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. 2023
  2. The Digital Revolution as Counter Revolution

    Leeb, S. (Organiser) & Simon, J. (Speaker)

    16.11.202317.11.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Syncretism in the study of contemporary art from the Americas

    Eduardo, S. (Speaker)

    15.11.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  4. Animals in Capitalist Societies: Conceptualizing the Anthropological Form

    Stefanoni, C. (Speaker) & Aloe, F. (Speaker)

    10.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Una proposta forte per un pensiero debole

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    02.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. (Not) in Demand: The Berlin Museums and their Acquisitions from the Dresdner Bank 1935

    Rother, L. (Speaker)

    01.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. Zoopolitics of Life and Death

    Stefanoni, C. (Organiser) & Timeto, F. (Organiser)

    17.10.202318.10.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. A Queer Case for the Basic Income at Our Current Conjuncture: Political Philosophy, Individual Rights and De-Individualisation

    Trott, B. (Keynote Speaker)

    10.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. The Grey Role of Animal (Dis)enhancement in Antispeciesism

    Stefanoni, C. (Speaker)

    09.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Naive Kunst, Primitivismus und Gegen-Primitvismus

    Tchelidze, K. (Speaker)

    01.10.202331.03.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  11. Artificial Intelligence, Human Expertise: the Case of Provenance Linked Open Data

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

    25.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. The Place of Les Immatériaux in the Exhibition History of Media Art, Science and Technology

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    13.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Crisis, Conflict, Queer Studies

    Trott, B. (Organiser), Laufenberg, M. (Organiser) & Trott, B. (Speaker)

    11.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  14. Toward a Materialist Critique of Violence: Challenging “Slaughterhouses with Glass Walls” Discourses in Animal Ethics

    Stefanoni, C. (Speaker)

    11.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Linking (In)Completeness: A Collaborative Approach to Representing People in Art Provenance Data

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

    14.07.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Care und Caring als integraler Bestandteil der künstlerischen Praxis in der Frauensiedlung Loheland

    Neugärtner, S. (Speaker)

    09.07.2023

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

  17. Le Théâtre du Non-Corps. En conversation avec Jean-Claude Fall.

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    08.07.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Drafts in Action. Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention

    Woisnitza, M. (Organiser), Kipke, A. (Organiser), Kovalenko, I. (Organiser), Rogalski, L. (Organiser), Teune, S. (Organiser), Söntgen, B. (Organiser), Werberger, A. (Organiser), Lalu, P. (Speaker), Mader, R. (Speaker), Jones, A. (Keynote speaker), Moussienko, N. (Speaker), Rosa, M. L. (Speaker), Schäfer, F. (Speaker), Schulte-Fischedick, V. (Speaker), Rayyan, A. (Speaker), Serafini, P. (Speaker) & Jakubowska, A. (Speaker)

    07.07.202308.07.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. art thinking doing art: Artistic Practices in Educational Contexts from 1900 to Today

    Neugärtner, S. (Organiser), Weingart, B. (Speaker), Brus, A. (Moderator), Buchloh, B. (Keynote speaker) & Holert, T. (Keynote speaker)

    23.06.202324.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Hegel and Haiti: Critique of Enlightenment Philosophy beyond Apologia and Condemnation

    Mattutat, L. (Organiser) & Leeb, S. (Organiser)

    22.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  21. Revisiting Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. (Organiser) & Lista, M. (Organiser)

    09.06.202310.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  22. The Place of Les Immatériaux in the Histories of Exhibitions

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    09.06.2023

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

  23. Die Ausstellung „Les Immatériaux“ (Paris, 1985) als Station künstlerischer Forschung

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    06.06.2023

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

  24. Actual Time of Arrival: The Acquisition of Expressionist Art by United States Museums

    Koss, M. (Speaker) & Mariani, F. (Speaker)

    03.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Haunting the Nation State. Colonial Gothic in Contemporary Art

    Leeb, S. (Speaker)

    31.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. Combing Wind, Adorning Water. Afro-Indigenous Approximations in the Art Practices of Edgar Calel and Sandra Monterroso

    Eduardo, S. (Speaker)

    25.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. « Les Immatériaux, pourquoi ? »

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    25.05.2023

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

  28. Touching Land. Creative Practices for Planetary Be/Longings

    Eduardo, S. (Speaker) & Marivi, V. (Speaker)

    25.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Unlocking Collection Histories: Provenance Data and Agency

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

    18.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Maintenance (Art-)Work and the Production of Presence

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    10.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Unlimited Fantasies: Social Psychology in Postfordist Society

    Stubenrauch, H. (Speaker)

    08.05.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. 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

  33. Offene Beziehungen

    Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    27.04.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  34. Lena Meyer-Bergner’s Commitment to Social Change through the Material Transformation of Everyday Life

    Neugärtner, S. (Speaker)

    13.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Einführung in die Kunstwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft

    Tchelidze, K. (Speaker)

    01.04.202330.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  36. Theorien und Methoden feministischer Kunstwissenschaft SoSe 2023

    Tchelidze, K. (Speaker)

    01.04.202330.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  37. "L'eredità nietzschiana nell'operaismo italiano

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    23.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  38. Methodology of researching historical exhibitions

    Broeckmann, A. (Organiser) & Nolasco-Rozsas, L. (Organiser)

    16.03.202317.03.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  39. Researching Historical Exhibitions. The Example of Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    16.03.2023

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

  40. What is the University?

    Nemenyi, D. (Participant), Lalu, P. (Organiser), Hörl, E. (Organiser), Bever Donker, M. (Organiser) & Nigro, R. (Participant)

    12.03.202318.03.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  41. Offene Beziehungen

    Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    10.03.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  42. Variational pragmatics goes German: Developments, trends and challenges

    Barron, A. (Keynote Speaker)

    07.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Unbegrenzte Phantasien: Triebstruktur und neoliberale Gesellschaft

    Stubenrauch, H. (Speaker)

    03.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. The Exhibition Les Immatériaux (Paris, 1985)

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    27.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  45. Interdisciplinarity in curatorial networks

    Broeckmann, A. (Organiser) & Nolasco-Rozsas, L. (Organiser)

    23.02.202324.02.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  46. The curatorial network of Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    23.02.2023

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

  47. Interpreting Strings, Weaving Threads – Structuring Provenance Data with AI

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

    17.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Introducing Mrs. John Doe: Towards Feminist Agency in Provenance Data

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

    17.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. 111th Annual Conference of the College Art Association of America - CAA 2023

    Koss, M. (Chair)

    16.02.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies Roundtable Discussion

    Barron, A. (Organiser) & Amador-Moreno, C. P. (Organiser)

    15.02.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. Irish and Irish English linguistics: interfaces and synergies

    Barron, A. (Panel participant)

    15.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. 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

  53. Critique Now

    Mattutat, L. (Organiser) & Söntgen, B. (Organiser)

    12.01.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  54. Frauen und Film (Journal)

    Kuhn, E. (Editor)

    01.01.2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  55. Castelvecchi Editore (Publisher)

    Costa, M. T. (Editorial Board)

    2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  56. Frauen und Film (Journal)

    Kuhn, E. (Editor)

    2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  57. German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM) (External organisation)

    Rother, L. (Member)

    2023

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  58. 2022
  59. Malaise dans la philosophie. Le défi de Foucault : du communisme nietzschéen à l'anarchéologie

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    09.12.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  60. Ringvorlesung - Michel Foucault und die Philosophiegeschichte

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    05.12.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  61. From Quantity to Quality: Structuring Provenance Data.

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

    02.12.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  62. Les Immatériaux – jenseits des Körpers und diesseits der Sprache

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    30.11.2022

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

  63. Passagen innerhalb des zeitgenössischen italienischen Marxismus

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    28.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. Seminar - Arts, Crafts, Affects

    Gerhardt, U. (Organiser) & Tali, M. (Organiser)

    25.11.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  65. Issues in Contemporary Marxism. Marx between Spinoza and the Nietzsche-Heideggerian Legacy

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    18.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  66. Offene Beziehungen

    Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    18.11.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  67. Konferenz - What's the Matter With the Form?

    Stefanoni, C. (Organiser), Milani, B. (Organiser), Spinelli, S. (Organiser) & Brunner, C. (Keynote speaker)

    17.11.202218.11.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  68. From Analog to Digital: The Mnemonic Lives of Provenance

    Koss, M. (Speaker)

    12.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  69. The Nietzsche Legacy and its Discontents in the Italian Operaism

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    29.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  70. Discomfort in Contemporary Philosophy: The Italian Operaism and its Legacy at Issue

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    26.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  71. Archive, Non-Archive, Counter-Archive

    Gerhardt, U. (Participant)

    06.10.202207.10.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  72. Conference - Renewable Futures Conference

    Broeckmann, A. (Organiser)

    06.10.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  73. Where Did It Come From? Deep Learning for Event Extraction in Art Provenance

    Mariani, F. (Speaker)

    06.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  74. Mind the Gap: Dealing with the Unknowns in Provenance Data

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

    03.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  75. Intervenierende Künste: Russischer Konstruktivismus

    Tchelidze, K. (Speaker)

    01.10.202231.03.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  76. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Leeb, S. (Office)

    10.2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  77. The Materiality of Queer Infrastructure and the Reproduction of Queer Social Life in the Corona Crisis

    Trott, B. (Speaker)

    30.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  78. Nicola Massimo De Feo. Vent'anni dopo

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    29.09.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  79. Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Die Okkupation des Raumes

    Neugärtner, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  80. Das Bildnis als Gegenüber oder die Produktion von Gegenwart

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    28.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  81. The Expert in the Loop: Developing a Provenance Linked Open Data Management Platform

    Mariani, F. (Speaker)

    28.07.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  82. Von falschen Verkäufen und realen Verlusten: Die Provenienz einer Brautschachtel

    Rother, L. (Speaker)

    12.07.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  83. Technoscience – Domination – Resistance (Lyotard, Haraway).

    Broeckmann, A. (Speaker)

    08.07.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  84. New Work in Queer Studies

    Trott, B. (Speaker), Rodríguez, J. M. (Speaker), Rosenberg, G. (Speaker), Trott, B. (Organiser), Kasmani, O. (Speaker), Probst, U. (Speaker) & Schnepf, M. (Speaker)

    04.07.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  85. Zur Kritik der ursprünglichen Akkumulation und der neoliberalen Subjektitität

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    01.07.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  86. Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Leeb, S. (Office)

    07.2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  87. Uncertainty and Subjectivity in Provenance Linked Open Data - 2022

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

    29.06.202230.06.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

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

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

    23.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  89. Ecology Without Nature and Anthropocene Without Anthropos: Perspectives from the Critical Animal Studies

    Stefanoni, C. (Speaker)

    09.06.202211.06.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. Seminar - Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy 2021/2022 - Session 22

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    31.05.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. Symposium - New Old Properties

    Leeb, S. (Organiser) & Peter, S. (Organiser)

    05.05.202206.05.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  92. Kunstbeirat

    Leeb, S. (Consultant)

    05.202204.2025

    Activity: Consultancy

  93. Mitglied des Beirats Bildende Kunst Goethe Institut

    Leeb, S. (Consultant)

    05.202204.2025

    Activity: Consultancy

  94. Workshop zum Thema Fluchtlinien

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    29.04.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  95. Filosofia italiana e questione animale

    Stefanoni, C. (Lecturer)

    27.04.2022

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

  96. Eine Intellektuellengeschichte linker Militanz

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    21.04.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  97. Exhibition 2022 - Carrie Mae Weems

    Leeb, S. (presenter)

    01.04.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventtrade fairs and exhibitionsTransfer

  98. ÖYVIND FAHLSTRÖM - Avantgarde, Pop & Politics

    Kuhn, E. (Curator)

    01.04.202225.04.2022

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

  99. Professorship for Philosophy, especially Continental Philosophy (Organisational unit)

    Nigro, R. (Chair)

    01.04.202231.05.2023

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  100. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Nigro, R. (Member)

    04.2022 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesEducation