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. 2009
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    James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan or The boy who would not grow up

    Gebsattel, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Bal - Bot. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143-144 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships

    O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    "Keine Sommerfrische": das Bild der "Reise" in der Holocaust-Literatur

    Fischer, T., 2009, Ästhetik der Ausschließung: Ausnahmezustände in Geschichte, Theorie, Medien und literarischer Fiktion. Ruf, O. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 241-256 16 p. (Film - Medium - Diskurs; vol. 25).

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

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    Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows

    Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Klein, Naomi (b. 1970) and the Movement Against Neoliberal Globalization

    Trott, B., 2009, The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present. Ness, I. (ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Vol. 3. 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Konfliktkulturen, Konfliktdefinitionskonflikte und Mediation

    Saretzki, T., 2009, In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik. 20, 4, p. 567-569 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Kulturlandschaft – Neu entdeckt für den Geographieunterricht

    Pries, M., 2009, Kulturlandschaften in Geographie und Raumplanung: Eine Handreichung - nicht nur - für den Geographie-Unterricht. A. F. R. U. L. & V. D. S. E. V. (eds.). Bretten: Eigenverlag des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen, p. 5 - 6 2 p. (Schriftenreihe des Verbandes Deutscher Schulgeographen e.V.; vol. 9).

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

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    Kultur, Politik und Öffentlichkeit: Festschrift für Jens Flemming

    Bussiek, D. (ed.) & Göbel, S. (ed.), 2009, Kassel: Kassel university press. 659 p. (Kasseler Personalschriften; vol. 7)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch