales. Falb, D., Gerhardt, U., Heckel, F. & Beeson, J. (eds.). Hamburg: Textem Verlag, p. 5 - 18 14 p.

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

  4. Published

    Post-Studio Tales

    Falb, D. (ed.), Gerhardt, U. (ed.), Heckel, F. (ed.) & Beeson, J. (ed.), 04.2015, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 183 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Artistic research and climate science: transdisciplinary learning and spaces of possibilities

    Kagan, S., 31.03.2015, In: Journal of Science Communication. 14, 1, p. C07.1-C07.8 8 p., C07.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Sweet Temptation of Corruption: Understanding Corrupt Actions by Experiments in the US and Germany

    Kubbe, I., 31.03.2015, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 46 p. (CSD Working Papers).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Against Water: A Reply to Christopher M. Kelty

    Müggenburg, J., 27.03.2015, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 1, p. 1-5 5 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Medium, messenger, transmission: an approach to media philosophy

    Krämer, S., 20.03.2015, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 270 p. (Recursions : theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Clean by Nature. Lebhafte Oberflächen und das holistisch-systemische Erbe der zeitgenössischen Bionik

    Müggenburg, J., 11.03.2015, Das Wissen der Oberfläche: Epistemologie des Horizontalen und Strategien der Benachbarung. Rieger, S. & Lechtermann, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 233-252 20 p. (sequenzia).

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

  10. Published

    Folding into being: early embryology and the epistemology of rhythm

    Wellmann, J., 01.03.2015, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 37, 1, p. 17-33 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Mamma Mia: Über Michaela Meise im Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

    Söntgen, B., 03.2015, In: Texte zur Kunst. 25, 97, p. 237 - 241 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch