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. 2020
  2. Published

    Thinking the Problematic: Genealogies and Explorations between Philosophy and the Sciences

    Leistert, O. (ed.) & Schrickel, I. (ed.), 26.10.2020, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 197 p. (Philosophy)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Absorbing the gaze, scattering looks: Klimt’s distinctive style and its two-fold effect on the eye of the beholder

    Miscenà, A., Arato, J. & Rosenberg, R., 06.10.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    From Critique to Problems and the Politics of the In-act with Bergson, Deleuze and James

    Brunner, C., 06.10.2020, Thinking the Problematic: Genealogies and Explorations between Philosophy and the Sciences. Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 153-178 26 p.

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

  5. Published

    Introduction to Thinking the Problematic: Decentring as Method and Ethos

    Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I., 06.10.2020, Thinking the problematic: genealogies and explorations between philosophy and the sciences. Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-34 26 p. (Philosophy).

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

  6. Published

    Clashing Values: Supranational Identities, Geopolitical Rivalry and Europe’s Growing Cultural Divide

    Akaliyski, P. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2020, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 51, 9, p. 740-762 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    How does collaborative governance evolve? Insights from a medium-n case comparison

    Ulibarri, N., Emerson, K., Imperial, M. T., Jager, N. W., Newig, J. & Weber, E., 01.10.2020, In: Policy and Society. 39, 4, p. 617-637 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?

    Rimmert, M., Baudoin, L., Cotta, B., Kochskämper, E. & Newig, J., 01.10.2020, In: Water Alternatives. 13, 3, p. 484-512 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography

    Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Two temperatures for one thermostat: The evolution of policy attitudes and support for independence in Catalonia (1991–2018)

    Romero, X., 10.2020, In: Nations and Nationalism. 26, 4, p. 960-978 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The performatization of space: Comments on the historicity of knowledge and technology in the construction of contemporary performance spaces

    Leeker, M., Baumgärtel, S. A. & Corrêa, T., 24.09.2020, In: URDIMENTO-REVISTA DE ESTUDOS EM ARTES CENICAS. 2, 38, p. 1-27 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review