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.

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    "Als Deutscher unter Deutschen": Karl Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage

    Schefczyk, M., 2014, Moralisierung des Rechts: Kontinuitäten und Diskontinuitäten nationalsozialistischer Normativität. Konitzer, W. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, p. 189-214 26 p. (Jahrbuch 2014 zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust).

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

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    John Stuart Mill über wirtschaftliche und politische Freiheit

    Schefczyk, M., 2014, Ökonomie Nach-Denken: Zur Aktualität von John Stuart Mill. Nutzinger, H. G., Unnerstall, H. & Ulshöfer, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 79-98 20 p.

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

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    Kritischer Realismus und das Axiom der Gleichheit: Der Antagonismus von Pierre Bourdieu und Jacques Rancière

    Jurt, P. & Wuggenig, U., 2014, Pierre Bourdieu und Jacques Rancière: Emanzipatorische Praxis denken. Sonderegger, R. & Kastner, J. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant, p. 183-212 30 p.

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

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    Chardin: Inwardness - Emotion - Communication

    Söntgen, B., 2014, Rethinking Emotion: Interiority and Exteriority in Premodern, Modern, and Contemporary Thought. Rüdiger, C. & Julia, W. (eds.). Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter, p. 101 -133 33 p. 6. (Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies; vol. 15).

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    Inner and Outer Realms: Opaque Windows in Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior Paintings

    Hemkendreis, A., 11.2015, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 297-312 16 p.

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    Northern Soul: an excellent survey of Nordic Art testifies to its diverse stylistic range at the turn of the 20th century

    Hemkendreis, A., 03.2013, In: Apollo . 3, p. 176-177 2 p.

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    Das Wesen der Dinge: Hammershøi in den Augen Rainer Maria Rilkes

    Hemkendreis, A., 2012, Hammershøi und Europa: Ein dänischer Künstler um 1900. Monrad, K. (ed.). München, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, p. 165-180 16 p.

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