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

    What's legit? Critiques of Law and Strategies of Rights

    Mattutat, L. (Editor), Nigro, R. (Editor), Schiel, N. (Editor) & Stubenrauch, H. (Editor), 28.07.2020, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 304 p. (Critical Stances)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    La Esencia Barroca de la Razón de Estado: Excepción y Regla en el Golpe de Estado Clasico y Moderno

    Nigro, R., 2020, Filosofías del Barroco. González García , M. & Castignani , H. (eds.). Madrid: Tecnos Edicion, p. 551-567 17 p. 17

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

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    “Making Sense”: Aesthetic Counterpowers in Activist Media Practices

    Brunner, C., 01.07.2020, In: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation. 7, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die Steine von Venedig: Neu komponiert von Catharina Berents und Wolfgang Kemp

    Berents-Kemp, C. (Editor) & Kemp, W. K. (Editor), 2016, Wiesbaden: Corso Verlag. 296 p. (Corso; vol. 52)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  5. Published

    Ein Buch über Steine: Einführung

    Berents-Kemp, C. & Kemp, W. K., 2016, Die Steine von Venedig : Neu komponiert von Catharina Berents und Wolfgang Kemp. Berents, C. & Kemp, W. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Corso Verlag, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  6. Published

    Critical Stances: An Introduction to The Stakes of Form.

    Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 23.06.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-36 30 p.

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

  7. Published

    Critique: The Stakes of Form

    Kuhn, H. (Editor), Mehl, I. (Editor), Khatib, S. (Editor), Söntgen, B. (Editor) & Lochner, O. (Editor), 28.07.2020, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    „1940er-1950er. Grund und Körper“

    Mascarinec, M. & Woisnitza, M. (Translator), 2016, Sculpture on the Move : 1946-2016. Mendes Bürgi, B. (ed.). 1. ed. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 12-22 10 p.

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

  10. Published

    Ge-/Beschriebenes Gesicht: Zwischen Poetisierung, Physiognomik und Ausdruck

    Wälchli, T. & Woisnitza, M., 2017, Das Gesicht: Bilder, Medien, Formate. Weigel, S. (ed.). 1 ed. Göttingen : Wallstein Verlag, p. 40-46 6 p.

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