School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Faculty

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. 2019
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    Computer Simulations Then and Now: an Introduction and Historical Reassessment

    Borrelli, A. & Wellmann, J., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 407-417 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Fakt, Fake und Fiktion: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2019

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.), Staiger, M. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 220 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2019)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Gilles Deleuze’s Philosophy of Nature: System and Method in What is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.12.2019, In: Theory, Culture and Society. 36, 7–8, p. 89–107 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Novel Thought: Towards a Literary Study of Organization

    Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Novel thought: Towards a literary study of organization

    Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Challenging infrastructures of domestic labor: Implications for labor organizing in Lebanon and Belgium

    Maaroufi, M. & Loew, N., 12.2019, In: Journal of Labor and Society. 22, 4, p. 853-873 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Hermann Schweppenhäuser: Sprache, Literatur und Kunst

    Friedrich, T. (ed.), Kramer, S. (ed.) & Schweppenhäuser, G. (ed.), 12.2019, 1 ed. Berlin: J.B. Metzler. 418 p. (Gesammelte Schriften; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Presidente del Consiglio, partiti politici e maggioranza parlamentare (1996-2016)

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 12.2019, Il presidente del Consiglio dei ministri dallo Stato liberale all’Unione Europea. Tedoldi, L. (ed.). Milano: Biblion edizioni, p. 385-410 26 p. (Storia, politica, società; vol. 54).

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