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. 2012
  2. Published

    John Stuart Mill’s Ethics

    Schefczyk, M., 15.05.2012, 9 p. USA : University of Tennessee at Martin .

    Research output: other publicationsContributions to online encyclopediaResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Financial Crisis, the Exemption View and the Problem of the Harmless Torturer

    Schefczyk, M., 01.03.2012, In: Philosophy of Management. 11, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Mise en scène / Jérôme Bel

    Mordhorst, S., 03.2012, displayer. Kuehn, W. (ed.). Berlin: Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Vol. 04. p. 7-21 15 p.

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

  5. Published

    Review of Mark Jensen: Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy, Routledge, 2011

    Schefczyk, M., 24.01.2012, In: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. Published

    Ästhetikkolumne: Verlust der Geschichte - Zur Kunstgeschichte von heute

    Kemp, W., 01.2012, In: Merkur. 66, 752, p. 58-62 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Esthetics Column. Loss of History - on contemporary Art History

    Kemp, W., 01.2012, In: Merkur. 66, 1, p. 58-62 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Abstand nehmen: Bonnards Welt

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Pierre Bonnard. B. M. A. & Küster, U. (eds.). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 150-155 6 p.

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

  9. Published

    Answers to seven questions

    Wuggenig, U., 2012, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark: Projekte 2010. Fenz, W., Kraus, E. & Kulterer, B. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, p. 281-282 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  10. Published

    Antworten auf sieben Fragen

    Wuggenig, U., 2012, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark: Projekte 2010: Art in Public Space Styria: Projects 2010. Fenz, W., Kraus, E. & Kulterer, B. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, p. 279-280 2 p.

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

  11. Published

    Bei sich sein: Szenen des Privaten in den Fotografien von Richard Billingham und Nan Goldin

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Hold it !: Zur Pose zwischen Bild und Performance. Brandl-Risi, B., Brandstetter, G. & Diekmann, S. (eds.). Berlin: Verlag Theater der Zeit, p. 96-111 16 p. (Theater der Zeit, Recherchen; no. 89).

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