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
Goya, exposiciones y redes en el siglo XIX: conexiones visibles e invisibles del arte español
Romero-Ferrón, B. (Speaker)
17.10.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
2025 Conference of the International Walter Benjamin Society
Costa, M. T. (Speaker)
17.09.2025 → 20.09.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Gender, Sexuality and Contentious Speech Today
Trott, B. (Speaker)
15.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ecologies of Recovery: Complexifying Notions of Connectivity and Resistance in a More-Than-Human World
Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)
24.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Beyond Notions of Periphery and Center: Mamluk Metalwork across Afro-Eurasia
Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)
18.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
The “Ends of War” and Research in Guatemala.
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker) & Posocco, S. (Speaker)
15.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Material Ecologies: Architecture, Objects, and Ornamentation along the East African Coast
Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)
03.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Power, Resistance, Fascism: Re-reading Foucault in the Present (LIAS Workshop)
Demirović, A. (Speaker), Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Nigro, R. (Organiser) & Luxon, N. (Organiser)
25.06.2025 → 26.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
From Archives to Activism: Using Data to Challenge Structures in Art Collections
Romero, B. (Speaker) & Medina Fortes, L. (Speaker)
24.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Gender, Queer and Transgender Studies - Workshop for Doctoral Candidates
Trott, B. (Organiser) & Rosenberg, G. (Organiser)
24.06.2025 → 25.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research