Web Lectures
Coordinator: Cristina Eleonora Pascu
The “M&P” Web Lectures take place from September to November.
Each session consists of a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute discussion and Q&A.
Autumn Programme
September 30, at 16:00 UTC.
María José de la Torre Molina
“The Research Project Ad honorem regis: Music, Art, and the Public Image of the Spanish Monarchy (1700-1843). Aims, Methods, and First Steps”
November 26, at 12:00 UTC.
Magdalini Kalopana
The Politics of Music Education: Reproducing Social Stratification Through Musical
Τaste.
To join the Web Lectures, send an email to musicandpolitics@musicology.org
Reading Group
Coordinator: Konstantin Hirschmann
The “M&P” Reading Group meets every two months.
Each session begins with a short introductory presentation lasting 10 to 15 minutes, followed by three questions. Whenever possible, the authors of the texts are also invited.
Spring Programme
March 19, at 17:15 UTC.
Daniel Halaban will introduce:
Giorgio Agamben, “The Supreme Music. Music and Politics,” in What is Philosophy, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020, pp. 97–108.
May 7, at 16:00 UTC.
Ersin Mıhçı and Nikos Ordoulidis will introduce:
Ersin Mıhçı, Forging National Music on Both Sides of the Aegean in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Library, 2025, pp. 19–35; 39–49; 151–159.
June 8, at 16:00 UTC.
Michael Custodis and Magdalini Kalopana will introduce:
Michael Custodis, Music and Resistance: Cultural Defense During the German Occupation of Norway 1940–45. Münster: Waxmann, 2021, pp. 12–16; 37–39.
If you are interested in joining the reading group, please send an email to musicandpolitics@musicology.org