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.
D’EST: A Multi-Curatorial Online Platform for Video Art from the Former ‘East’ and ‘West’
Gerhardt, U. (Project manager, academic)
15.02.18 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Utopie-Konferenz 2018
Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic), Precht, R. D. (Partner) & Jamme (✝), C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.18 → 30.04.19
Project: Scientific event
Elements of a Critical Theory of Media and Participation
Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 31.10.22
Project: Research
Participatory Critique as Transforming and Transversal "With"
Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
Leuphana Arts Program 2019
Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
21.12.18 → 31.03.20
Project: Other
(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)
01.01.19 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Enlightenments German & Scottish
von Xylander, C. (Project manager, academic) & Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → …
Project: Research
KunstFestSpiele heute
Woisnitza, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 29.02.20
Project: Scientific event
DFH Digital Anthropologies
Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Scientific event
Internationale Tagung "Gustave Courbet und die Narrative der modernen Malerei“
Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)
27.03.19 → 29.03.19
Project: Scientific event