Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education combines artistic, pedagogical and research-based expertise within the disciplines fine arts and music, with a particular emphasis on contemporary forms and practice. Lecturers offer modules for students enrolled in the Bachelor and Masters programmes within the faculties of Education and Humanities, in addition to the minor programme Popular Music Studies and the Early Childhood Music Further Education programme. Public exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events are of great importance within in the institute. These collaborative projects are innovatively developed and presented with and for our students thereby enriching the cultural life of the university.

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Research activities

Junior professorship for Contemporary Art History, Aesthetic Practices

Professorship for Arts Mediation

Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music
Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlers

Professorship of Musicology, in particular Popular Music Studies
Prof. Dr. Monika Schoop

  1. 2022
  2. “Prozess 48: Imaging as Narrating & Narrating as Imaging”

    Kargin, F. (Speaker)

    02.09.202204.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Workshop für lehrkräftebildende Hochschulen Niedersachsens im Rahmen der „Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung“

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Kuhl, P. (Speaker) & Herzog, C. (Speaker)

    13.09.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Surrogates

    Fiduccia, J. (Organiser) & Troeller, J. (Organiser)

    29.09.202201.10.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Peak of the Assembly Lines? (Online) Songwriting Camps as Current Spaces of Individual and Collaborative Creativity

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    21.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Jan Grünwald

    Stahl, F. (Host)

    01.11.2022

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  7. Postdigitale Musikalische Interfaces als musikpädagogisches Potenzial? Ein Explorations-Workshop

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    04.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Zukunftsmusik: The Future of Digital Musik Making & Education

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    05.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  9. 2023
  10. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)

    Schoop, M. (Editor)

    2023 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  11. PostDoc Mentorat Universität Koblenz

    Ahlers, M. (Consultant)

    01.01.202301.01.2024

    Activity: Consultancy

  12. Daniel Laufer

    Stahl, F. (Host)

    10.01.2023

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor