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

    In the Aftermath of Violence. On Being Present and Calling Into Presence

    Taylor, D., 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., Schneider, T., Sieber, J. & Wulff, N. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 159-176 18 p. ( Critical stances).

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

  3. Published

    In the Making: In the Desert of Modernity: Colonial Planning and After ; Traversing a Project Exhibition

    von Osten, M., Buchmann, S. (ed.), Leeb, S. (ed.) & Spillmann, P. (ed.), 2023, Berlin: b-books. 236 p. (PoLYpeN)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Introducing VISU: Vagueness, Incompleteness, Subjectivity, and Uncertainty in Art Provenance Data

    Mariani, F., 2023, Computational Methods in the Humanities 2022 : Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Methods in the Humanities 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland, June 9–10, 2022.. Rochat, Y., Metrailler, C. & Piotrowski, M. (eds.). Aachen: Sun Site Central Europe (RWTH Aachen University), Vol. 3602. p. 63-84 22 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 3602).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Is Code Law? Kritik in Zeiten algorithmischer Gouvernementalität

    Mattutat, L., Stubenrauch, H. & Warnsholdt, C. L., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-42 22 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  6. Published

    Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field

    Heymer, E. (ed.), Locher, H. (ed.), Marchal, S. (ed.), Sachs-Resch, M. (ed.) & Söntgen, B. (ed.), 2023, München: edition metzel. 504 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Kritik in digitalen Kulturen: Begegnungen zwischen Entsagung, Revolution und Affirmation

    Leeker, M., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 83-102 20 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  8. Published

    Kritik postdigital

    Hille, L. (ed.) & Wentz, D. (ed.), 2023, Lüneburg: meson press. 140 p. (Digital Cultures Series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Language, Literature and the Environment: Eco-Criticism from the African Perspectives

    Adeniyi, E. & Onanuga, P. A., 2023, In: Green Letters. 27, 3, p. 263-268 6 p.

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

  10. Accepted/In press

    Leben-Filmen. Jonas Mekas’ Taktik des Augenblicks

    Kuhn, E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Wilhelm Fink Verlag. (Film Denken)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Materialities of the Performative: A Sociology of the Police Uniform

    Kretschmann, A. & Legnaro, A., 2023, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 16, 1, p. 41-56 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch