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

    Hollis Frampton: ADSVMVS ABSVMVS : In memory of Hollis William Frampton, Sr., 1913–1980 : abest

    Breimaier, A. (Editor) & Gründig, M. (Editor), 2021, Essen: Folkwang Universität der Künste. 196 p. (Folkwang Edition; vol. 007)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesTransfer

  2. Published

    Dada Data: Contemporary Art in the Era of Post-Truth Politics

    Hegenbart, S. (Editor) & Kölmel, M.-J. (Editor), 23.02.2023, Bloomsbury Academic. 304 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Cognitive Capitalism

    Harvie, D. & Trott, B., 2022, The Sage Handbook of Marxism. Skeggs, B., Farris, S. R., Toscano, A. & Bromberg, S. (eds.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. 3. p. 1517-1538 22 p.

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

  4. Published

    On the Mythical Atmosphere of the Digital World

    Milani, B., 2022, In: Technology and Language. 3, 4, p. 21-29 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Uncanny Provenance: Art History and its Double

    Rother, L., 12.2022, In: Texte zur Kunst. 2022, 128, p. 84-97 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Thinking Against Nature: Nature, Ideation, and Realism between Lovecraft and Shelling

    Woodard, B., 01.01.2022, In: Logos (Russian Federation). 32, 2, p. 43-64 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Genealogia e critica della soggettività neoliberale

    Nigro, R., 12.09.2022, In: Studia Philosophica: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Philosophie. 2022, 81, p. 101-113 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Von echten Geschenken, falschen Verkäufen und realen Verlusten

    Rother, L., 2022, Seismografen und Orientierungsspiegel: Bilder der Welt in kurzen Kunstgeschichten. Crasemann, L., Fellmann, B. & Hadjinicolaou, Y. (eds.). 1 ed. Walter de Gruyter, p. 292-297 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  9. Published

    In favour of a hedonist post-pandemic culture: Embodying new technologies and old rituals

    Förster, Y., 01.07.2022, In: Technoetic Arts. 20, 1-2, p. 27-38 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Origins and practices of genetic risk and responsibility: Is it irresponsible not to test?

    Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 57-91 35 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review