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. 2022
  2. Published

    Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies as political practice–A discussion with Zeynep Karagöz, Thomas Miebach and Daniel Wessolek

    Bieling, T., Şahinol, M., Stock, R. & Wiechern, AL., 16.11.2022, In: Journal of Enabling Technologies. 16, 3, p. 231-242 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Thailand's Sex Entertainment: Alienated Labor and the Construction of Intimacy

    Lemberger, P. & Waters, T., 16.11.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 11, 24 p., 524.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Manifestation of Authoritarian Populism in Europe: Challenging the Fragile Compromise of Liberal Democracy

    Tiedemann, N., Bolldorf, H., Caterina, D., Huke, N., Opratko, B. & Syrovatka, F., 08.11.2022, The Crisis and Future of Democracy. Regelmann, A-C. (ed.). Brussel: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, p. 18-69 42 p.

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

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    Genderkompetenz als Schlüsselqualifikation für polizeiliche Führungskräfte

    Ripke, C., Trostorff, K. & Marxen, F., 05.11.2022, Handbuch Polizeimanagement: Polizeipolitik – Polizeiwissenschaft – Polizeipraxis. Wehe, D. & Siller, H. (eds.). 2. ed. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The artistic spirit of cities: How cities influence artists' agency

    Kaddar, M., Barak, N., Hoop, M., Kirchberg, V. & de Shalit, A., 01.11.2022, In: Cities. 130, 103843.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Arts and Power: Policies in and by the Arts

    Gaupp, L. (ed.), Barber-Kersovan, A. (ed.) & Kirchberg, V. (ed.), 11.2022, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 358 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Making kin, not babies? Towards childist kinship in the “Anthropocene”

    Mattheis, N., 11.2022, In: Childhood. 29, 4, p. 512-528 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    "Oh, You are a Scientist!" Elsa Glaser and Art History

    Rother, L. & Koss, M., 11.2022, The Collector Curt Glaser: From Champion of Modernism to Refugee. Haldemann, A. & Rauser, J. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 14-19 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

  10. Published

    Power and Policies in and by the Arts - Introduction

    Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V., 11.2022, Arts and Power : Policies in and by the Arts. Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1-18 18 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  11. Published

    „Rasse“ und Naturteleologie bei Kant: Zum Rassismusproblem der Vernunft

    Mateo, M. M. & Stubenrauch, H., 26.10.2022, In: Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Philosophie. 70, 4, p. 619-640 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review