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.
- 2008
Transformationen des Kunstfeldes
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
26.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Kunstförderung der Deutschen Bank als Mittel oder als Zweck? Das Konzept »Zeitgenössische Kunst am Arbeitsplatz«
Rother, L. (Speaker)
09.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Semiotik 2008
Hobuß, S. (Speaker)
09.10.2008 → 12.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der Fotoapparat zwischen Verdacht und Verlangen
Kuhn, H. (Speaker)
02.10.2008 → 04.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Exploration des Unsichtbaren: Beobachtungen zu Robert Kochs Mikrophotographie
Brons, F. (Lecturer)
01.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Performance Saga: Performances, Interviews, Ereignisse: Begegnungen mit Wegbereiterinnen der Performancekunst
Grögel, K. (Speaker)
01.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Performing Life: Vom täglichen Leben als Aufgabe bei Andrea Zittel
Grögel, K. (Speaker)
13.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Tradition der Sozialfotografie und die Darstellung der Ökonomie des Elends bei Bourdieu
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
25.08.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Roche Continents 2008 – Youth! Arts! Science!
Hosseini, A. (Participant)
08.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Martha Rosler Revisited by Performance Saga
Grögel, K. (Oral presentation)
24.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Kopietheater by Ian White - 2010
Breimaier, A. (Speaker)
20.02.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
04.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
b-books (Publisher)
Leeb, S. (Editor)
2008Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Journal of Labor and Society (Journal)
Trott, B. (Editorial Board)
2008 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2007
Teilnahme an Experten-Arbeitstreffen
Wuggenig, U. (Lecturer)
06.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
L’ intruse – Der Eindringling im Installationsraum
Hosseini, A. (Speaker)
27.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Übersetzungen der Bilder. Am Beispiel von Texten Pierre Bourdieus
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
22.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Hegel: Die Kunstreligion
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
31.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Hölderlin's Theory of Tragedy
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
06.04.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Heidegger et l’Humanisme
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
03.04.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Anfängliches Denken versus Weltbürgertum
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
23.01.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
b-books (Publisher)
Leeb, S. (Editor)
2007Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
- 2006
The Conjuncture of 'Cancel Culture': Relations of Gender and Sexuality in Times of Crisis
Trott, B. (Speaker)
30.11.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Kultur der Camouflage
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
24.11.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Creating Effects. Creativity and the New Spirit of Capitalism
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
10.11.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Manet und die Revolution des Impressionismus
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
24.10.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Dealer as a Genius. Creative Industry Approaches to Art History
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
01.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung "Wisdom and Academic Education" - 2006
Förster, Y. (Speaker)
09.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Tradition der Sozialfotografie und die Darstellung der Ökonomie des Elends bei Bourdieu
Wuggenig, U. (Lecturer)
25.08.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Algerien und das revolutionäre Subjekt. Pierre Bourdieu und Frantz Fanon
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
14.07.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Pierre Bourdieu, Fotografie und visuelle Repräsentation
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
23.06.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bourdieus Fotografie zu den Ökonomien des Elends
Wuggenig, U. (Lecturer)
22.06.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
University of Naples Federico Ii (External organisation)
Jamme, C. (Chair)
20.06.2006 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
"Die sentimentalen Geldscheine der Zivilisation": Phototheorie zwischen Fetischismus und Exorzismus
Kuhn, H. (Lecturer)
26.05.2006 → 28.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Reformpause
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
19.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Öffentliche Kunst, Kunstfeld und öffentliche Sphäre
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
12.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Hölderlins philosophische Entwicklung
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
08.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Klassizismus und Romantik: Hölderlins philosophische Entwicklung
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
08.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Filme von Jack Goldstein, Einführender Vortrag im Rahmen der Filmreihe „Details“.
Kuhn, E. (Speaker)
28.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Mythos zwischen Sprache und Schrift
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
30.01.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alan Sekula - Cultural Capital, Human Capital
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
13.01.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
b-books (Publisher)
Leeb, S. (Editor)
2006Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
University of Milano - Bicocca (External organisation)
Jamme, C. (Member)
2006Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
- 2005
After Globalization
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
15.10.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Future of Critical Art Institutions. The 'Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg'
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
12.10.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Publicum. Theorien der Öffentlichkeit
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
11.10.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
"Doing what you are Examining: Performativity in Research and Writing“
Ruhkopf, M. (Organiser), Korotkova, S. (Organiser), Ruhkopf, M. (Organiser), Trott, B. (Organiser) & Woisnitza, M. (Organiser)
31.07.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Praxisbezug in den Kunst- und Bildwissenschaften. Der Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg als Modell
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
25.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Anfängliches Denken vs. Weltbürgertum: Hölderlin und die Destruktion des Humanismus bei Heidegger
Jamme, C. (Lecturer)
01.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The National Implementation of a Supranational Idea. Some Observations and Theses on the Bologna Process in Germany
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)
12.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research