Summer Semester 2026 Overview of Events

The Center for Critical Studies (CCS) was founded in 2022 and, each semester, organizes a full program of events. An overview of events coming up in the 2025/26 winter semester can be found below. For full details and updates, click here.

CCS gathers together the critical theories, analyses and practices that shape Cultural Studies research in Lüneburg, anchoring the Cultures of Critique research focus within the School of Culture and Society and serving as a space for exchange and collaboration in this area with others from across the university. It is a platform for existing research and a site for new initiatives in both research and teaching. For more information, click here.

CCS membership is open to all Leuphana University of Lüneburg faculty members, with new members proposed at general meetings. Ben Trott is CCS Speaker.

The Center currently has around 59 members and a number of participating institutions, including the Kunstraum, the Arbeitsgespräche für Kritische Theorie (LAKT) and the Provenance Lab. The DFG funded Cultures of Critique research training group plays a central role in the work of the Center as does The Disruptive Condition research initiative. The Center serves as a point of contact and a site of integration for Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society (LIAS) fellows. CCS also hosts a colloquium three times a semester, providing a space in which members can present and discuss their research in progress.
 

Summer Semester 2026 Program

“Ghost Cousins at Midcentury: Trans Femininity and the Foundations of the Gay Canon” – Emma Heaney
Tue. 23. June, 6:15 pm, C 40.704

Further events for the 2026 summer semester events will be listed here soon