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. 2011
  2. Published

    The Same But Different. Ambivalent Internationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Children's Books.

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2011, In: The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 72, 3, p. 683-712 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Comparative Children's Literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 01.2011, In: PMLA . 126, 1, p. 189-196 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Errechnet, gesteuert, vernetzt: Musik am computer

    Warnke, M., 01.2011, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik : das Magazin für neue Töne. 172, 1, p. 34-39 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Active Citizenship in the Planning Process: Information Management vs. Creative Participation

    Kirschner, U., 2011, Cooperative design, visualization, and engineering: 8th international conference ; proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 94-101 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6874 LNCS).

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

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    Active Cityship in the planning process for the future plan "More Altona"

    Kirschner, U., 2011, In: V!rus. 5, 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Affekt und Erinnerung: Die ›Kriegsfilmwelle‹ im bundesrepublikanischen Kino der späten 1950er Jahre

    Fischer, T., 2011, WendeJahr 1959 ?: Die literarische Inszenierung von Kontinuitäten und Brüchen in gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Kontexten der 1950er Jahre. Lorenz, M. N. & Pirro, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, p. 93-114 (Moderne-Studien; no. 9).

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

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    Akteur – Individuum – Subjekt: Fragen zu ‚Personalität‘ und ‚Sozialität‘

    Lüdtke, N. (ed.) & Matsuzaki, H. (ed.), 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 414 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    A Line with Variable Direction, which Traces No Contour, and Delimits No Form

    Leeb, S. A., 2011, Drawing A Hypothesis: Figures of Thought. Gansterer, N. (ed.). Wien / New York: Springer New York LLC, p. 29-42 14 p. (Edition Angewandte).

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

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    Anstand

    Metelmann, J. (ed.) & Beyes, T. (ed.), 2011, Berlin: Berlin University Press. 177 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    „A paradise amidst the wildness“. Die Kultivierung der alpinen Natur

    Stoffel, P., 2011, Gärten. Röttgers, K. & Schmitz-Emans, M. (eds.). Essen: Die Blaue Eule, p. 90–99 10 p. (Philosophisch-literarische Reflexionen; vol. 13).

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