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
  2. Published

    Think-Tank-Denken: Zur Epistemologie der Beratung

    Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S., 2010, Think Tanks. Die Beratung der Gesellschaft. Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Diaphanes Verlag, p. 17-58 42 p.

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

  3. Published

    Think Tanks: Die Beratung der Gesellschaft

    Brandstetter, T. (ed.), Pias, C. (ed.) & Vehlken, S. (ed.), 2010, Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 123 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens

    Wöhler, K. (ed.), Pott, A. (ed.) & Denzer, V. (ed.), 2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 320 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Touristsein als temporäres Sein in alltagsabgewandten Räumen

    Wöhler, K., 2010, Auf den Spuren der Touristen: Perspektiven auf ein bedeutsames Handlungsfeld. Lauterbach, B. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 175-198 24 p. (Kulturtransfer. Alltagskulturelle Beiträge; vol. 6).

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

  6. Published

    Toward the future of human body

    Runkel, G., 2010, Science Without Borders: Ecology and forests for public health. Transactions of the International Academy of Sciene H&E. Kofler, W. & Khalilov, E. (eds.). SWB International Publishing House , p. 112-116 5 p.

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

  7. Published

    Toward the future of human body

    Runkel, G., 2010, In: BECTHKИ. 1, p. 45-47 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Transculturality in Top Model: An Analysis of a Global Television Format and its Audiences in Different Cultural Contexts

    Stehling, M., 2010, Media and Communication Studies, Interventions and Intersections: The Intellectual Work of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School. Carpentier, N., Tomanic Trivundza, I., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Sundin, E., Olsson, T., Kilborn, R., Nieminen, H. & Cammaerts, B. (eds.). Tartu University Press, p. 334-335 2 p. (The researching and Teaching communicaTion series).

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

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    Trennungen, in denen wir denken und existieren

    Jamme, C., 2010, Selbstbewusstsein und Gottesgedanke: Ein Wiener Symposion mit Dieter Henrich über Philosophische Theologie. Langthaler, R. & Hofer, M. (eds.). Wien: Braumüller Verlag, p. 163-173 11 p. (Wiener Jahrbuch für Philosophie; vol. 2008, no. 40).

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

  10. Published

    Übermittlung, Passage, Kanal, Medium

    Warnke, M., 2010, Sujet Supposé Savoir: Zum Moment der Übertragung in Kunst Pädagogik Psychoanalyse. Crommelin, A., Meyer, T. & Zahn, M. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 83-85 3 p.

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

  11. Published

    Umwelt (Umweltpolitik)

    Saretzki, T., 2010, Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft: Bd. 2: N - Z. Nohlen, D. & Schultze, R-O. (eds.). 4 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, p. 1118-1120 3 p. (Beck'sche Reihe; vol. 1464).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch