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. 2010
  2. „Zur hermeneutischen Funktion der Einbildung bei Luther und Lessing“.

    Woisnitza, M. (Speaker)

    08.07.201010.07.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Auf der Ipha. Fotografie im Jahr 1909

    Brons, F. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. 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

  5. Subjektivität und Selbstreflexion. Drei Formen von Film-Ichs.

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    24.06.201026.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Das Verhältnis von Sichtbarem und Sagbarem

    Nigro, R. (Lecturer)

    27.05.201028.05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Il colpo di stato come teoria e pratica di governo

    Nigro, R. (Lecturer)

    20.05.201021.05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Fotografie verwahren: Eine erste Recherche

    Brons, F. (Lecturer)

    18.05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Fotografie ausstellen: Ein historischer Rundgang

    Brons, F. (Lecturer)

    17.05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. Hans Blumenbergs Theorie des Mythos

    Jamme, C. (Lecturer)

    21.04.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Construire le Commun

    Nigro, R. (Lecturer)

    25.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. Gewalt und Herrschaft: Theorie des Staatsstreiches zwischen Absolutismus und moderner Gouvernementalität

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    15.03.2010

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

  13. Die Kunstreligion: Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes als Ursprung seiner Ästhetik

    Jamme, C. (Lecturer)

    08.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Die geistige Geographie Europas

    Jamme, C. (Lecturer)

    05.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Hegels Konzeption der Individualität in den Jugendschriften

    Jamme, C. (Lecturer)

    04.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Die Seifenblase als optisches Instrument des 18. Jahrhunderts

    Hosseini, A. (Speaker)

    22.02.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  17. Links Rivista Di Letteratura E Cultura Tedesca (Journal)

    Costa, M. T. (Editorial Board)

    2010

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  18. Perspectives on the Concept of Fashion in Romanticism

    Förster, Y. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Perspektiven einer philosophisch-anthropologischen Neubestimmung des Kulturbegriffs

    Förster, Y. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. 2009
  21. Ausstellung „Ulrich Rückriem. Zeichnungen und Skulpturmodelle“

    Hosseini, A. (Organiser)

    03.12.200911.04.2010

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

  22. Texte zur Kunst (Journal)

    Leeb, S. (Editor)

    12.2009

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  23. Ringvorlesung "Gender und Diversity" 2009

    Hobuß, S. (Speaker)

    30.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  24. Nietzsche's Legacy in Contemporary Political Thought

    Nigro, R. (Speaker)

    02.11.200904.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Street Art und ARTotale

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    06.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. University of Trier

    Hobuß, S. (Visiting lecturer)

    29.09.200930.09.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  27. Border - the videographic traces by Laura Waddington as a cinematographic memorial.

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    30.08.200901.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. The Ethics of Memory - 2009

    Hobuß, S. (Speaker)

    29.05.200930.05.2009

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

  29. Beyond Humanism - 2009

    Förster, Y. (Speaker)

    04.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Università di Macerata

    Hobuß, S. (Visiting researcher)

    04.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  31. Die Übersetzung von Bildern. Pierre Bourdieu als Beispiel

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    30.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. Live-Interview mit Sania Ivekovic

    Grögel, K. (Panel participant)

    22.01.200925.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  33. Fotografie als 'Frucht der Schöpfung': Die monetäre Potenz der Fotografie im 19. Jahrhundert

    Kuhn, H. (Speaker)

    15.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. diaphanes (Publisher)

    Leeb, S. (Editor)

    2009

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  35. Zum Verhältnis von Natur und Kultur bei Ernst Cassirer und Merlin Donald

    Förster, Y. (Speaker)

    2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. 2008
  37. Filmische Gedichte von Werner von Mutzenbecher.

    Kuhn, E. (Speaker)

    13.12.2008

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

  38. Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten für angehende Kunstkritiker/innen

    Wuggenig, U. (Lecturer)

    28.11.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Andrea Zittels A–Z Personal Uniforms: Produkte und Dokumente eines forschenden Lebens

    Grögel, K. (Speaker)

    27.11.200828.11.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  40. Transformationen des Kunstfeldes

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    26.11.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Die Kunstförderung der Deutschen Bank als Mittel oder als Zweck? Das Konzept »Zeitgenössische Kunst am Arbeitsplatz«

    Rother, L. (Speaker)

    09.10.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Semiotik 2008

    Hobuß, S. (Speaker)

    09.10.200812.10.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Der Fotoapparat zwischen Verdacht und Verlangen

    Kuhn, H. (Speaker)

    02.10.200804.10.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Exploration des Unsichtbaren: Beobachtungen zu Robert Kochs Mikrophotographie

    Brons, F. (Lecturer)

    01.10.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  45. Performance Saga: Performances, Interviews, Ereignisse: Begegnungen mit Wegbereiterinnen der Performancekunst

    Grögel, K. (Speaker)

    01.10.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  46. Performing Life: Vom täglichen Leben als Aufgabe bei Andrea Zittel

    Grögel, K. (Speaker)

    13.09.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  47. Die Tradition der Sozialfotografie und die Darstellung der Ökonomie des Elends bei Bourdieu

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    25.08.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  48. Roche Continents 2008 – Youth! Arts! Science!

    Hosseini, A. (Participant)

    08.2008

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

  49. Martha Rosler Revisited by Performance Saga

    Grögel, K. (Oral presentation)

    24.04.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  50. Kopietheater by Ian White - 2010

    Breimaier, A. (Speaker)

    20.02.2008

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

  51. Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg

    Wuggenig, U. (Speaker)

    04.02.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  52. b-books (Publisher)

    Leeb, S. (Editor)

    2008

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  53. Journal of Labor and Society (Journal)

    Trott, B. (Editorial Board)

    2008 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch