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

    "Il duplice messaggio dell' effettivo poter-amare e del dover-morire": Gadamer e Rilke

    Jamme, C., 2008, In: Paradigmi. 26, 3, p. 67-80 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Image Noise

    Brons, F., 2015, The Technical Image : A History of Styles within Scientific Images. Bredekamp, H., Dünkel, V. & Schneider, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press, p. 138 - 141 4 p.

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

  3. Published

    Im Aquarium: Oder: Das Schweigen der Malerei aus der Sicht einer Schriftstellerin

    Söntgen, B., 2024, Einlässliche Lektüren: Über Offenheit, Bezogensein und Genauigkeit im Umgang mit Literatur. Grubner, B., Kitzmann, J., Millutat, M., Regeler, L. N. & Welsh, C. (eds.). Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, p. 123-129

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

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    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

  5. Published

    Im Gespräch bleiben. Notizen zur Kunstkritik

    Söntgen, B. E., 2018, In: Regards Croisés. 8, p. 98-108 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Immer wieder Thérèse. Balthus' Mädchenbilder.

    Söntgen, B. E., 2018, Balthus. Bouvier, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 131-141 10 p.

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

  7. Published

    Im-Mobile Kadragen zwischen Lebenswelt und Kunst: Oder: zwei kinematografische Figuren von Chantal Akerman

    Kuhn, E., 2018, Projektion & Reflexion: Das Medium Film in Kunst und Literatur : le cinéma dans l'art et la littérature. Haupt, S. & Ruf, O. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 199-217 19 p. (Medien- und Gestaltungsästhetik; vol. 6).

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

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    Improving Deficiencies? Historical, Anthropological, and Ethical Aspects of the Human Condition

    Schües, C., 01.01.2014, The Human Enhancement Debate and Disability: New Bodies for a Better Life. Eilers, M., Grüber, K. & Rehmann-Sutter , C. (eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 38 - 63 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Impuls – Wandel kritisch-konstruktiv gestalten lernen: Das neue Modul „Transformation“ im Leuphana Semester

    Picht-Wiggering, L., Bürgener, L., Fischer, D. & Nigro, R., 2025, Interdisziplinäre Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (I-BNE): Beiträge zur zweiten Fachkonferenz 2024 an der Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm. Humburg, D., Dernbach, B. & Klages, M. (eds.). p. 5-14 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsEducation

  10. Published

    Im Staat und über den Staat hinaus: Ein Sammelband über das Kulturverständnis Hegels

    Jamme, C., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie. 5, 1, p. 257-259 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer