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. Wendländisches Leinen und Koloniales Erbe. Spurensuche einer transkulturellen Verflechtung im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert

    Söntgen, B. (Partner), Leeb, S. (Partner), Kreiseler, S. (Project manager, academic) & Stamm, R. (Project staff)

    01.10.2330.09.25

    Project: Research

  2. Decolonial Thought and Practice

    Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)

    04.04.2304.07.23

    Project: Teaching

  3. Queer Cities: Cruising, Spaces and Encounters

    Daibert , R. (Project manager, academic)

    04.04.2307.07.23

    Project: Teaching

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

    Leeb, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.2231.05.27

    Project: Research

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

    01.04.2130.09.25

    Project: Research