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. Beyond Semicolons and Brackets: Provenance Data of US Museum Collections

    Rother, L. (Speaker) & Mariani, F. (Speaker)

    23.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Beyond Notions of Periphery and Center: Mamluk Metalwork across Afro-Eurasia

    Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)

    18.07.2025

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

  3. Beyond Jefferson's Futures.

    Leeb, S. (Chair)

    08.06.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  4. Beyond Humanism - 2009

    Förster, Y. (Speaker)

    04.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Between Siena and the Swahili Coast: Afro-Eurasian Entanglements and Artistic Dynamics

    Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)

    20.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Bemerkungen über die Beziehung zwischen Macht und Gewalt in den modernen Regierungskünsten

    Nigro, R. (Lecturer)

    24.06.201025.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Bemerkungen über das Werk des Komponisten Peter Ablinger

    Nigro, R. (Lecturer)

    14.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Begriffliche Probleme lyrischer Subjektivität

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    15.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Befragen mit dem Blick – Kunst als Erfahrung der Dinge

    Drechsler, K. (Speaker)

    12.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. b-books (Publisher)

    Leeb, S. (Editor)

    01.12.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch