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Franz Waxman’s Music on Soundtrack Albums in the 1950s and 1960s

Ingeborg Zechner is taking part in the MSMI / Sound On Screen Conference and Symposium @ RNCM at the Royal Northern College of Music

Job Posting University Assistant with doctorate/PhD (m/f/d)

Gastforschende Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mei-Hsin Chen Huang

At the invitation of Prof. Flach and Dr. Nahidi, we are delighted to welcome guest researcher Mei-Hsin Chen to our institute. Dr. Chen is an Associate Professor at the University of Navarra (Spain) and brings extensive international experience in art history and aesthetics.

Musicologica Austriaca – Call for Entries for the Best Paper Award 2026

The Austrian Musicological Society (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft) is awarding a prize for the best academic paper on the broad topic of music and musical culture in or from Austria. Researchers from all musicological fields and related disciplines are encouraged to participate. We welcome all methodological perspectives on music, musicians, and musical culture associated with Austria in a broad sense.

100 Years of Performing Arts in Düsseldorf

A series of events marking the 100th anniversary of the Class of Stage Arts at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, founded under the direction of Walter Kaesbach.

Music as a Meaningful Art

16th International Congress of Musicology (ICMS 16) at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2–6 June 2026

The greatest thing humanity has ever produced

Matinee featuring a reading and panel discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of Ingeborg Bachmann’s birth

Florence in the spring of 2026: A research stay at the Medici Archive Project

In the spring of 2026, she spent three months in Florence, devoting all her time and attention to research for her dissertation. This was made possible by a fellowship from the Medici Archive Project, an independent research institute dedicated to preserving and valorising archival materials on early modern Florence and Tuscany. Between February and May, Clara Nicolay, who is university assistant in art history, spent the majority of her time in the study rooms of the Archivio di Stato di Firenze.