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
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    Democracy Confused: When People Mistake the Absence of Democracy for Its Presence

    Kruse, S., Ravlik, M. & Welzel, C., 01.04.2019, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 50, 3, p. 315-335 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    GRAD (Synopsis)

    Gerhardt, U., 01.04.2019, Sisters Alike: Female Identities in the Post-Utopian. Markusen, L. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 108 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

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    Sankt – Female Identities in the Post-Utopian (Synopsis)

    Gerhardt, U., 01.04.2019, Sisters Alike: Female Identities in the Post-Utopian. Markusen, L. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 30 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

  5. Published

    Empowering Women: The Role of Emancipative Forces in Board Gender Diversity

    Brieger, S., Francoeur, C., Welzel, C. & Ben-Amar, W., 20.03.2019, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 155, 2, p. 495-511 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Humans, Materiality and Society: The Contemporary Sociological Relevance of Helmuth Plessner

    Henkel, A., 15.03.2019, In: Human Studies . 42, 1, p. 123-145 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Burkina Faso - A history of power, protest, and revolution

    Wienkoop, N-K., 04.03.2019, In: Social Movement Studies. 18, 2, p. 263-264 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  9. Published

    Schelling's Naturalism: Motion, Space and the Volition of thought

    Woodard, B., 01.03.2019, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 254 p. (New Perspectives in Ontology )

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Ian White – Cinema as a Live Art / Becoming Object

    Breimaier, A. (ed.), 03.2019, Berlin: Edition Living Archive. 63 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesTransfer

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