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

    Vom antiken Sklavendienst zur modernen Dienstleistungsgesellschaft: Paulinische Bausteine für eine genealogische Skizze

    Därmann, I., 2008, Agenten und Agenturen. Engell, L., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, p. 23-38 16 p.

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

  2. Published

    Mythos zwischen Sprache und Schrift

    Jamme, C., 2007, Unausweichlichkeit des Mythos: Mythopoiesis in der europäischen Romania nach 1945. Jünke, C. & Schwarze, M. (eds.). München: Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 23-36 14 p.

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

  3. Published

    Die mythologische Differenz: Studien zur Mythostheorie

    Matuschek, S. (Editor) & Jamme, C. (Editor), 2009, Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag. 261 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Einführung in die Philosophie des Mythos: Band 2: Neuzeit und Gegenwart

    Jamme, C., 2005, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG. 155 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Die Wahrheit der Realitätszeichen zwischen Phantasie, Deckerinnerung und Trauma

    Därmann, I., 2007, Kindliche Fremdheit und pädagogische Gerechtigkeit. Schäfer, A. (ed.). Paderborn [u.a.]: Schöningh Verlag, p. 67-82 16 p. (Schriftenreihe der Kommission Bildungs- und Erziehungsphilosophie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft ).

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

  6. Published

    Quand la mémoire devient image de souvenier: Husserl et Freud

    Därmann, I., 2000, Phénoménologie française et phénoménologie allemande. Escoubas, E. & Waldenfels, B. (eds.). Paris: L'Harmattan, p. 271-293 23 p.

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

  7. Published

    Lévi-Strauss und die Philosophie

    Därmann, I., 2008, Wirkungen des wilden Denkens: zur strukturalen Anthropologie von Claude Lévi-Strauss. Kauppert, M. & Funcke, D. (eds.). Frankfurt, Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, p. 192-224 33 p. (Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft; vol. 1892).

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

  8. Published

    Lasso, #1

    Bunk, S. (Editor), Wiemann, J. K. (Editor), Lim, P. J. (Editor), Waldvogel, F. (Editor), Behnke, C. (Editor), Dohm, K. (Editor), Steinbrügge, B. (Editor), Schäfer, H. (Editor), Seyfarth, L. (Editor), Lechleitner, I. (Editor), Auerbach, A. (Editor), Leutenegger, Z. (Editor), Haarmann, A., Allen, D. (Editor) & Stange, R. (Editor), 2004, Frankfurt, Main: Revolver, Archiv für aktuelle Kunst. 159 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Unter dem Blick bildlicher Medien

    Därmann, I., 2000, Phänomenologie der Kunst: Wiener Tagungen zur Phänomenologie 1999. Pöltner, G. (ed.). Peter Lang Verlag, Vol. 5. p. 13-42 30 p. (Reihe der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Phänomenologie; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    Philosophie in Metropolen?

    Jamme, C., 2001, Kompetenz und Kreativität: eine Universität in Entwicklung ; Hartwig Donner zum 60. Geburtstag. Heilmann, J. (ed.). Lüneburg: UNIBUCH Verlag, p. 205-218 14 p.

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