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. 2023
  2. Published
  3. Published

    In the Aftermath of Violence. On Being Present and Calling Into Presence

    Taylor, D., 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., Schneider, T., Sieber, J. & Wulff, N. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 159-176 18 p. ( Critical stances).

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

  4. Published

    In the Making: In the Desert of Modernity: Colonial Planning and After ; Traversing a Project Exhibition

    von Osten, M., Buchmann, S. (Editor), Leeb, S. (Editor) & Spillmann, P. (Editor), 2023, Berlin: b-books. 236 p. (PoLYpeN)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Introducing VISU: Vagueness, Incompleteness, Subjectivity, and Uncertainty in Art Provenance Data

    Mariani, F., 2023, Computational Methods in the Humanities 2022 : Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Methods in the Humanities 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland, June 9–10, 2022.. Rochat, Y., Metrailler, C. & Piotrowski, M. (eds.). Aachen: Sun Site Central Europe (RWTH Aachen University), Vol. 3602. p. 63-84 22 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 3602).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field

    Heymer, E. (Editor), Locher, H. (Editor), Marchal, S. (Editor), Sachs-Resch, M. (Editor) & Söntgen, B. (Editor), 2023, München: edition metzel. 504 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Accepted/In press

    Leben-Filmen. Jonas Mekas’ Taktik des Augenblicks

    Kuhn, E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Wilhelm Fink Verlag. (Film Denken)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. Published

    On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices

    Eduardo Dávila, S. (Editor), John, R. H. (Editor), Jordan, U. (Editor), Wulff, N. (Editor), Sieber, J. (Editor) & Schneider, T. (Editor), 2023, Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 384 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Subjektivierung und teilhabende Kritik

    Nigro, R. & Schreiber, M., 2023, Mediale Teilhabe: Partizipation zwischen Anspruch und Inanspruchnahme . Ochsner, B. (ed.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 211-227 17 p. 7

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

  10. Published

    The debate about technique in the Kunstwissenschaft around 1900

    Costa, M. T., 2023, The Making of Technique in the Arts: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Dupré, S. & Hendriksen, M. (eds.). Brepols Publishers

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

  11. Published

    Walter Benjamin, Il compito del traduttore, edizione critica e nuova traduzione

    Costa, M. T., 2023, Milano-Udine: Mimesis Edizioni.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook