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. The Anamnesis of Matter. Lyotard and the immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    03.12.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. The Anonymous Body of a Wretched Singularity

    Brunner, C. (Lecturer)

    16.11.201718.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. „Theatertechnik im Archiv am Beispiel von Piscators Bühnenkonzeptionen“.

    Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    08.11.201811.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. The BIG Dada Data

    Kölmel, M.-J. (Speaker)

    09.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. The Birth of Design from the Spirit of the Periodical: Pan and the Art of Reproducing Craft in Late Nineteenth Century Germany

    Koss, M. (Speaker)

    25.11.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The Body as An Indexical Reader

    Gerhardt, U. (Curator), Birkenstock, E. (Curator) & Hennig, N. (Curator)

    07.10.2018

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

  7. The Challenges of Xibalbá. Contemporary Art Practices between Chixot (Guatemala) and the Underworld of Art

    Eduardo, S. (Speaker)

    28.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The Conjuncture of "Cancel Culture": Gender, Sexuality and "Free Speech" Conflicts Today

    Trott, B. (Speaker)

    17.10.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. The Conjuncture of „Cancel Culture“: Gender, Sexuality and „Free Speech“ Conflicts Today

    Trott, B. (Speaker)

    31.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. The Conjuncture of 'Cancel Culture': Relations of Gender and Sexuality in Times of Crisis

    Trott, B. (Speaker)

    30.11.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch