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

    Transcending the Locality of Grassroots Initiatives: Diffusion of Sustainability Knowledge and Practice through Transdisciplinary Research

    Ortíz, W. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.10.2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 19, 17 p., 12259.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Transgenerational Audiovisual Narration in Revolutionary Women: Ella

    Gerhardt, U., 2022, Lene Markusen: Mythbiographies. : I Premiati di Villa Romana 2021. Angelika Stepken, F. (ed.). Florenz: Villa Romana, p. 37-39 3 p.

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

  3. Published

    „Ghostly Embodiments“

    Gerhardt, U., 2021, Irina Gheorghe, Methods for the Study of What Is Not There. Quante, N. (ed.). Berlin: Bierke Verlag, 1 p.

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

  4. Published

    Sankt – Female Identities in the Post-Utopian (Synopsis)

    Gerhardt, U., 01.04.2019, Sisters Alike: Female Identities in the Post-Utopian. Markusen, L. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 30 1 p.

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

  5. Published

    GRAD (Synopsis)

    Gerhardt, U., 01.04.2019, Sisters Alike: Female Identities in the Post-Utopian. Markusen, L. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 108 1 p.

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

  6. Published

    Rituals of Coexistence: Bodies and Technology during Pandemics

    Forster, Y., 01.09.2022, In: INTERLITTERARIA. 27, 1, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Die documenta – ein Konflikt-Feld: Beuys und die Persuasion

    von Xylander, C. & Wuggenig, U., 31.07.2022, Die Welten der documenta: Wissen und Geltung eines Großereignisses in der Kunst. Buckermann, P. (ed.). 1 ed. Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, p. 130-163 33 p.

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

  8. Published

    Thesen zur Koinzidenz von Symbolwert und Marktwert der Kunst

    Wuggenig, U. & Rudolph, S., 03.01.2022, In: Bild.punkt: Zeitschrift der IG Bildende Kunst. 59, p. 21-25 4 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Female Bodybuilding and Patriarchal Civilization. The Intrusion of a Practice in Sport into Artistic Fields and Visual Culture

    Mola, I. F. & Wuggenig, U., 2022, Arts and Power: Policies in and by the Arts. Gaupp, L., Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kirchberg, V. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 155-193 39 p. 9. (Kunst und Gesellschaft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. Published

    Looking at the World With You

    Koss, M., 2022, On the Edge of Time. Lyn, A. & Bird, R. (eds.). St. Gallen; Berlin: Vexer Verlag

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