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. Positiv/Negativ-Dialog. (mit Rebecca Ardner, Oona Lochner, Isabel Mehl, Aliya Rayyan, Heiko Stubenrauch)

    Heymer, E. (Speaker)

    24.11.201726.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Postsecular Reckonings

    Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker)

    14.05.202515.05.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Power, Resistance, Fascism: Re-reading Foucault in the Present (LIAS Workshop)

    Demirović, A. (Speaker), Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Nigro, R. (Organiser) & Luxon, N. (Organiser)

    25.06.202526.06.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Präsenz. Zum Wert einer Studienreflexion in Zeiten beschleunigten Studierens

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    23.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Praxisbezug in den Kunst- und Bildwissenschaften. Der Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg als Modell

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    25.06.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Primitive accumulation and general intellect

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    06.12.2018

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

  7. Probleme mit zukünftigen Generationen

    Schefczyk, M. (Lecturer)

    31.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Producing Roma Feminist Art

    Gerhardt, U. (Organiser)

    21.04.2018

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

  9. Professorship for Philosophy, especially Continental Philosophy (Organisational unit)

    Nigro, R. (Chair)

    01.04.202231.05.2023

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees