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
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
Between Siena and the Swahili Coast: Afro-Eurasian Entanglements and Artistic Dynamics
Schulz, V.-S. (Speaker)
20.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Between Connections and Knowledge: An Approach to Culture through Graph Theory and Complex Systems
Romero, B. (Speaker)
17.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vibe Coding para humanistas. Perdiendo el miedo a la IA
Romero, B. (Speaker)
05.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
"Branches of an Imaginary Marimba". Indigeneity, Diaspora, and the Nation-State in Contemporary Art Practice
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker)
30.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Il y a ‚de la‘ plèbe. La fabbrica della marginalizzazione e il rifiuto del neopopulismo
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
22.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Crisi e ritorni dello Stato
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
18.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
L’irruzione dei saperi minoritari
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
16.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Du refus du travail à la multitude. Le néopéraisme d’Antonio Negri
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
15.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Postsecular Reckonings
Eduardo Dávila, S. (Speaker)
14.05.2025 → 15.05.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
From Left to Right: Shifts in Political Hegemony Against the Backdrop of Structural Transformations of Capitalism and Class Composition
Nigro, R. (Speaker)
09.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zur Aktualität der Queer Studies (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main)
Trott, B. (Speaker)
25.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research