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
  2. Published

    The Life Cycle of Party Government across the New Europe

    Keman, H. & Müller-Rommel, F., 2012, Party Government in the New Europe. Keman, H. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 3-24 22 p. (Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; no. 79).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Modern Concept of Fashion and its Origins in Romanticism

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 2012, The Actuality of Romanticism. Deiters, F-J., Fliethmann, A., Lang, B., Lewis, A. & Weller, C. (eds.). Rombach Verlag, Vol. 5. p. 141-159 19 p. (Limbus – Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 5).

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

  4. Published

    The professional identity of gameworkers revisited: A qualitative inquiry on the case example of German professionals.

    Wimmer, J. & Sitnikova, T., 2012, In: Eludamos - Journal for Computer Game Culture. 6, 1, p. 153-169 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    The Sharing Turn: Why We are Generally Nice and Have a Good Chance to Cooperate our Way Out of the Mess We Have Gotten Ourselves Into

    Graßmuck, V., 2012, Media, Knowledge and Education: Cultures and Ethics of Sharing: Medien - Wissen - Bildung: Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens. Sützl, W., Stalder, F., Maier, R. & Hug, T. (eds.). Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 17-34 18 p.

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

  6. Published

    The times they are a-changin’: The digital transformation of ‘classic’ counter-public spheres

    Wimmer, J., 2012, In: Casopis za upravljanje komuniciranjem. 7, 23, p. 5-22 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    The transcultural and artscience: The 'Karamoja Campaign' as an attempt at transdisciplinary action research

    Kagan, S., 2012, Von der Internationalisierung der Hochschule zur transkulturellen Wissenschaft: wissenschaftliche Konferenz 2010 an der Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg. Cremer-Renz, C. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 309-322 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tourismuspolitik

    Wöhler, K., 2012, Handlexikon der Europäischen Union. Bergmann, J., Mickel, W. M. & Grupp, C. D. (eds.). 4. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 884-888 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  9. Published

    Transformation as Differentiation: The Diversity of Representation in the European Union

    Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S., 2012, The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union. Friedrich, D. & Kröger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-273 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Über die Krise einer unverwüstlichen Lebensform

    Burkart, G., 2012, Ganz privat - Familie: [Katalog zur Ausstellung "Ganz privat - Familie" in der Städtischen Galerie Lüdenscheid vom 29.09.2012 bis 13.01.2013. Möller, H. G. (ed.). Lüdenscheid: Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, p. 10-15 6 p.

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

  11. Published

    Über Konstruktion und Dekonstruktion von Gehörlosigkeit bei Kindern

    Bosteels, S., Blume, S. & Bösenberg, E. S. (Translator), 2012, Verbesserte Körper - gutes Leben?: Bioethik, Enhancement und die Disability Studies. Eilers, M., Grüber, K. & Rehmann-Sutter, C. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 123-144 22 p. 6. ( Praktische Philosophie Kontrovers / Practical Philosophy controversial / Philosophie pratique en controverse; vol. 5).

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