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.
- 2025
LIAS Workshop: Beyond Restitution: Indigenous Practices, Museums and Heritage
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Organiser), Rother, L. (Organiser), Leeb, S. (Organiser), Felicitas Sabel, L. (Organiser), Moreschi, B. (Organiser) & Pitta, F. (Organiser)
07.02.2025 → 08.02.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Foucault en mots
Nigro, R. (Speaker) & Polleri, M. (Speaker)
08.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Cancel Culture Context (Duke University, Durham)
Trott, B. (Speaker)
18.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gender, Queer and Transgender Studies workshop for doctoral candidates (Duke University - Leuphana University )
Trott, B. (Organiser) & Rosenberg, G. (Organiser)
18.03.2025 → 19.03.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Witches, Carnival, Dance of Death. On the Artistic Collaboration between Eva Aeppli and Jean Tinguely.
Kipke, A. (Speaker)
21.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Violencia de Estado y Violencia Colonial: Reverberaciones de Edicto Cambio de Nombre
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker), Cumes, A. (Speaker) & Boror, M. (Speaker)
22.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Le néo-marxisme hérétique de Foucault et de Marx
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
26.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Les arts de gouverner
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
27.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Dance, Diaspora, and the Artist's Subject: Edmundo Torres' China Diabla Tradition
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker)
03.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Revolution Trouble: Massimo De Feo’s Nietzschean Communism
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
03.04.2025 → 05.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research