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. 2023
  2. Published

    Antispecismi e letture di Marx: Una rassegna critica

    Stefanoni, C., 2023, La lingua resa: Dal silenzio animale all'antispecismo. Sottile, G. & Tigani, F. (eds.). Rome: Aracne Editrice, p. 127-143

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

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    A Psychiatric Clinic, a Monastery, a City and a River: On the (Artistic) Legibility of Disappearance in Topography

    Eduardo Dávila, S. & Jordan, U., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Wulff, N., Sieber, J. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 209-236 28 p.

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

  4. Published

    “Circuits of Commons”: Exploring the Connections Between Economic Lives and the Commons

    Dalla Chiesa, C., Morea, V. & Sabatini, F., 2023, Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer. Haefele, S. & Storr, V. H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 51-76 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Das Protokoll ermöglicht eine Bruderschaft: Zu Offenheit, dem Sozialen und der Dekolonisierung von Protokollen

    Leistert, O., Kyong Chun, W. H. & Shnayien, M., 2023, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 1, p. 86-94 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Der dunkle Transhumanismus

    Hille, L., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 117-132 16 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  7. Published

    Determinismus und Immanenz: Zur Kritik der Organisation in digitalen Kulturen

    Beyes, T., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 62-80 19 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  8. Published

    Die Contessa und der Comte: Virginia Oldoini und Olympe Aguado: Frühe Autorenfotografie und ihr Umgang mit Studio und Hintergrund

    Berents-Kemp, C. & Kemp, W., 2023, In: Fotogeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Fotografie. 43, 170, p. 5-12 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Digitale Kulturen und Kritik nach ihrem Ende

    Hille, L. & Wentz, D., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 9-20 12 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  10. Published

    Editorial: Polizeiliche Performanzen von Gewalt

    Fink, F. & Kretschmann, A., 2023, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 16, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  11. Published

    Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt "Protokolle"

    Leistert, O. & Shnayien, M., 2023, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 1, p. 10-17 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch