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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    Der Wille zum Düpiertsein: Kayfabe in Coronamerika

    Ruoff, K. & von Xylander, C., 2020, In: Argument. 62, 1, p. 67-83 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Description of Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. & Wunderlich, A., 2025.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Desecularising Culture in Method: Five Theses on Syncretism

    Eduardo Dávila, S., 18.07.2024, Berlin : Forum Transregionale Studien e.V.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearchpeer-review

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    Des einen Freud, des anderen Leid

    Leeb, S. A., 2000, In: Texte zur Kunst. 10, 39, p. 197-199 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Design und Methode der Studie

    Tarnai, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 427-431 5 p.

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

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    Diagramme als Gestalt politischer Technologie: Zur Aufklärungskunst der Gegenwart

    Leeb, S. A., 2013, Schaubilder. Thiel, T. (ed.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 16-23 8 p.

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

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    Diderot, or The Power of Critique

    Söntgen, B. E., 2019, The Value of Critique: Exploring the Interrelations of Value, Critique, and Artistic Labour . Graw, I. & Menke, C. (eds.). 1. ed. Frankfurt am Main : Campus Verlag, p. 53-72 20 p. (Normative Orders; vol. 26).

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

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    Die 'andere' Familie: Repräsentationskritische Analysen von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart

    Hobuß, S. (Editor) & Arbeitskreis "Repräsentationen", 2013, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 497 p. (Inklusion/Exklusion. Studien zu Fremdheit und Armut von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart; vol. 18)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch