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

    "pathos": Konturen eines kulturwissenschaftlichen Grundbegriffs

    Busch, K. (Editor) & Därmann, I. (Editor), 27.08.2007, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 202 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism?: A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 24-25

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

  3. Published

    Passagen innerhalb des zeitgenössischen italienischen Marxismus

    Nigro, R., 29.03.2024, Kritische Philosophie-Geschichte. Hahn, T. & Szász, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag

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

  4. Published

    Part II: Strange Company Coming Over

    Birkenstock, E. & Gerhardt, U., 10.2009, Stefan Panhans: 5 Videos. Busch, K. (ed.). Kornwestheim : Brockhaus Commission, p. 96-100 5 p.

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

  5. Published

    Parallelworlds. On Joseph Beuys and Alice Channer

    Kölmel, M.-J., 2016, Wer Nicht Denken Will Fliegt Raus: Handlungsanweisungen nach Beuys. Kleve: Museum Kurhaus Kleve, p. 17-20 3 p. (Schriftenreihe Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald-Mataré-Sammlung ; vol. 73).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  6. Published

    Paradoxe Kritik

    Wuggenig, U., 2008, In: transversal / EIPCP multilingual webjournal. 8, 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Palaces, Stars and Abeceda. The Body as Indexical Reader in Post-Socialist Art by CORO Collective, Cooltūristės and Paulina Olowska

    Gerhardt, U., 01.08.2018, Moving Images, Mobile Bodies : The Poetics and Practice of Corporeality in Visual and Performing Arts. Avram, H. (ed.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 161-180 20 p.

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

  8. Published

    Pabst, Peter

    Mordhorst, S., 2016, Das große Tanz Lexikon: Tanzkulturen, Epochen, Personen, Werke. Hartmann, A. & Woitas, M. (eds.). Laaber: Laaber Verlag, p. 447 - 448 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  9. Published

    Ostfuturistisches Erinnern: Die Transformationszeit in postsozialistischer Videokunst

    Gerhardt, U., 2024, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 232 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Orte Schaffen

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Gehen: Festschrift für Hannes Böhringer. Vahrson, V., Märtens, S. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Köln: Salon Verlag , p. 35-38 4 p.

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