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. 2018
  2. Best/Worst of Both Worlds?

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    14.09.201816.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Best/Worst of Both Worlds?

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    14.09.201816.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  4. Das erste Vernetzungstreffen des BMBF-Förderungschwerpunkts "Forschung zur Digitalisierung in der Kulturellen Bildung"

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    28.06.201829.06.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Kunst & Vermittlung #13

    Hallmann, K. (Organiser)

    04.06.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  6. Kunst & Vermittlung #12

    Hallmann, K. (Organiser)

    23.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  7. "Neue MusikmachDinge: Augmented Creativity and Connectivity?"

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    02.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  8. Musikunterricht und Multimedia 3

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    16.02.201817.02.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. De-Mystifying the Digital

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    03.02.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Die 10. Tagung der AG Populärkultur und Medien in der GfM - Popkongress 2018

    Ahlers, M. (Participant)

    01.02.201802.02.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 2017
  12. GMM Summer Institute 2017

    Ahlers, M. (Organiser)

    23.09.201730.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Whole Person Development – Building Students as Academic Leaders

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    03.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. XVIII Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music - 2017

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    29.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. „Didaktik der Populären Musik“: Inter- National/Disziplinäre Blicke und eigene Ansätze

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    02.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Eve­lyn May (UdK Ber­lin): Artists in Residence an Grundschulen

    Hallmann, K. (Organiser)

    17.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  17. 25th EAS Conference / ISME European Regional Conference 2017

    Ahlers, M. (presenter)

    20.04.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Mobile Music in the Making 2017

    Ahlers, M. (presenter)

    10.03.201711.03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Kooperationsprojekt mit dem Künstlerhaus Lauenburg

    Hallmann, K. (Organiser)

    06.03.2017 → …

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  20. University of Erfurt (External organisation)

    Hallmann, K. (Coordinator) & Hofmann, P. D. F. (Coordinator)

    06.03.2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  21. History and Roles of Star-Concepts

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    24.02.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. Konferenz der Kommission für Musikpädagogik an wissenschaftlichen Hochschulen 2017

    Ahlers, M. (Participant)

    16.02.201717.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  23. Lecture and Workshop on media-based presentations and music-marketing

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    13.02.201715.02.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. Digitale Medien im Musikunterricht

    Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)

    01.02.2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  25. Jugend – Musik – Medien

    Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)

    01.02.2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  26. 2016
  27. Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (Organisational unit)

    Ahlers, M. (Executive member)

    08.12.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  28. Digital Innovation Circle

    Ahlers, M. (Keynote speaker)

    05.12.201606.12.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Schneller, höher, lauter - Virtuosität in (populären) Musiken

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    18.11.201620.11.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Vortrag und Workshop zu "Alternative Cultures" in EDM und Hip-Hop

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    03.11.201605.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung e.V. (External organisation)

    Ahlers, M. (Executive member)

    21.09.2016

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  32. GMM Summer Institute 2017

    Ahlers, M. (Organiser)

    13.09.201620.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Jugend- und popkulturelle Vermittlungsfelder

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    18.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  34. Europe meets Asia – Virtuosos and Stars as Cultural Goods and Symbols

    Ahlers, M. (Oral presentation)

    01.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. Formate der Kunstvermittlung V

    Hallmann, K. (Organiser) & Maset, P. (Organiser)

    02.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Tools – Kreativität – Gamification: Paradigmen und Konzepte zum Einsatz digitaler Medien im Musikunterricht.

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    19.05.201621.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  37. Popmusik-Vermittlung: Zwischen Kompetenzorientierung und Aufgabenkonstruktion

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    09.03.201612.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  38. Acoustic Capital in German Rap: A Case Study on Appropriation, Value Creation and Post-Digital Music Business

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    03.03.201607.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Mediale Präsentationen in der Musikvermittlung

    Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)

    29.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  40. MpWH-Jahrestagung 2016 (Event)

    Ahlers, M. (Full member)

    25.02.201626.02.2016

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsEducation

  41. Arbeitsgruppe Fach und Sprache (External organisation)

    Ahlers, M. (Office)

    08.02.201610.02.2016

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  42. 2015
  43. 6. Nachwuchsworkshop der Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung - GfPM 2015

    Ahlers, M. (Organiser)

    10.07.201511.07.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. The Temporality of the Utopian Object: The Bauhaus’s Metallisches Fest (1929).

    Troeller, J. (Speaker)

    15.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. 2014
  46. Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (Organisational unit)

    Ahlers, M. (Office)

    11.12.2014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  47. 36th Annual Conference of the German Association for Research in Music Education

    Ahlers, M. (presenter)

    11.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. German Society for Popular Music Studies e.V. (External organisation)

    Ahlers, M. (Member)

    30.09.201402.10.2014

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  49. Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Journal)

    Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)

    19.08.2014

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  50. European Association for Music in Schools - EAS 2014

    Ahlers, M. (Speaker)

    20.05.201425.05.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. Gutachter für den Schweizerischen Nationalfond (SNF)

    Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)

    20.05.2014

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  52. School of Education (Organisational unit)

    Ahlers, M. (Member)

    26.03.201401.04.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  53. Symposium: Popmusik-Vermittlung zwischen Schule, Hochschule und Beruf

    Ahlers, M. (Organiser)

    13.02.201414.02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch