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. 2010
  2. Published

    Arts, Culture and Urban Development in Hamburg: Employment and Exploitation

    Kirchberg, V., 2010, States of Transition: Art in the Urban Contexts of Detroit, Baltimore and Hamburg. Niemann, K. (ed.). Michigan, USA: Goethe-Institut, p. 40-50 10 p.

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

  3. Published

    A Theory of Media as a History of Electricity: How McLuhans thoughts about mediation are thwarted by their negation

    Sprenger, F., 2010, McLuhan Galaxy Conference: Understanding Media Today : Conference Proceedings. Ciastellardi, M., Almeida, C. M. & Scolari, C. A. (eds.). Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, p. 71-77 7 p.

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

  4. Published

    Axel Volmar (Hg.): Zeitkritische Medien

    Vehlken, S., 2010, In: Medienwissenschaft. 27, 1, p. 70-72 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. Published

    "Being able to love and having to die": Gadamer and Rilke

    Jamme, C., 2010, Consequences of hermeneutics: Fifty Years After Gadamer's Truth and Method. Malpas, J. E. & Zabala, S. (eds.). Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press, p. 177-189 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Bildanalysen: Gemälde, Fotos, Werbebilder

    Faulstich, W., 2010, Bardowick: Wissenschaftler-Verlag. 374 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Bill Yousman: Prime Time Prisons on U.S. TV. Representation on Incarceration

    Rothemund, K., 2010, In: MEDIENwissenschaft. Rezensionen. Reviews.. 4, p. 503-504 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    Border: The Videographic Traces by Laura Waddington as a Cinematographic Memorial

    Kuhn, E., 2010, Images of Illegalized Immigration: Towards a Critical Iconology of Politics. Bischoff, C., Falk, F. & Kafehsy, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 129-141 13 p. (Image; vol. 9).

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

  9. Published

    Bustiers, campaign baoule and "The way of peace": Fashion discourses on femininity, identity and politics in Abidjan.

    Luttmann, I., 2010, In: Anthropos. 105, 2, p. 503-537 35 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Bypassing Mathematics: Das Verhältnis von Bild und Zahl in der Geschichte der Meteorologie

    Schrickel, I., 2010, In: Bildwelten des Wissens. 7, 2, p. 9-18 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Conclusion: The Long Shadow of the Grand Coalition

    Grotz, F. & Bolgherini, S., 2010, Germany after the Grand Coalition: Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment (Europe in Transition: the Nyu European Studies). Bolgherini, S. & Grotz, F. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 195-206 12 p.

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