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.

Main research areas

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. “Performer: Über die mediale Schwelle zum responsiv-transformatorischen Überschuss”

    Kargin, F. (Speaker)

    05.05.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  2. “Pop Meets Science” 2008

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    15.11.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  3. Popmusik-Vermittlung: Zwischen Kompetenzorientierung und Aufgabenkonstruktion

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    09.03.201612.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Populäre Musik und Musikunterricht: Neuere Angebote und Anschlüsse

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    25.01.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Popular Music History (Journal)

    Schoop, M. (Editor)

    2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  6. Pop-Welten

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    29.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

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

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    04.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. PostDoc Mentorat Universität Koblenz

    Ahlers, M. (Consultant)

    01.01.202301.01.2024

    Activity: Consultancy

  9. Professionalisierungsprozesse in der kunstvermittelnden Lehrer*innenbildung

    Hallmann, K. (Oral presentation)

    02.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music (Organisational unit)

    Ahlers, M. (Executive member)

    04.12.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees