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. 2014
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    Was ist digitale Musik? Einige Gedanken anlässlich der Linzer Ars Electronica 2013

    Großmann, R., 05.2014, In: Positionen. 99, p. 40-41 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    MOOC: Zukunft der Bildung oder Robo-Uni?

    Heise, C., Kießl, M., Kral, C. & Peters, H., 12.04.2014, Jahrbuch Netzpolitik 2013. Beckedahl, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin: newthinking communications, Berlin, p. 153-172 20 p.

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

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    Wissenschaftliche Kommunikation im Netz 2013: Von Open Access zu Open Science

    Heise, C., 12.04.2014, Jahrbuch Netzpolitik 2013. Beckedahl, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin: newthinking communications, Berlin, p. 142-152 11 p.

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

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    Anonymität und Geschlecht in der Phänomenologie Merleau-Pontys

    Andermann, K., 10.04.2014, In: Querelles. 17, 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Julius Meier-Graefe: Vom „Kampf um“ zur „Sehnsucht nach“ dem Stil

    Marchal, S., 01.04.2014, In: Kritische Berichte. 42, 1, p. 35-46 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Sternenstaub: Zur Anschaulichkeit elektrischer Phänomene Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts

    Sprenger, F., 01.04.2014, Zwischen Sichtbarkeit und Unsichtbarkeit: Visualität in Wissenschaft, Literatur und Kunst um 1800. Kaufmann, J., Kirves, M. & Uhlmann, D. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 39-64 26 p. (Laboratorium Aufklärung; vol. 24).

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

  8. Published

    Asia in the edges: a narrative account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore

    Shah, N., 04.2014, In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 15, 2, p. 306-314 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus

    Börzel, T. A. & van Hüllen, V., 04.2014, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 32 p. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; no. 59).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Images of Feasibility: On the Viscourse of Climate Engineering

    Schrickel, I., 04.2014, Image Politics of Climate Change: Visualizations, Imaginations, Documentations. Schneider, B. & Nocke, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 363-382 20 p.

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

  11. Published

    States of Comparability: A Meta-Study of Representative Population Surveys and Studies on Cultural Consumption

    Kirchberg, V. & Kuchar, R., 04.2014, In: Poetics. 43, 1, p. 172-191 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review