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. 2022
  2. Published

    Liquidity - Networks - Deterritorialisation: Allan Sekula's Critique of Flow

    Kuhn, H., 2022, Fluidity : Materials in Motion. Finke, M. & Nakas, K. (eds.). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, p. 39-58 20 p.

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

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    Looking at the World With You

    Koss, M., 2022, On the Edge of Time. Lyn, A. & Bird, R. (eds.). St. Gallen; Berlin: Vexer Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer

  4. Published

    Meme Therapy: Auf der Suche nach Heilung in Geisterzeichnungen, Therapie-Notizbüchern und Trauma-Tagebüchern

    Kipke, A., 2022, In: Kunstforum international. 279, p. 104-111 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  5. Published

    Models of transdisciplinary knowledge production at universities: a Romanian case study

    Vienni Baptista, B. & Vilsmaier, U., 2022, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 41, 5, p. 1757-1772 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Natur schreiben: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2022

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2022, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 247 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2022)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  7. Published

    Ökologie im Experiment. Richard Harders botanische Versuche 1962-64

    Wessely, C., 2022, Räume des Wissens: die Basisausstellung im Forum Wissen Göttingen. Allemeyer, M. L., Baur, J. & Vogel, C. (eds.). 1. ed. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, p. 58-61 4 p.

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

  8. Published

    On the Mythical Atmosphere of the Digital World

    Milani, B., 2022, In: Technology and Language. 3, 4, p. 21-29 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism?: A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 24-25

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

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    Practical Formalist: Roger Fry

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 62-63

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

  11. Published

    Protest Policing in der Ausbildung: Was vermitteln simulative Trainings?

    Kretschmann, A., 2022, In: Format magazine : Zeitschrift für Polizeiausbildung und Polizeiforschung. 2022, 12, p. 42-47 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch