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
German Society for Popular Music Studies e.V. (External organisation)
Ahlers, M. (Member)
30.09.2014 → 02.10.2014Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Ahlers, M. (Executive member)
21.09.2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
GMM Summer Institute 2017
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
13.09.2016 → 20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
GMM Summer Institute 2017
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
23.09.2017 → 30.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gründungsworlshop der "International Association for the Study of Popular Music D-A-CH" - IASPM D-A-CH 2013
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
25.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gutachter für den Schweizerischen Nationalfond (SNF)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
20.05.2014Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Hausfrau Photography: Value and Gender in an Unrealized Photobook
Troeller, J. (Speaker)
19.01.2022 → 20.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
History and Roles of Star-Concepts
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
24.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Im Wechselspiel der Sinne - Sound als Gestaltungsmaterial im Grenzbereich zwischen Bildender Kunst und Musik.
Hallmann, K. (Keynote Speaker)
06.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovative Approaches to Digital Classroom Music. Professional Competencies of Music Students
Verbücheln, E.-M. (Speaker)
26.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research