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

    Einleitung: Posthuman Entanglements in Art(s) Education

    Hallmann, K., Kargin-Zahn, F. & Zahn, M., 04.2026, In: Zeitschrift Kunst Medien Bildung.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. In preparation

    Der GoPro-Blick. Zur performativen Kamera

    Kargin-Zahn, F., 04.2026, (In preparation) In: Zeitschrift Kunst Medien Bildung.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. In preparation

    Rollenbildung: Zu responsiv-performativen Dimensionen der Erfahrung künstlerischer Installationen

    Kargin-Zahn, F., 02.2026, (In preparation) transcript Verlag. 320 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. In preparation

    Posthuman Entanglements in Art(s) Education

    Hallmann, K. (Editor), Kargin-Zahn, F. (Editor) & Zahn, M. (Editor), 04.2026, (In preparation) Wissenschaftlichen Sozietät Kunst Medien Bildung e.V. (Zeitschrift Kunst Medien Bildung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Musikkulturen, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimabildung

    Zaddach, W.-G. & Ahlers, M., 22.10.2025, Handbuch Klimabildung. Höttecke, D., Heinicke, S., Martens, H., Nehring, A. & Rabe, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Nature, p. 265-283

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

  6. Published

    Musikwirtschaft: "Chest always to puffed guy"

    Ahlers, M., 22.09.2025, Popmusikforschung. Rudolph, P., Suer, D. & Hornberger, B. (eds.). UTB, p. 87-104

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

  7. Published

    From Sheet to Beat: Creativity and Composition as Useful Content for (Digital) Lifelong Learning

    Ahner, P., Ahlers, M., Aigner, W., Chatelain, S., Desmurs, S., Hug, D., Mall, P. & Spieker, B., 23.09.2025, Liberty – Equity – Creativity: Innovating and Inventing Music in the Classroom. Buchborn, T., Gall, M., Henessy, S. & Stumpfögger, M. (eds.). Helbling Verlag, p. 189-206

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

  8. Published

    Ruth Asawa and the artist-mother at midcentury

    Troeller, J., 06.05.2025, The MIT Press. 355 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  9. Published

    A Rapping Witness, Stumbling Stones and Jewish History: Musical Remediations of Memories from the Times of National Socialism

    Köhn, T., 22.12.2023, In: Samples. 21, p. 1-24 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Rapping the Shoah: (Counter-)Narratives and Judaism in German Hip-Hop

    Köhn, T. S., 07.2021, In: Music and Politics. 15, 2, p. 1-24 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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