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

    Art World's End: Mara Kölmel über Ryan Trecartin im KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

    Kölmel, M.-J., 12.2014, In: Texte zur Kunst. 96, p. 199-200 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Art Work as Life Work: Lu Märten’s Feminist “Objectivity”

    Nachtigall, J. & Stakemeier, K., 20.12.2021, In: October. 178, p. 35-54 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    art thinking doing art: Artistic Practices in Educational Contexts from 1900 to Today

    Neugärtner, S., 01.03.2024, e-flux Index. MacBeth, G. (ed.). New York: e-flux, p. 157–165 9 p. (e-flux index; vol. 1).

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

  4. Published

    Art, Territory, and the Ecology of Time

    Brunner, C. & Raunig, G., 01.04.2017, Public Space? Lost and Found. Urbonas, G., Lui, A. & Freeman, L. (eds.). Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, p. 119-128 10 p.

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

  5. Published

    Artistic Research on Anonymity

    Silvestrin, D. & Broeckmann, A., 03.04.2021, Book of Anonymity: An edited collection. Collective, A. (ed.). Brooklyn: punctum books, p. 35-67 33 p.

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

  6. Published

    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C. (Editor), Kastelan, C. (Editor), Knoll, V. (Editor) & Wuggenig, U. (Editor), 2015, Berlin: Sternberg Press. 629 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  7. Published

    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 2-37 36 p.

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

  8. Published

    Artificial intelligence: Invisible agencies in the folds of technological cultures

    Förster, Y., 01.10.2019, The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms. Sudmann, A. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 175-188 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Art History Update

    Söntgen, B. (Editor), Graw, I. (Editor), Feldman, J. P. (Editor) & Magalhães, A. (Editor), 12.2022, Berlin: TEXTE ZUR KUNST Verlag. 240 p. (Texte zur Kunst; vol. 32, no. 128)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  10. Published

    Art, Ecology, and Sustainability - An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 280-301 22 p.

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