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

    Ich nicht: Ein Interviewbuch für Fans

    Leeb, S. A., 2002, In: Texte zur Kunst. 12, 45, p. 181-185 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  2. Published

    "Ich leide, also bin ich": Selbstverfügter Schmerz als äußerstes Mittel politischer Kunst

    Söntgen, B. E., 2016, Ulay: Life-Sized. Ulrich, M. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 111-117 6 p.

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

  3. Published

    Ian White – Cinema as a Live Art / Becoming Object

    Breimaier, A. (Editor), 03.2019, Berlin: Edition Living Archive. 63 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesTransfer

  4. Published

    Humanität und Billigkeit

    Schües, C., 2013, Mythos – Geist – Kultur: Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Christoph Jamme. Andermann, K. & Jürgens , A. (eds.). München : Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 253-266 14 p.

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

  5. Published

    Humanitäres Theater in unmenschlicher Zeit: Zur Situiertheit von Max Reinhardts Il Mercante di Venezia in Venedig, 1934

    Woisnitza, M., 2018, Performativity - Life, Stage, Screen: Reflections on a transdisciplinary concept. Weber, D. A. (ed.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 41-70 30 p. (Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 57).

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

  6. Published

    Humanismus und Kulturkritik: Ernst Cassirers Werk im amerikanischen Exil

    Jürgens, A., 2012, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 181 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    "How Bad Was He? Let Me Count the Ways": Auguste Renoir and His Critics of the 1980s

    Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 2023, Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field. Söntgen, B., Heymer , E., Locher, H., Marchal, S. & Sachs-Resch, M. (eds.). München: edition metzel, p. 226-250 25 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3).

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

  8. Published

    Hollis Frampton: Photographs

    Breimaier, A., 26.11.2020, 12 p. London : The Burlington Magazine Publication Ltd.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Hölderlin und der Mythos

    Jamme, C., 2010, Sprache - Dichtung - Philosophie: Heidegger und der Deutsche Idealismus. Frischmann, B. (ed.). Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 10-16 7 p. (Alber Philosophie).

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