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

    „Gute künstlerische Ausbildung?“ – Entwicklung und Diskussion quantitativer Evaluationsinstrumente an Musikhochschule und Universität

    Ahlers, M., Mall, P. & Seifert, A., 12.05.2023, In: Handbuch Qualität in Studium und Lehre. 83, p. 89-106 18 p., D5.15.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  2. Published

    Aneignung – diskursive Erweiterungen und Reflexionen

    Ahlers, M. & Weber, B., 11.05.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Kritische Musikpädagogik. p. 25–47 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Songwriting-Camp: Eine qualitative Studie zu den Potenzialen und Grenzen von Blended Learning im Kontext von musikbezogenem Üben, Kreativität und Kommunikation.

    Horst de Cuestas, K. & Ahlers, M., 09.11.2023, Digitales Lehren und Lernen im Fachunterricht: Aktuelle Entwicklungen, Gegenstände und Prozesse.. Ahlers, M., Besser, M., Herzog, C. & Kuhl, P. (eds.). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 75–96 21 p.

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

  4. Published

    Digitales Lehren und Lernen im Fachunterricht: Aktuelle Entwicklungen, Gegenstände und Prozesse

    Ahlers, M. (Editor), Besser, M. (Editor), Herzog, C. (Editor) & Kuhl, P. (Editor), 01.11.2023, Weinheim: Julius Beltz Verlag. 327 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Flow und imaginative Bildung: kunstpädagogische Perspektiven zur künstlerischen Forschung

    Medrow, L., 20.02.2022, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 263 p. (Bildungsforschung; vol. 14)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  6. Published

    Musik und Zeug*innenschaft – Erinnern an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in der „Post-Witness Era“

    Schoop, M., Köhn, T. S. & Ringsmut, M., 2024, Musik, Erinnern und kulturelles Gedächtnis. Fuhr, M. & Gruber, C. (eds.). Hildesheim: Universitätsverlag Hildesheim, p. 51-86 36 p. (Studies in music; vol. 8).

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

  7. Published

    Perspektiven für die Musikforschung im 21. Jahrhundert? Künstlerische Forschung und Musikwissenschaft

    Zaddach, W.-G., 2024, In: Musikforschung. 77, 4, p. 364-377 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Milk-Carton Sculpture: Ruth Asawa, Geodesic Geometry, and the Maternal Counterculture of the Alvarado School Arts Workshop

    Troeller, J., 02.07.2024, In: Art Bulletin. 106, 3, p. 64-90 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Don’t Break the Oath, Henrik Marstal (2022)

    Zaddach, W.-G., 01.06.2023, In: Metal Music Studies. 9, 2, p. 263-265 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    Artificial intelligence in songwriting and composing - perspectives and challenges in creative practices

    Tillmann, B. & Zaddach, W.-G., 01.05.2024, Artificial Intelligence - Intelligent Art?: Human-Machine Interaction and Creative Practice. Voigts, E., Auer, R. M., Elflein, D., Kunas, S., Röhnert, J. & Seelinger, C. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 217-231 15 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 64).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review