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
  2. Published

    From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Welzel, C. & Dalton, R., 2014, The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens. Dalton, R. & Christian, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 282-306 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    From engagement to life, or: How to do things with gamification?

    Ruffino, P., 2014, Rethinking Gamification. Fuchs, M., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 47-69 23 p.

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

  4. Published

    From the particular to the universal (and back again?): Irish children's literature in Germany

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Ireland and the Irish in Germany – Reception and Perception. O’Reilly, C. & O’Regan, V. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 103-124 22 p.

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

  5. Published

    Gabe und kulturelle Praktiken im Spannungsfeld zwischen Lassen und Tun: Eine Einleitung

    Tams, N. & Hobuß, S., 2014, Lassen und Tun: Kulturphilosophische Debatten zum Verhältnis von Gabe und kulturellen Praktiken. Hobuß, S. & Tams, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7-28 21 p. (Edition Moderne Postmoderne).

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

  6. Published

    Genealogie

    Engemann, C. & Traue, B., 2014, DiskursNetz : Wörterbuch für interdisziplinäre Diskursforschung. Wrana, D., Ziem, A., Reisigl, M., Nonhoff, M. & Angermüller, J. (eds.). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, p. 161-162 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  7. Published

    Generation "Kautschukmann": Hermann Bahrs Kunstkritik im Kontext

    Marchal, S., 2014, Hermann Bahr - Österreichischer Kritiker europäischer Avantgarden. Müller, M. A., Pias, C. & Schnödl, G. (eds.). Peter Lang Verlag, p. 113-135 23 p. (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik. Kongressberichte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  8. Published

    Genetic Factors, Cultural Predispositions, Happiness and Gender Equality

    Inglehart, R. F., Borinskaya, S., Anna, C., Jaanus, H., Inglehart, R. C., Eduard, P. & Welzel, C., 2014, In: Journal of Research in Gender Studies. 4, 1, p. 32-100 69 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Gesellschaftlicher Wandel und die Legitimität der Vaterschaft: Soziologische Perspektiven

    Burkart, G., 2014, Regelungsaufgabe Vaterstellung: Was kann, was darf, was will der Staat?. Röthel, A. (ed.). Frankfurt: Wolfgang Metzner Verlag GmbH, p. 73-88 16 p.

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

  10. Published

    Global Immediacy

    Sprenger, F., 2014, McLuhan's Global Village Today: Transatlantic Perspectives. Birkle, C., Krewani, A. & Küster, M. (eds.). London: Pickering & Chatto, p. 31-46 16 p. (Studies for the International Society for Cultural History; vol. 6).

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

  11. Published

    Handbuch der Mythologie

    Jamme, C. (ed.) & Matuschek, S. (ed.), 2014, Darmstadt: Philipp von Zabern. 368 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch