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. 2022
  2. Published

    From Revolution to Reformation: From the Figurative Constructivism of the Cologne Progressives to Léna Meyer-Bergner’s Isotype in Mexico as Anti-imperialist Strategy, 1920–1946

    Neugärtner, S., 12.2022, From Posada to Isotype, from Kollwitz to Catlett: Exchange of Political Print Culture. Germany–Mexico, 1900–1968. Buchloh, B. & Harewood, M. (eds.). Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, p. 400–417 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

  3. Published

    Uncanny Provenance: Art History and its Double

    Rother, L., 12.2022, In: Texte zur Kunst. 2022, 128, p. 84-97 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Aspekte der Maschinenästhetik

    Broeckmann, A., 12.12.2022, Technik-Ästhetik : Zur Theorie techno-ästhetischer Realität. Ruf, O. & Grabbe, L. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 125-144 20 p. ( Medien- und Gestaltungsästhetik; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  5. Published

    Editorial: Die intime Stadt – Kulturen queerer Verbindung

    Die Redaktion von sub/urban 2022, 10(2/3) & Trott, B., 16.12.2022, In: sub\urban zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung. 10, 2/3, p. 7-15 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  6. Published

    Taking Care of History: Toward a Politics of Provenance Linked Open Data in Museums

    Rother, L., Koss, M. & Mariani, F., 19.12.2022, Perspectives on Data. Lew Fry, E. & Canning, E. (eds.). Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 31 p.

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

  7. 2023
  8. Published

    Aby Warburg and the Art of Translation

    Costa, M. T., 2023, Lessico Warburghiano : The Borrowings of Science in Aby Warburg's Art Writings. Mazzucco, K. & Strozzi, B. P. (eds.). Polistampa Publishing House, p. 37-44 8 p. (The Notebooks of the Colombaria; vol. 9).

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

  9. Published

    Anamnesis of Architecture.

    Broeckmann, A., 2023, Uccellini e uccellacci.: East of the City.. Leal, M. (ed.). Porto, Portugal: i2ADS Edições, p. 107-128 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  10. Published

    Antispecismi e letture di Marx: Una rassegna critica

    Stefanoni, C., 2023, La lingua resa: Dal silenzio animale all'antispecismo. Sottile, G. & Tigani, F. (eds.). Rome: Aracne Editrice, p. 127-143

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

  11. Published

    A Psychiatric Clinic, a Monastery, a City and a River: On the (Artistic) Legibility of Disappearance in Topography

    Eduardo Dávila, S. & Jordan, U., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Wulff, N., Sieber, J. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 209-236 28 p.

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

  12. Published

    Critique de la morale sacerdotale et pouvoir pastoral

    Nigro, R., 2023, In: Cahiers Philosophiques. 175, p. 117-128 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review