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

    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. 9–37 28 p. (Intervening Arts).

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

  2. 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., Woisnitza, M. & Teune, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 235–247 12 p. (Intervening Arts ).

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

  3. Published

    Ecologies of Recovery: Mónica de Miranda’s As If the World Had No West

    Schulz, V.-S., 15.06.2025, In: Art Review Oxford. 12, 2025, p. 31–37

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Teleological Judgment between Racism and its Critique: On the Status of Race in Kant's Work

    Stubenrauch, H. & Martinez Mateo, M., 2025, In: Rivista di Estetica. 2024, 3, p. 81-98

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Lebens-Formen: Ornament, Materie und die Kunst der Einrichtung

    Söntgen, B., 2023, Ornament und Materie: Zeitgenössische Positionen zum Jugendstil im Sanatorium Dr. Barner. Braunlage/Harz: Stiftung Sanatorium Dr. Barner, p. 12-29 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer

  7. Published

    La rivoluzione inquieta. Nicola Massimo de Feo vent'anni dopo

    Nigro, R. (Editor) & Spagnuolo, M. (Editor), 2025, ManifestoLibri. (Critica e Società)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Enjeux de la question anthropologique: Foucault en dialogue avec Kant, Nietzsche et Heidegger

    Nigro, R., 2025, In: Archives de Philosophie. 88, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Accepted/In press

    Kritische Philosophiegeschichte

    Hahn, T. (Editor), Nigro, R. (Editor) & Szasz, C. (Editor), 30.06.2025, (Accepted/In press) Diaphanes Verlag. (Critical Stances)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Walking Text and Writing Space: Reflections on Ladinidad in Guatemala

    Eduardo, N. D. C. & Eduardo Dávila, S., 31.03.2025, Raum - Theorie - Empirie: Ein Arbeitsbuch. Dlabaja, C., Nimführ, S. & Goez, N. (eds.). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, p. 209–228 20 p. (Forschung und Praxis an der FHWien der WKW).

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