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

    Schwebende Infrastrukturen: Project Loons extraterritoriale Ballons und die Medien der Stratosphäre

    Zindel, H., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 153–167 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Case of Willetta Huggins

    Wiechern, A-L., 2020, Stimmen Hören. Klaut, M., Schnödl, G. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 277-284 8 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

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

  4. Published

    The Instrument as Medium: Phonographic Work

    Großmann, R., 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art. Krogh Groth, S. & Schulze, H. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 436-445 10 p. 23. (Bloomsbury handbooks).

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

  5. Published

    The Stakes of the Stage: Piscator's Scenography as a Practice of Critique and Benjamin's Discontent with the "Zeittheater"

    Woisnitza, M., 2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 297-324 28 p. (Critical stances).

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

  6. Published

    The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity

    Gaupp, L., 2020, Managing Culture: Reflecting on exchange in global times. Durrer, V. & Henze, R. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 127-153 27 p. (Sociology of the Arts).

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

  7. Published

    Traffic Life: Temporal Dynamics and Regulatory Dimensions in Agent-Based Transport Simulations

    Vehlken, S., 2020, In: Mobilities. 15, 5, p. 725-739 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Träume: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2020

    von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2020, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 193 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2020)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  9. Published

    Unerhörte Musen

    Kuhn, E., 2020, In: Filmbulletin. Zeitschrift für Film und Kino. 62, 384, p. 34-35 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    (Urban) Sacred Places and Profane Spaces—Theological Topography in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    Keidel, V., 2020, Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies: Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity. Kindermann, M. & Rohleder, R. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 45-64 20 p. (Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Urzeit und Umwelt: Philipp Leopold Martins Museum der Urwelt in Berlin

    Stoffel, P. & Wessely, C., 2020, Erdgeschichten: Literatur und Geologie im langen 19. Jahrhundert. Schnyder, P. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 247-264 18 p.

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