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
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    Does pictorial composition guide the eye? Investigating four centuries of last supper pictures

    Sancarlo, R., Arato, J., Dare, Z. & Rosenberg, R., 21.08.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY

    Welzel, C., 06.08.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Rohrschneider, R. & Thomassen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 76-94 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Giovan Battista Della Porta's construction of pneumatic phenomena and his use of recipes as heuristic tools

    Borrelli, A., 01.08.2020, In: Centaurus. 62, 3, p. 406-424 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Collective Chronopolitics: Beyound measure

    Beverungen, A., 08.2020, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 20, 3, p. 235-244 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Cabinet Decision-Making in Parliamentary Systems

    Vercesi, M., 30.07.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. Andeweg, R. B., Elgie, R., Helms, L., Kaarbo, J. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 438-459 22 p. (Oxford Handbooks online / Political science)(Oxford Handbooks ).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers

    Müller-Rommel, F., Kroeber, C. & Vercesi, M., 30.07.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. Andeweg, R. B., Elgie, R., Helms, L., Kaarbo, J. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 229-250 22 p. (Oxford Handbooks)(Oxford handbooks online / Political Science).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives

    Andeweg, R. B. (ed.), Elgie, R. (ed.), Helms, L. (ed.), Kaarbo, J. (ed.) & Müller-Rommel, F. (ed.), 30.07.2020, 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 864 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Critique: The Stakes of Form

    Kuhn, H. (ed.), Mehl, I. (ed.), Khatib, S. (ed.), Söntgen, B. (ed.) & Lochner, O. (ed.), 28.07.2020, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch