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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    Das Wahre im Künstlichen: Edgar Degas‘ Die Orchestermusiker

    Mordhorst, S., 2015, Monet und die Geburt des Impressionismus. Krämer, F. (ed.). München, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, p. 169-182 14 p.

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

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    Trauer um Prof. Hermann Schweppenhäuser

    Wuggenig, U., 13.04.2016, 2 p.. Apr 13, 2015.

    Research output: Memorandum/expositionAcademic memorandum

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    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

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    Mariology, Calvinism, Painting: Interiority in Pieter de Hooch's Mother at a Cradle

    Söntgen, B. E., 01.01.2016, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Walter de Gruyter, p. 175-193 19 p.

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

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    Introduction: Interiors and interiority

    Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B., 13.11.2015, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter, p. 1-13 13 p.

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

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    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 2-37 36 p.

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

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    Long Live the Immaterial! - Körper und Kunst in Zeiten der Virtualisierung

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 2015, Das Ende der Kunst als Anfang freier Kunst. Vieweg, K., Iannelli, F. & Vercellone, F. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 323-337 15 p. (jena-sophia: Studien und Editionen zum deutschen Idealismus und zur Frühromantik; vol. 13 (Abt. II)).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsTransferpeer-review

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    Wasting Billions of Dollars for the Arts?

    Behnke, C., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., V. K. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin, New York: Sternberg Press, p. 440-456 17 p.

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