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

    Paradigmen und Konzepte zum Einsatz digitaler Medien im Musikunterricht

    Ahlers, M., 01.12.2017, Digitale Medien im Musikunterricht : Bestandsaufnahme, Reflexion, Perspektiven; Kongress "Musikunterricht und Multimedia" an der Niedersächsischen Landesmusikakademie Wolfenbüttel, 20.-21. Mai 2016. Rheinländer, M. & Weber, B. (eds.). Handorf: Lugert Verlag, p. 49-60 12 p.

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

  2. Published

    13 Trolle: Isländisches Brauchtum zur Weihnachtszeit

    Ahlers, M. L. J., 2017, In: Grundschule Musik. 84, p. 18-22 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  3. Published

    “Kollegah the Boss”: A Case Study on Appropriation, Acoustic Capital, and Virtuosity in German Gangsta Rap

    Ahlers, M., 10.04.2017, Hamburg : Lastest Thinking GmbH.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Musikdidaktische Konzeptionen: Ein Studienbuch

    Schormann, C., 02.02.2017, In: Praxis des Musikunterrichts. 129, p. 52 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsEducation

  5. Published

    O-Ton Oberstufe: Arbeitsbuch für den Musikunterricht

    Ahlers, M. L. J. (Editor), Lang, R. (Editor) & Schläbitz, N. (Editor), 30.01.2017, Paderborn: Schöningh Verlag. 560 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesTransfer

  6. Published

    A fragile kaleidoskop: institutions, methodologies and outlooks on German popular music (studies)

    Ahlers, M. L. J. & Jacke, C., 01.01.2017, Perspectives on German Popular Music. Ahlers, M. & Jacke, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 3 - 15 13 p. (Ashgate Folk and Popular Music Studies).

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

  7. Published

    Perspectives on German Popular Music

    Ahlers, M. (Editor) & Jacke, C. (Editor), 01.01.2017, 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 320 p. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  8. Published

    The Rhythm of Movement in the early 20th Century and its Foundation in the empirical Aesthetics

    Bayreuther, R., 2016, In: Musikforschung. 69, 2, p. 143-156 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Habit as a law of mind: A Peircean approach to habit in cultural and mental phenomena

    Bisanz, E. & Cunningham, S., 2016, Consensus on Peirce’s Concept of Habit: Before and Beyond Consciousness. West, D. E. & Anderson, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 401-419 19 p. (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics; vol. 31).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Pophörspiel: Popular music in radio art

    Schulze, H., 01.01.2016, Perspectives on German Popular Music. Ahlers, M. & Jacke, C. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 67-73 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review