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. 2010
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    Stereotyp

    O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 298 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Strategie in der Politikwissenschaft: Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfelds

    Raschke, J. (ed.) & Tils, R. (ed.), 2010, 1. Aufl. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 388 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    ‚Suicidal Attacks’ und ihre medialen Repräsentationen: Geschlechtertheoretische Überlegungen und Befunde

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2010, Medien – Krieg – Geschlecht: Affirmationen und Irritationen sozialer Ordnungen. Thiele, M., Thomas, T. & Virchow, F. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 235-256 22 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).

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

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    Syngritikē paidikē logotechnia: basismenē sto biblio tes Kinderliterasche Kobaratistik

    O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Thessalonikē u.a.: Epikentro. 429 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Systemic aspects of auditory interactive art in the public sphere.

    Großmann, R. & Otto, A., 2010, In: V!rus. V!3, 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    The edge of virtual communities ? An explorative analysis of clans and computer games

    Wimmer, J., Quandt, T. & Vogel, K., 2010, Exploring the Edges of Gaming: Proceedings of the Vienna Games Conference 2008-2009 Future and Reality of Gaming . Mitgutsch, K., Klimmt, C. & Rosenstingl, H. (eds.). Braumüller Verlag, p. 77-90 14 p.

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

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    The Mobile Phone: From an Instrument of Microcoordination to a Universal Control Device

    Burkart, G., 2010, The World in your Hand: On the everyday global culture of the mobile phone. Yoshida, M., Mennicke-Schwarz, C., Feigelfeld, P. & Wenzel, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 498-517 20 p.

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

  10. Published

    Theorie des Buches

    Faulstich, W., 2010, Vom Eigensinn des Buches. Huffmann, J-F. & Röper, A. (eds.). Berlin: alertverlag, p. 70-78 8 p.

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

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    ’... the world was becomming numerical.’: Informationsgrafik und Kunst in Dierk Schmidts ‚Die Teilung der Erde’

    Leeb, S. A., 2010, Dierk Schmidt. The Division of the Earth: Tableaux on the Legal Synopses of the Berlin Africa Conference. 1 ed. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 112-121 10 p.

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