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 Production of Value – a Sociological Perspective

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    26.01.2013

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

  2. Therapeutische Verfahren in künstlerisch-intervenierenden Praktiken

    Kipke, A. (Speaker) & Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    23.04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. The Ta Moko as a Figure of Art History

    Leeb, S. (Speaker)

    10.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. The Value of Time and the Production of Heritage

    Leeb, S. (Speaker)

    13.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. The Wages for Housework Campaign. What Yesterday's Struggles Mean for Today

    Mattutat, L. (Organiser), Trott, B. (Organiser) & Federici, S. (Keynote speaker)

    31.01.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  6. The West and the Rest. Nicht-westliche Kunst im Feld der internationalen zeitgenössischen Kunst

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    27.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. The Work of Drag - with Olympia Bukkakis

    Trott, B. (Organiser)

    20.12.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer