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. 2019
  2. Published

    Digitale Medien, Partizipation und Ungleichheit: eine Studie zum sozialen Gebrauch des Internets

    Rudolph, S., 08.07.2019, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 394 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  3. Published

    Negotiating democracy with authoritarian regimes. EU democracy promotion in North Africa

    van Hüllen, V., 04.07.2019, In: Democratization. 26, 5, p. 869-888 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Gasteditorial

    Kühn, M. & Münch, S., 03.07.2019, In: DISP. 55, 3, p. 20-21 2 p.

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

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Il "decision making" dell'esecutivo

    Vercesi, M., 07.2019, Il governo in Italia: Profili costituzionali e dinamiche politiche. Musella, F. (ed.). Bologna: Il Mulino, p. 219-241 22 p. (Itinerari).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Accepted/In press

    Medien-Musikinstrumente

    Hardjowirogo, S-I., 12.2027, Musik und Medien. Großmann, R. & Ungeheuer, E. (eds.). Laaber Verlag, (Kompendien Musik; vol. 15).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    No Concept of form within Sight Can System Theory help us?

    Kemp, W., 07.2019, In: Merkur. 73, 842, p. 31-+

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth

    Jamme, C., 20.06.2019, Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. Vandegrift Eldridge, H. & Fischer, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Vol. 1. p. 178-193 16 p. 6.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Alex Adriaansens: 1953–2018

    Broeckmann, A., 01.06.2019, In: Leonardo. 52, 3, p. 320-320 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics: The Case of the 5 Star Movement

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 01.06.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 225-247 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review