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.

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    Redemption Restored: The Star in the Context of Modernity

    Goodman-Thau, E., 05.06.2020, In: NAHARAIM. 14, 1, p. 133-147 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Aesthetic Practices of the New Right: Fake and Post-truth as a Challenge for Transgressive Art and Cultural Practices

    Bempeza, S., 21.06.2020, In: Medienimpulse. 58, 2, 34 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Critical Stances: An Introduction to The Stakes of Form.

    Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 23.06.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-36 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    “Making Sense”: Aesthetic Counterpowers in Activist Media Practices

    Brunner, C., 01.07.2020, In: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation. 7, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Social and Epistemic Control in Collaborative Research — Reconfiguring the Interplay of Politics and Methodology

    Herberg, J. & Vilsmaier, U., 03.07.2020, In: Social Epistemology. 34, 4, p. 309-318 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Aesthetics of the past and the future: Human life within changing environments

    Förster, Y., 06.07.2020, Aesthetics in Dialogue: Applying Philosophy of Art in a Global World. Somhegyi, Z. & Ryynänen, M. (eds.). Peter Lang Verlag, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Thilo H. G. Westermann, Die Rezeption der Pan-Mythen in der bildenden Kunst zwischen Klassizismus und Moderne

    Koss, M., 24.07.2020, In: Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft. 60, 1, p. 233-238 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Chemical Philosophy: Kant, Schelling, and DeLanda

    Woodard, B., 25.07.2020, In: Stasis. 9, 1, p. 184-208 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Critique: The Stakes of Form

    Kuhn, H. (Editor), Mehl, I. (Editor), Khatib, S. (Editor), Söntgen, B. (Editor) & Lochner, O. (Editor), 28.07.2020, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch