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.

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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

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    Queer Studies as Cultural Studies?

    Trott, B., 26.11.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 13, 2, p. 118-121 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Inexistent Ink: Michael Cisco and Quentin Meillassoux on Writing Worlds: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies

    Woodard, B., 18.11.2019, Spaces and Fictions of the Weird and the Fantastic : Ecologies, Geographies, Oddities. Greve, J. & Zappe, F. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 149-164 16 p. (Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies).

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

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    Das homosexuelle Begehren

    Hocquenghem, G., Betzler, L. (ed.) & Branding, H. (ed.), 17.11.2019, 1. ed. Hamburg: Edition Nautilus. 197 p. (Nautilus Flugschrift)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Editorial: #5 Spectres of Artificial Intelligence

    spheres Editorial Collective, Apprich, C., Beverungen, A. & Hille, L., 01.11.2019, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 5, p. 1-4 4 p.

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

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    Proving the world more imaginary? Four approaches to imagining sustainability in sustainability research

    Kagan, S., 01.11.2019, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 44, SUPPL 2, p. 157-178 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review