Alumni
Students who have graduated from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg School of Culture and Society have gone on to work at cultural and research institutions around the world. Cultural Studies has been taught at the University for almost forty years, with links having been built to those working in a range of academic disciplines, social and cultural fields and practices. With a substantial, heterogeneous alumni network, we can provide students with concrete examples of the types of work and activities that this degree programme makes possible. If you would like to be added to our alumni list or would like to correct information, please contact thekla.molnar@leuphana.de.
Dr. Larissa Buchholz
Assistant professor at Northwestern University, Illinois, United States.Specialist in the sociology of art and culture, global/transnational studies, and sociological theory
Romina Del Principe
Intern in the Publications Department of the Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Dr. Marina Gerber
Research Associate and Coordinator of Eastern European Studies at the Institute for Slavic Studies at the Universiät Hamburg
Heike Ekea Gleibs
Head of Educational Policy and Digital Cultural Assets at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Katrin Glinka
Head of the HCC Data Lab in the Human-Centered Computing research group at the Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin
Bärbel Hartje
Exhibition and event organization in the Communication + Networking department at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK Hamburg)
Caroline Huzel
Head of Communication and Press at the Kunstverein, Hamburg
Dr. Dennis Johannßen
Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Languages and Literary Studies at Lafayette College, USA
Alexander Kamber
PhD student at the University of Zurich in the Department of Cultural Analysis. Doctoral project on ecological body knowledge of historical dance forms
Cornelia Kastelan
Student and Academic Services Coordinator and Internship Assistant at Stanford University in Berlin
Anna Kipke
Research Associate at the "Intervening Arts" collaborative research project (SfB), Leuphana University Lüneburg
Inga Koehler
Project Manager Selection Process and Engagement Promotion at Studienkompass
Mara-Johanna Kölmel
Head of Art Department, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen
Chris Köver
Editor at netzpolitik.org. Research focus on digital violence, so-called artificial intelligence and migration control.
Founder of and partner at Missy Magazine
Christine Kramer
Head of Research Communication, Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Dr. Sarah Kreiseler
Museum Director, Rundlingsmuseum Wendland
Julia Lerch
Curator and Deputy Director of the Kunstmuseum Bochum
Mira Linzenmeier
Press and media relations and marketing for the Long Night of Museums Hamburg 2024
Stefanie Lohaus
Member of the Board of Directors and Head of Communication at EAF Berlin. Project manager of the social alliance, "Gemeinsam gegen Sexismus". Editor at Missy Magazine. Author
Dr. Svenja Ludwig
Speaker and head of engagement funding at the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Liola Mattheis
Research Associate in the Knowledge of Life program area, Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
Dr. Isabel Mehl
Post-Doctoral Associate at the "Normativity, Critique, Change" research training group, Freie Universität Berlin
Bernd Georg Milla
Managing Director of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Jenny Nachtigall
Lecturer in Art History in the History of Art Department, University College London. Focus on modernism and its critical history
Dr. Kerstin Niemann
Academic Assistant at the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department at the University of Applied Science Potsdam. Founder and Director of FILTER Detroit, a research residency for artists and urban researchers in Detroit
Almut Poppinga
Scientific Management at the Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt a. M.
Prof. Dr. Sophia Prinz
Professor of Design Theory and History at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Nadja Quante
Artistic Director at Künstlerhaus Bremen
Alia Rayyan
Research Assistant at the endowed professorship "Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary Curating", HZK, Humboldt University Berlin
Dr. Stephanie Regenbrecht
Assistant to the Director of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Ursula Richenberger
Project Manager for the development of the German Port Museum at the Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Stephanie Seidel
Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
Emma Stenger
Communication and Public Relations at Kampnagel - International Center for Fine Arts, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Ana Teixeira Pinto
Professor of Fine Arts/Art in Discourse, Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Anna Woll
Head of the Communications Department at the Museum Brandhorst in Munich