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

    Machina ex artificium. Zur Maschinenästhetik im künstlerischen Werk Ralf Baeckers.

    Broeckmann, A., 01.2023, Ralf Baecker. Cybernetic Imaginaries.. Seiffahrt, C. (ed.). Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 22-27 6 p.

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

  3. Published

    Dada Data: Contemporary Art in the Era of Post-Truth Politics

    Hegenbart, S. (Editor) & Kölmel, M.-J. (Editor), 23.02.2023, Bloomsbury Academic. 304 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Dadadatadada: From Dada to Data and Back Again

    Kölmel, M.-J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M.-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 23-40 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Introduction: From Dada Tricks to Post-Truth Politics

    Kölmel, M.-J. & Hegenbart, S., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M.-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 1-20

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Digital Revolution as Counter-Revolution

    Simon, J., 09.03.2023, Dada Data: Contemporary Art Practice in the Era of Post-Truth Politics. Hegenbart, S. & Kölmel, M.-J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 197-212 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Antonio Negri. Une philosophie de la subversion

    Nigro, R., 28.03.2023, Paris: Editions Amsterdam. 160 p. (L'émancipation en question)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. Published

    Seth Price. Decimating Digital Data

    Neugärtner, S., 28.03.2023, Productive Image Interference. Sigmar Polke and Current Perspectives. Anna Polke-Stiftung (ed.). Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 59-74 16 p.

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

  9. Published

    Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 15.04.2023, Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 383-395 13 p. (Italian and Italian American Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. Published

    Hidden Value: Provenance as a Source for Economic and Social History

    Rother, L., Mariani, F. & Koss, M., 25.05.2023, In: Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 64, 1, p. 111-142 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Im Gespräch bleiben: Notizen zur Kunstkritik

    Söntgen, B., 31.05.2023, Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik. Hosseini, A., Kipke, A., Kuhn, H. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill | Fink, p. 3-14 12 p.

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