what am i doing now?

i am currently in mannheim (germany) working full-time and focusing on the following projects & activities (last updated: 23.11.2025):

• running two bachelor degree programs at the popakademie baden-württemberg
• head of the library at the popakademie baden-württemberg
• member of the journal “popular music history”‘s editorial board

projects

• Co-authored Book project on popular music and Russia’s war on Ukraine
• Co-taught course with the University of Mannheim on Mannheim’s popular music history

i have very limited resources for other projects.

current research & teaching projects

• Mannheim’s popular music history
• VIAs and their legacy
• songs of war in Russia’s war on Ukraine
• what is world music
• introduction to popular music studies
• musics of the world
• popular music history survey
• academic writing
• higher music education and admission exams

current publication projects

• article on music and belonging in Russia’s war on Ukraine – editing stage
• article on music and discrimination in early childhood education – editing stage
• article on the role of the military on Russia’s war on Ukraine – editing stage
• co-authored book on music and conflict in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia – writing stage
• article about creatives in Germany – writing stage
• encyclopedia entry on popular music in belarus – writing stage
• special issue on versioning practices – planing stage

personal projects

• trumpet
• jaw harp and banjo playing
• photography (and some dark room dabbling)
• fishing
• cooking

(page inspired by sivers.org/nowff and chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/the-now-page-movement/61412)