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. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Internationale Tagung "Gustave Courbet und die Narrative der modernen Malerei“

    Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    27.03.1929.03.19

    Project: Scientific event

  5. DFH Digital Anthropologies

    Brunner, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1931.12.19

    Project: Scientific event

  6. Enlightenments German & Scottish

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

    01.02.19 → …

    Project: Research

  7. KunstFestSpiele heute

    Woisnitza, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.02.1929.02.20

    Project: Scientific event

  8. (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

  9. 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

  10. Elements of a Critical Theory of Media and Participation

    Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1831.10.22

    Project: Research