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. Published

    Dubious Friendships: On the "(Re)Construction of Friendships" exhibition in Riga

    Gerhardt, U., 2014, In: KUNST.EE. . 2014, 4, p. 49-52 4 p., VII.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  2. Published

    D'une coopération. [About a Cooperation]: Jean-François Lyotard's work with the CCI on the exhibition Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A., 01.07.2025, In: Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne. 170, p. 129-137 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Edgar Calels "Skulpturale Erdarbeit" Umkreisen, Überfliegen und sich Danebenlegen

    Eduardo Dávila, S., 06.2024, In: Texte zur Kunst. 134, p. 149-160 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Editorial

    Kuhn, E., 01.10.2023, In: Frauen und Film. 71, p. 5-6 2 p.

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

  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

    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

  7. Published

    Effects of the Neuro-Turn: The Neural Network as a Paradigm for Human Self-Understanding

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 13.02.2017, The Human Sciences after the Decade of the Brain. Leefman, J. & Hildt, E. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Elsevier B.V., p. 159-177 19 p.

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

  8. Published

    Eilean Hooper-Greenhill (*1945)

    Weinert, A., 2017, Klassiker der Soziologie der Künste: Prominente und bedeutende Ansätze. Steuerwald, C. (ed.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 961-983 24 p. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

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

  9. Published

    „Ein äusserst seltener Erfolg.“: Der Literaturzirkel um Peter Hacks

    Klinkenbusch, I. L., 2017, Hacks Jahrbuch 2017. Köhler, K. (ed.). Berlin: Aurora Verlag, p. 45-56 12 p. (Peter Hacks Jahrbuch).

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

  10. Published

    Ein Bild verlässt den Rahmen: Die Attitüden der Lady Hamilton. Gottfried Boehm zum 70. Geburtstag

    Söntgen, B., 04.10.2012, Was ist ein Bild?: Antworten in Bildern. Egenhofer, S., Hinterwaldner, I. & Spies, C. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 51-53 3 p.

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