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

    Humanitäres Theater in unmenschlicher Zeit: Zur Situiertheit von Max Reinhardts Il Mercante di Venezia in Venedig, 1934

    Woisnitza, M., 2018, Performativity - Life, Stage, Screen: Reflections on a transdisciplinary concept. Weber, D. A. (ed.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 41-70 30 p. (Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 57).

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

  2. Published

    Humanität und Billigkeit

    Schües, C., 2013, Mythos – Geist – Kultur: Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Christoph Jamme. Andermann, K. & Jürgens , A. (eds.). München : Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 253-266 14 p.

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

  3. Published

    Ian White – Cinema as a Live Art / Becoming Object

    Breimaier, A. (Editor), 03.2019, Berlin: Edition Living Archive. 63 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesTransfer

  4. Published

    "Ich leide, also bin ich": Selbstverfügter Schmerz als äußerstes Mittel politischer Kunst

    Söntgen, B. E., 2016, Ulay: Life-Sized. Ulrich, M. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 111-117 6 p.

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

  5. Published

    Ich nicht: Ein Interviewbuch für Fans

    Leeb, S. A., 2002, In: Texte zur Kunst. 12, 45, p. 181-185 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. Published

    "Ich zeige dir, was du nicht siehst.": Francesca Woodmans Kraft

    Söntgen, B., 2014, Francesca Woodman: Werke aus der Sammlung Verbund. Schor, G. & Bronfen, E. (eds.). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 63-72 10 p.

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

  7. Published

    Idiome: Die kleinen ks der Kunst

    Leeb, S., 03.2017, In: Texte zur Kunst. 108, p. 33-56 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Idioms: The Minor ‘A’s of Art

    Leeb, S., 12.2017, In: Texte zur Kunst. 27, 108, p. 32-56 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  9. Published

    Idioms – Languages of Art, Thematic issue of Texte zur Kunst, Nr. 108

    Leeb, S. (Editor) & Thomann, M. (Editor), 12.2017, Berlin: TEXTE ZUR KUNST Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 263 p. (Texte zur Kunst; vol. 27, no. 108)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  10. Published