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

    Aesthetics of the past and the future: Human life within changing environments

    Förster, Y., 06.07.2020, Aesthetics in Dialogue: Applying Philosophy of Art in a Global World. Somhegyi, Z. & Ryynänen, M. (eds.). Peter Lang Verlag, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Politics of Reproduction

    spheres Editorial Collective, Trott, B. (Editor), Beverungen, A. (Editor), Apprich, C. (Editor), Luchs, I. (Editor), Hille, L. (Editor) & Heinrichs, R. (Editor), 03.2020, Lüneburg: Cent­re for Di­gi­tal Cul­tu­res Lüneburg. (spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures; vol. 2000, no. 6)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  3. Published

    Queer Berlin and the Covid-19 Crisis: A Politics of Contact and Ethics of Care

    Trott, B., 2020, In: Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements. 12, 1, p. 88-108 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Provenance Research in Museums: The Long Run

    Rother, L. & Schmeisser, I., 2020, Provenance Research Today: Principles, Practice, Problems. Tompkins, A. (ed.). London: Lund Humphries, p. 106-116 10 p.

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

  5. Published

    Politics of Reproduction

    spheres Editorial Collective, Trott, B., Beverungen, A., Apprich, C., Hille, L. & Heinrichs, R., 03.2020, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2000, #6, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  6. Published

    Failing and the perception of failure in student-driven transdisciplinary projects

    Vilsmaier, U. & Thalheimer, A., 04.11.2020, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Failures: Lessons Learned from Cautionary Tales. Fam, D. & O'Rourke, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 237-252 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Decorating Charleston Farm house: Bloomsbury's Experiments in Forms of Life, Work, and Art

    Söntgen, B., 28.07.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 139-176 36 p.

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

  9. Published

    "To Arlene on Wings of Love": Shared Forms of Life, Art, and Writing

    Lochner, O., 28.07.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 117-138 22 p.

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

  10. Published

    Chemical Philosophy: Kant, Schelling, and DeLanda

    Woodard, B., 25.07.2020, In: Stasis. 9, 1, p. 184-208 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch