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. 2018
  2. Published

    Sobre Eyal Weizman, Arquitectura Forense. Violencia en el Umbral de la Detectabilidad, Nueva York: Zone Books, 2017

    Eduardo, S., 18.12.2018, In: Academia XXII. 9, 18, p. 191-196 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Stille, Geräusch, Rauschen: Ästhetische und medientechnische Anmerkungen

    Großmann, R., 06.12.2018, In: Texte zur Kunst. 28. Jg., 112, p. 30-45 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Treffen der Generationen: ELIZA meets Siri

    Sander, P., 03.12.2018, Hello, I'm Eliza: Fünfzig Jahre Gespräche mit Computern. Höltgen, S. & Höltgen, S. (eds.). Bochum/Freiburg: Projekt Verlag, p. 258-259 2 p. (Computerarchäologie; vol. 4).

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

  5. Published

    Constitutional Coup. Privatization's Threat to the American Republic by Jon D. Michaels. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2017

    Leipold, A., 01.12.2018, In: Neue politische Literatur. 68, 3, p. 543-544 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. Published

    Gluing life together. Computer simulation in the life sciences: An Introduction

    Wellmann, J., 01.12.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 4, 10 p., 70.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Hypothekentilgung

    Wessely, C. & Voller, C., 01.12.2018, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 41, 4, p. 445-448 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Migration as Social Seismograph: an Analysis of Germany’s ‘Refugee Crisis’ Controversy

    Bojadžijev, M., 01.12.2018, In: International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. 31, 4, p. 335-356 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Democratization

    Haerpfer, C. W., Bernhagen, P., Welzel, C. P. & Inglehart, R., 12.2018, 2 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 520 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    Die Quadratur des Bermudadreiecks

    Müggenburg, J. K. & Vehlken, S., 12.2018, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 41, 4, p. 403-408 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review