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. 2021
  2. Published

    Between symmetry and asymmetry: spontaneous symmetry breaking as narrative knowing

    Borrelli, A., 01.04.2021, In: Synthese. 198, 4, p. 3919-3948 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Creative Work, Self-Organizing, and Autonomist Potentiality: Snapshots taken from Amsterdam's art factories

    Cnossen, B., 01.04.2021, In: European Journal of Cultural Studies. 24, 2, p. 394-410 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Krise der Wirklichkeit: Karl Mannheim, Ideologie und Utopie (1929)

    Stoffel, P., Wessely, C. & Engemann, C., 01.04.2021, Deregulation und Restauration: Eine politische Wissensgeschichte. Wulz, M., Stadler, M., Güttler, N. & Grütter, F. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz Berlin, p. 17-34 18 p.

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

  5. Published

    Leveraging the macro-level environment to balance work and life: an analysis of female entrepreneurs’ job satisfaction

    De Clercq, D., Brieger, S. A. & Welzel, C., 01.04.2021, In: Small Business Economics. 56, 4, p. 1361-1384 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Repatriation, Public Programming, and the DEAI Toolkit

    Bazan, E., Black, S. W., Thurn, N. & Usbeck, F., 04.2021, In: Journal of Museum Education. 46, 1, p. 27-37 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibilities of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    Conrad, L., 04.2021, In: Management Learning. 52, 2, p. 255-259 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    Unsettling bodies of knowledge: Walking as a pedagogy of affect

    Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 04.2021, In: Management Learning. 52, 2, p. 224-242 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Why the future is democratic

    Welzel, C., 04.2021, In: Journal of Democracy. 32, 2, p. 132-144 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Kybernetischer Kapitalismus? Amazon, algorithmisches Management und Aneignung

    Beverungen, A., 24.03.2021, Die unsichtbare Hand des Plans: Koordination und Kalkül im digitalen Kapitalismus. Daum, T. & Nuss, S. (eds.). Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag, p. 95-109 15 p. (Analysen).

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

  11. Published

    Demokratie ohne Mehrheit? Die Volksparteien von gestern und der Parlamentarismus von morgen

    Koß, M., 18.03.2021, München: dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. 270 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer