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

    An-arche and Indifference: Between Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, and Reiner Schürmann

    Rauch, M. F., 2021, In: Philosophy Today. 65, 3, p. 619-636 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Archivreisen. Teil I: Zuhause im Archiv

    Zindel, H. & Zetti, D., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    A Sociological Reflection on the Concert Venue

    Kirchberg, V., 2021, Classical Concert Studies: A Companion to Contemporary Research and Performance. Tröndle, M. (ed.). New York & Milton Park: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 188-192 5 p.

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

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    Briefwechsel 1957–1976

    Jamme, C. (ed.) & Busch, K. (ed.), 2021, 1 ed. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Karl Alber. 248 p. (Martin Heidegger Briefausgabe; vol. 2, no. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  6. Published

    Brüchige Hermetik – Zu geschichtstheoretischen Figuren bei Spengler und Kittler

    Schnödl, G., 2021, In: Links Rivista Di Letteratura E Cultura Tedesca. 21, p. 33-42 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Covid Arts - The Show Must Go On(line) - Music in Quarantine

    Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V., 2021, In: The European Sociologist . 46, 2

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Crisis - Unrest - Commons Sense: Melanie Gilligan, Critique and the Cultural Logic of Environmentalization

    Kuhn, H., 2021, Critique and the Digital. Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnholdt, C. L. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 147-184 38 p.

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

  9. Published

    Critique and the Digital

    Hörl, E. (ed.), Pinkrah, N. Y. (ed.) & Warnsholdt, C. L. (ed.), 2021, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 296 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Critique of Environmentality: On the World-Wide Axiomatics of Environmentalitarian Time

    Hörl, E., 2021, Critique and the Digital. Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 109-146 38 p. (Critical Stances).

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

  11. Published

    Cultural Politics of Games

    Fuchs, M., 2021, Strategies in Contemporary New Media Art. Grau, O. & Hinterwaldner, I. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur, p. 78-86 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review