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

    A Psychiatric Clinic, a Monastery, a City and a River: On the (Artistic) Legibility of Disappearance in Topography

    Eduardo Dávila, S. & Jordan, U., 2023, On Withdrawal: Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices. Eduardo Dávila, S., John, R. H., Jordan, U., Wulff, N., Sieber, J. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 209-236 28 p.

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

  2. Published

    Arbeitslosigkeit und Spaltungsprozesse in der Gesellschaft der BRD

    Wuggenig, U. & Engel, U., 1991, Bewältigung von Arbeitslosigkeit im sozialen Kontext: Programme, Initiativen, Evaluationen. Kieselbach, T. & Wacker, A. (eds.). Weinheim: Deutscher Studien Verlag, p. 65-87 23 p. (Psychologie sozialer Ungleichhei; vol. 2).

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

  3. Published

    Architektur analysieren: Eine Einführung in acht Kapiteln

    Kemp, W., 2009, München: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag. 415 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published

    Arguedas: Capital y conversión

    Benezra, K., 06.2021, In: Revista de Estudios Hispanicos. 55, 2, p. 319-344 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A room with a temperature: on some interiors of the 1830s/40s and the discovery of the energy laws

    Kemp, W. K., 2016, Interiors and interiority. Lajer-Burcharth , E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Berlin, Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 247-259 13 p.

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

  6. Published

    Art and the Economy of Attention: On the 1% - the 100 Most Expensive Works of Art

    Rudolph, S., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 478 - 491 14 p.

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

  7. Published

    Art, Ecology, and Sustainability - An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 280-301 22 p.

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

  8. Published

    Art History Update

    Söntgen, B. (Editor), Graw, I. (Editor), Feldman, J. P. (Editor) & Magalhães, A. (Editor), 12.2022, Berlin: TEXTE ZUR KUNST Verlag. 240 p. (Texte zur Kunst; vol. 32, no. 128)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  9. Published

    Artificial intelligence: Invisible agencies in the folds of technological cultures

    Förster, Y., 01.10.2019, The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms. Sudmann, A. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 175-188 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C. (Editor), Kastelan, C. (Editor), Knoll, V. (Editor) & Wuggenig, U. (Editor), 2015, Berlin: Sternberg Press. 629 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer