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. Published

    I Need A Dollar: Die Rückkehr des Soul : Aloe Blacc

    Zuther, D., 20.02.2011, In: Praxis des Musikunterrichts. 105, p. 4-19 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    In einen Harung ...

    Zuther, D., 2001, In: Grundschule Musik. 22, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Informelles Lernen und Popmusik

    Zuther, D., 01.12.2018, Musiklehrer*innenbildung: Veränderungen und Kontexte: Beiträge der Kooperativen Tagung 2018. Krettenauer, T., Schäfer-Lembeck, H.-U. & Zöllner-Dressler, S. (eds.). München, Vol. 6. p. 239-252 12 p. (Musikpädagogische Schriftender Hochschule für Musik und Theater München; vol. 6).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Inszenierungsmöglichkeiten eines mediengestützten Sportunterrichts

    Thumel, M., Schwedler-Diesener, A., Greve, S., Süßenbach, J., Jastrow, F. & Krieger, C., 03.07.2020, Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik 17: Lernen mit und über Medien in einer digitalen Welt . Rummler, K., Koppel, I., Aßmann, S., Bettinger, P. & Wolf, K. D. (eds.). Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften, p. 401-426 26 p. (MedienPädagogik - Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

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    Interkultureller Musikunterricht, hrsg. von Matthias Kruse

    Schormann, C., 2003, In: Musik und Unterricht. 73, 4, p. 61 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    “In the Capital of Electronic Music, Women Rule the Scene.” – Really?

    Jóri, A., 2020, Musik & Empowerment. Springer VS

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Introduction to Music and the Politics of Memory: Resounding Antifascism across Borders

    Spinetti, F., Schoop, M. & Hofman, A., 15.03.2021, In: Popular Music and Society. 44, 2, p. 119-138 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Introduction to the special issue: Popular music (re)writes history: Popular music and historical narratives

    Schoop, M. E., 03.05.2025, In: Popular Music History. 16, 1-2, p. 5-15 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Irritation des Alltäglichen: Gestalterische Strategien des Ab- und Neuformens mit Gips

    Hallmann, K., 2018, In: Kunst+Unterricht. 421/422, p. 23-26 4 p.

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