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. 2012
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    Explicit Art Historical Image Referencing on a Big Scale

    Warnke, M., 2012, In: LIBREAS. Library Ideas. 21, Bilder, Graphen, Visualisierungen, 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Familienbande und Beziehungsmuster: Zum Ornamentalen in Édouard Vuillards Grand Intérieur

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Ornament: Motiv - Modus - Bild. Beyer, V. & Spies, C. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 91-115 25 p.

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

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    Flüssige Technokratie

    Schrage, D., 2012, In: Merkur. 66, 9/10, p. 817-825 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Free movement and the emergence of European social citizenship

    Blome, K., Friedrich, D. & Nanz, P., 2012, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP). 41, 4, p. 383-398 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    From Conspicuous Consumption to Neo-Bohemian Life Styles: Updating Ideal Types of Cultural Consumption for the 21st Century

    Kirchberg, V., 2012, The Consumption of Culture, The Culture of Consumption : A Collection of Contributions on Cultural Consumption and Cultural Markets. Vecco, M. (ed.). Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing, p. 189-204 16 p.

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

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    Führt Bürgerbeteiligung in umweltpolitischen Entscheidungsprozessen zu mehr Effektivität und Legitimität?

    Newig, J., Jager, N. W. & Challies, E., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 22, 4, p. 527-564 38 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Für die Beweglichkeit. Kreuzungen, Paraphrasen: Tage der Poesie, Linz 2012. Texte und Materialien

    Steinbacher, C. & Huber, F., 2012, Linz: Adalbert-Stifter-Institut des Landes Oberösterreich. 112 p. (edition philosophisch-literarische reihe)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Gehen: Festschrift für Hannes Böhringer

    Vahrson, V. (ed.), Märtens, S. (ed.) & Söntgen, B. (ed.), 2012, Köln: Salon Verlag . 203 p. (Graue Reihe)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    Generalizing Trust: How Out-Group Trust Grows Beyond In-Group Trust

    Delhey, J. & Welzel, C., 2012, p. 49-74, 26 p. (World Values Research; vol. 5, no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers