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. Cultures of Critique: Forms, Media, Effects

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

    German Research Foundation

    01.10.1631.07.21

    Project: Research

  2. Kunstkritik und Krisenrhetorik - Modellfall Kunstschriftstellerei

    Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic) & Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    24.05.1607.10.20

    Project: Research

  3. TKG: Transformation - Kultur - Geschlecht

    Hobuß, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1627.06.19

    Project: Research

  4. 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

  5. Sculpture in the Augmented Field (working title)

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

    01.10.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. RCA-SP5: Performing Anonymity - Sub-Project of "Reconfiguring Anonymity - Contemporary Forms of Reciprocity, Identifiability and Accountability in Transformation"

    Wuggenig, U. (Project manager, academic), Broeckmann, A. (Coordination), Knecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Bachmann, G. (Project manager, academic), Bialski, P. (Project staff), Koch, G. (Project manager, academic) & Zurawski, N. (Project manager, academic)

    Volkswagen Foundation

    01.07.1531.12.18

    Project: Research

  7. Akteur-Kunst-Theorie. Kunsttheoretische Potentiale der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie

    Weinert, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  8. Tischszenen: Der Tisch als Versammlungsort, Denkraum und Instrument der Ordnung.

    Berroth, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.15 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  9. Internationale Tagung: Julius Meier-Graefe - Grenzgänger der Künste

    Marchal, S. (Project manager, academic)

    05.03.1507.03.15

    Project: Scientific event