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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Regressing to Nature. Culture Industry and Fascism in Times of Ecological Crisis
Stubenrauch, H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Constellations. An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What's in a Name? Measuring the Potential of Provenance Data for Art Market Studies and the History of Collecting
Koss, M., Romero-Ferrón, B. & Rother, L., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Hand and Glove: Art Market Studies and the History of Collecting. Degen, N. & Brooks, B. (eds.). Brill Verlag, (Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Provenance as Accountability: Transparent and Verifiable Cataloguing for the Digital Age
Rother, L., Koss, M. & Mariani, F., 03.2026, (Accepted/In press) Research Handbook on Art, Culture and Heritage Law. Vigneron, S., Ulph, J. & Maget Dominicé, A. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 441-457 16 p. (Research Handbooks in Law and Society).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Verbundenheit als Zwang: Die Kritische Theorie spätkapitalistischer Subjektivität im ökologischen Diskurs
Stubenrauch, H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe. Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, (Institut für Sozialforschung. Schriften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: eine Programmatik
Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe. Stubenrauch, H., Biemüller, R., Barth, T. & Heinze, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, (Institut für Sozialforschung. Schriften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung: Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe
Stubenrauch, H. (Editor), Heinze, T. (Editor), Biemüller, R. (Editor) & Barth, T. (Editor), 2026, (Accepted/In press) Campus Verlag. (Schriften. Institut für Sozialforschung)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Farbschluchten: Anna Kipke über Katharina Grosse in den Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Kipke, A., 12.2025, In: Texte zur Kunst. 35, 140, p. 199–202 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Doron Rabinovici: "Suche nach M."
Hobuß, S., 2025, Deutschsprachige Erzählliteratur seit 1989: Zwölf Werke in Einzeldarstellungen. Kramer, S. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 87 - 110 24 p. (Philologische Studien und Quellen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- In preparation
Scenes of the Avant-Garde: Networks, Temporalities and Transformational Power
Söntgen, B. (Editor), Volz, J. (Editor) & Tchelidze, K. (Editor), 2026, (In preparation) Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. (Critical Stances)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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The Dance of Tradition in Contemporary Art. Edmundo Torres’ China Diabla Performance
Eduardo Dávila, S., 2025, In: caiana. Revista de Historia del Arte y Cultura Visual del Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte. 26Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review