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

    The media arcane

    Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, Spring, p. 84-107 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Watery Milieus: Marine biology, aquariums, and the limits of ecological knowledge circa 1900

    Wessely, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, p. 36-59 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Materialexplosion und Avantgardeanspruch

    Großmann, R., 05.2019, In: Positionen. 119 , p. 50-53 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Metamodelizing the Territory: On Teddy Cruz’s Diagrammatic Urbanism

    Brunner, C., 05.2019, Why Guattari? A Liberation of Cartographies, Ecologies and Politics. Jellis, T., Gerlach, J. & Dewsbury, J-D. (eds.). London / New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 58-71 14 p. (Routledge studies in human geography).

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

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    Natur als Ereignis in den modernen Lebenswissenschaften

    Wellmann, J., 05.2019, Naturalismen: Kunst, Ästhetik und Wissenschaft. Felfe, R. & Sass, M. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 205-213 8 p.

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

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    The Organization is a Repair Shop

    Conrad, L., 05.2019, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 19, 2, p. 303-324 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    L’« été de l’accueil » en Allemagne: les deux versants du bénévolat en temps de « crise des réfugiés »

    Karakayali, S. & Steinhilper, E., 18.04.2019, La crise de l'accueil: Frontières, droits, résistances. Lendaro, A., Rodier, C. & Lou Vertongen, Y. (eds.). Paris: Editions La Decouverte, p. 251-272 22 p.

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

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    Feminismus und Film

    Horstmann, F. (ed.), Wentz, D. (ed.) & Waack, L. (ed.), 12.04.2019, Bremen: Institut für Kunstwissenschaft – Filmwissenschaft – Kunstpädagogik, Universität Bremen. (Nach dem Film; no. 17)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Wolfgang Ernst Gedruckte Schriften 1990/2017

    Sander, P. & Schäfer, P., 12.04.2019, Archäographien: Aspekte einer radikalen Medienarchäologie. Hiller, M. & Höltgen, S. (eds.). Basel: Schwabe Verlag, p. 237-252 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

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    A Tale of Culture - Bound Regime Evolution: The Centennial Democratic Trend and Its Recent Reversal

    Brunkert, L., Kruse, S. & Welzel, C. P., 03.04.2019, In: Democratization. 26, 3, p. 422-443 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review