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.

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    Ein Buch über Steine: Einführung

    Berents-Kemp, C. & Kemp, W. K., 2016, Die Steine von Venedig : Neu komponiert von Catharina Berents und Wolfgang Kemp. Berents, C. & Kemp, W. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Corso Verlag, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

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    Critical Stances: An Introduction to The Stakes of Form.

    Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 23.06.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-36 30 p.

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

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    Critique: The Stakes of Form

    Kuhn, H. (Editor), Mehl, I. (Editor), Khatib, S. (Editor), Söntgen, B. (Editor) & Lochner, O. (Editor), 28.07.2020, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    „1940er-1950er. Grund und Körper“

    Mascarinec, M. & Woisnitza, M. (Translator), 2016, Sculpture on the Move : 1946-2016. Mendes Bürgi, B. (ed.). 1. ed. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 12-22 10 p.

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    Ge-/Beschriebenes Gesicht: Zwischen Poetisierung, Physiognomik und Ausdruck

    Wälchli, T. & Woisnitza, M., 2017, Das Gesicht: Bilder, Medien, Formate. Weigel, S. (ed.). 1 ed. Göttingen : Wallstein Verlag, p. 40-46 6 p.

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

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    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

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    Aesthetic Practices of the New Right: Fake and Post-truth as a Challenge for Transgressive Art and Cultural Practices

    Bempeza, S., 21.06.2020, In: Medienimpulse. 58, 2, 34 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    „Wie kämpft man gegen Väter?“ Briefe zwischen Peter Hacks, Alfred Kurella und Bernt von Kügelgen 1961/62

    Klinkenbusch, I. L., 03.2018, Auslaufmodell »DDR-Literatur«.: Essays und Dokumente. Berbig, R. (ed.). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, p. 246–257 12 p. (Forschung zur DDR-Gesellschaft).

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

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    Pia und die Dinge

    Söntgen, B. E., 2019, Pia Stadtbäumer. Psycho-Aktiv: 1989-2019.. Heynen, J. (ed.). 1. ed. Berlin: Distanz Verlag, p. 259-268 9 p.

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