Institute of Philosophy and Art History

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The institute consists of two departments: philosophy and art history.

Main research areas

Since the winter semester 2016/17, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has established a DFG Research Training Group, "Cultures of Critique. Forms, Media, Effects", in which the IPK is significantly involved (speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen).

The Institute is also represented at the Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies for Culture and Society (co-director: Prof. Dr. Susanne Leeb) and is significantly involved in the Center for Critical Studies (speaker: Dr. Ben Trott).

With the Lichtenberg Professorship (Prof. Dr. Lynn Rother), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Leuphana University has the first permanent full professorship dedicated entirely to questions of provenance research, looted art, and restitution.

The Kunstraum, which is connected to the Institute of Philosophy and Art History, offers a close practical connection to contemporary art and its actors.

  1. 2018
  2. Primitive accumulation and general intellect

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    06.12.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  3. Then and Now: The 20th Anniversary of the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets

    Rother, L. (Speaker)

    10.12.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  4. 2019
  5. Court of Arbitration for Art (External organisation)

    Rother, L. (Member)

    2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  6. spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures (Journal)

    Heinrichs, R. (Editor), Ganesh, M. I. (Editor), Lohmüller, S. (Editor), Beverungen, A. (Editor), Apprich, C. (Editor), Hille, L. (Editor) & Trott, B. (Editor)

    20192020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  7. Camera Obscura (Journal)

    Kuhn, E. (Editorial Board)

    01.2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  8. Linked.Art (External organisation)

    Rother, L. (Member)

    01.2019 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  9. Widerständige Zeit-Bilder. 1968 in Kunst und Kino.

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    10.01.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Crafting Experience: Exemplarity and Reproduction in Pan (1895–1900)

    Koss, M. (Speaker)

    21.01.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  11. Festival TOKSI-LINE: feminism – environment – geopolitics

    Gerhardt, U. (Curator)

    26.01.201927.01.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsResearch