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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    Media of Trust: Visualizing the Pandemic

    Hoof, F., 2020, Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory . Melamed, L., Keidl, P. D., Hediger, V. & Somaini, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 231-240 20 p.

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

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    Music Venues in Transition: States of Autonomy, Dependence and Subcultural Institutionalization

    Kuchar, R., 2020, In: Todas as Artes. 3, 2, p. 25-41 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Musikclubs zwischen Szene, Stadt und Music Industries: Autonomie, Vereinnahmung, Abhängigkeit.

    Kuchar, R., 2020, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 314 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Political Institutions and Political Elites in Changing Liberal-Democracies

    Vercesi, M., 2020, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 282 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

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    Protestbewegungen in Afrika im Spiegel aktueller afrikanischer Dokumentarfilme

    Luttmann, I., 2020, In: Anthropos. 115, 1, p. 85-105 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Provenance Research in Museums: The Long Run

    Rother, L. & Schmeisser, I., 2020, Provenance Research Today: Principles, Practice, Problems. Tompkins, A. (ed.). London: Lund Humphries, p. 106-116 10 p.

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

  8. Published

    Queer Berlin and the Covid-19 Crisis: A Politics of Contact and Ethics of Care

    Trott, B., 2020, In: Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements. 12, 1, p. 88-108 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Radverkehrsförderung 3.0: Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital - Teil 2; Radverkehr, Verkehrsmittelwahl, Stadtverkehr, Verkehrsplanung

    Pez, P. & Seidel, A., 2020, In: Internationales Verkehrswesen. 72, 4, p. 16-20 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Scenes of Indifference: The Addressee of the Adventure

    Lagaay, A. & Rauch, M. F., 2020, In: Ethics and Politics. 22, 3, p. 87–108 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review