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

    Un nietzschianesimo senza riserve. La volontà di potenza nel dispositivo del potere pastorale

    Nigro, R., 2022, In: Materiali Foucaultiani. 11, 21-22, p. 199-224 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Passagen innerhalb des zeitgenössischen italienischen Marxismus

    Nigro, R., 2025, Kritische Philosophiegeschichte. Hahn, T., Nigro , R. & Szász, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 237-264 28 p.

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

  3. Published

    Antonio Negri zur Einführung

    Nigro, R., 2024, Hamburg: Junius Verlag . 202 p. (Zur Einführung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Maintenance-(Art)Work und die Arbeit am eigenen Bild

    Kuhn, E., 01.12.2024, In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 87, 4, p. 452-472 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. In preparation

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    Kuhn, E. & Glasenapp, J. (Editor), 2024, (In preparation) edition text+kritik. (Film|Lektüren)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  6. Published

    Politics of aisthesis and the aestheticisation of politics in the digital world. On technology, aesthetic and the faschosphere

    Milani, B., 2025, In: Studi di Estetica. 31, p. 73-86 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Accepted/In press

    Modelando el presente. Repensar, diseñar y experimentar entornos expositivos digitales

    Romero Ferrón, B., 30.08.2025, (Accepted/In press) Metaversos. Mundos virtuales y tectónica de la inmersión. Sílaba editores

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Drafts in Action: Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention

    Kipke, A. (Editor), Woisnitza, M. (Editor), Kovalenko, I. (Editor), Rogalski, L. (Editor) & Teune, S. (Editor), 2025, 1 ed. Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag. 268 p. (Intervening Arts)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Manifestation, Collectiveness, Documentation: Thinking About Intervening Arts in Terms of Concept and Practice

    Kipke, A. & Woisnitza, M., 2025, Drafts in Action : Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention. Kipke, A., Kovalenko, I., Rogalski, L. & Teune, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 9–33 25 p. (Intervening Arts).

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

  10. Published

    On Puppets, Dolls, and Harlequins: Textile Constellations between Emma Kunz and Eva Aeppli

    Kipke, A., 2025, Drafts in Action: Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention. Kipke, A., Kovalenko, I., Rogalski, L., Teune, S. & Woisnitza, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 235–246 12 p. (Intervening Arts ).

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