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. Media and Participation. Between demand and entitlement, TP 5: Participatory Critique as Transforming and Transversal "With"

    Bippus, E. (Partner), Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic), Nigro, R. (Partner), Ochsner, B. (Project manager, academic) & Hörl, E. (Partner)

    01.10.1531.07.22

    Project: Research

  2. Utopie-Konferenz 2018

    Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic), Precht, R. D. (Partner) & Jamme, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1830.04.19

    Project: Scientific event

  3. KunstFestSpiele heute

    Woisnitza, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.02.1929.02.20

    Project: Scientific event

  4. Leuphana Arts Program 2019

    Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    21.12.1831.03.20

    Project: Other

  5. DFH Digital Anthropologies

    Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1931.12.19

    Project: Scientific event

  6. Jameson 2.0. Cognitive Mapping in Contemporary Art

    Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic) & Nachtigall, J. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.2031.07.24

    Project: Research

  7. Modern Migrants: Paintings from Europe in US Museums

    Rother, L. (Project manager, academic), Koss, M. (Project staff) & Mariani, F. (Project staff)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.11.1931.10.27

    Project: Research

  8. Öffentlichkeit einer Schriftstellerfamilie. Inszenierung und Repräsentanz der Familie Mann

    Klinkenbusch, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.17 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  9. Sculpture in the Augmented Field (working title)

    Kölmel, M.-J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  10. Language and Performance in the Work of Hollis Frampton

    Breimaier, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.12 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  11. Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.2131.12.25

    Project: Research

  12. Archivio Nicola Massimo De Feo

    Nigro, R. (Coordination), Marzocca, O. (Coordination), Casale, R. (Coordination), Ciccarelli, R. (Project staff), Licinio, A. (Project staff), Marzocca, O. (Project staff), Nigro, R. (Project staff), Casale, R. (Project staff), Gadaleta, C. (Project staff), di Girolamo, C. (Project staff), Papagni, S. (Project staff) & Spagnuolo, M. (Project staff)

    01.02.20 → …

    Project: Research

  13. Commodified Agency: Social Space and the Digital Value Chain

    Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic) & Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.04.2231.12.25

    Project: Research

  14. Enlightenments German & Scottish

    von Xylander, C. (Project manager, academic) & Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.19 → …

    Project: Research

  15. SFB 1512 "Intervening Arts": Artistic Way of Life as Intervention (A06)

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Woisnitza, M. (Project staff) & Kipke, A. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.01.2231.12.25

    Project: Research

  16. (Un)Mapping Infrastructures: Transnational Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Art

    Dogramaci, B. (Partner), Esner, R. (Partner), Küster, B. (Partner), Langfeld, G. M. (Partner), Lerm-Hayes, C.-M. (Partner), Rother, L. (Partner), Ruckdeschel, A. (Partner), Smolińska, M. (Partner) & Ströbele, U. (Partner)

    01.01.1931.12.25

    Project: Research

  17. LIAS-CAS: Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society

    Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.2231.05.27

    Project: Research