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. 2012
  2. Published

    Organizing the entrepreneurial city

    Beyes, T., 2012, Handbook on Organisational Entrepreneurship. Hjorth, D. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 320-337 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    Orte Schaffen

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Gehen: Festschrift für Hannes Böhringer. Vahrson, V., Märtens, S. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Köln: Salon Verlag , p. 35-38 4 p.

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

  4. Published

    Party Government in the New Europe

    Keman, H. (ed.) & Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.), 2012, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p. (Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; no. 79)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Philosophie der Geburt

    Schües, C., 2012, Wurzeln des Lebens: Die pränatale Psychologie im Kontext von Wissenschaft, Heilkunde, Geburtshilfe und Seelsorge. Hildebrandt, S., Schacht, J. & Blazy, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: Mattes Verlag, p. 210 - 219 10 p.

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

  6. Published

    Political Representation in the EU: A second transformation?

    Friedrich, D. & Kroeger, S., 2012, The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union. Friedrich, D. & Kroeger, S. (eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 3-20 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Posthumane Verkörperungen in einer Post-Gender-Welt? Kulturelle Dimensionen der kosmetischen Chirurgie

    Stammberger, B., 2012, Verbesserte Körper - gutes Leben?: Bioethik, Enhancement und Disability Studies. Rehmann-Sutter, C. (ed.). Frankfurt/Main, Berlin, Bern, New York: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 181-205 24 p. (Praktische Philosophie. Kontrovers; no. 5).

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

  8. Published

    Postoperaismus – Immaterielle Arbeit und die Transformation der Gesellschaft

    Rudolph, S., 2012, Berlin, Münster: LIT Verlag. 165 p. (Zeitdiagnosen; vol. 26)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  9. Published

    P : Passivität

    Busch, K., Loichinger, H. C. (ed.) & Knoll, V. (ed.), 2012, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 72 p. (Kleiner Stimmungs-Atlas in Einzelbänden; vol. 6)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Protest

    Trott, B. & Müller, T., 2012, ABC der Alternativen 2.0. Brand, U., Lösch, B., Opratko, B. & Thimmel, S. (eds.). p. 226-227 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  11. Published

    Pythagoreismus

    Berz, P., 2012, Friedrich Kittler, Technik oder Kunst?. Seitter, W. & Ott, M. (eds.). Wetzlar: Büchse der Pandora, p. 57-69 13 p. (Tumult.Schriften zur Verkehrswissenschaft; vol. 40).

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