02.04.2026 – Tradition in Motion: Celebrating 30 Years of Traditional Music at Scotland’s National Conservatoire, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Leaders’ Panel: Future Challenges to Traditional, Folk, and World Music programmes in Higher Music Education
Panel convenor and moderator. The panelists were Decker Forrest, Caterina Plana Cerdà, Rachael Sutcliffe and Jan Kuhr.
25.03.2026 – Universität der Künste Berlin
Transkulturelle und diversitätsorientierte Entwicklungen in der Musikalischen Bildung
Panelist at the Congress “Musikalische Bildung im ökosystem Musik” organised by the German music council (Deutscher Musikrat)
25.03.2026 – Universität der Künste Berlin
Colourage, Global Music und musik.welt
Presentation of the Popakademie’s Global Music program at the Congress “Musikalische Bildung im ökosystem Musik” organised by the German music council (Deutscher Musikrat)
03.02.2026 – Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germersheim
‘Oioioi, die Russen kommen’ – Postsowjetische Populäre Musik in Deutschland
Guest lecture
07.10.2025 – 77. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft Für Musikforschung, Weimar
Fachgruppensymposium “Krieg – Konflikt – Krise. Musiktheater im Zeichen von Gewalt”
Panelist at a discussion on musical theatre in times of conflict and war
30.09.2025 – Universität Mannheim, Mannheim
Im Länd der musikalischen Möglichkeiten – Das Studium Populärer Musik und Musikbusiness als Baden-Württembergischer Sonderweg
Guest lecture for the lecture series “Zukunft mit dem Blick aufs Gestern: Grundlagen der Historischen Innovationsforschung”
17.07.2025 – Studio Amore, Stuttgart
Alles Kunstfreiheit oder was?!
Panelist at an event organised by Erwin Köhler (the Green party State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg representative) focused on artistic freedom.
10.07.2025 – 23rd Biennial IASPM Conference, Paris
“Not a tank, but a Recreational Utility Vehicle” The use of popular music by the conflict partners’ armies in the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine
Conference paper
11.04.2025 – Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt
“Ukraine, meine zweite Hälfte” – Musik, Zugehörigkeit und Krieg
Conference presentation at the 78. Frühjahrstagung des Institutes für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung (INMM)
24.02.2025 – Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Biel
Was hat Macht mit mir zu tun? Machtverhältnisse an Musikhochschulen und wie sich das im HKB-Alltag manifestiert
Moderated a workshop on power relations based on the recommendations of the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
18-19.02.2025 – Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim
GfPM Workshop zu Hochschuldidaktik
Facilitated a workshop together with Michael Ahlers on higher education pedagogy focusing on popular music studies for the Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung (GFPM)
22.01.2025 – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
‘Slushai Bat’ku!’ – Popular music, politics and the legacy of Belarusian VIAs
Guest lecture in the lecture series “Populäre Kulturen in Mittel-, Süd- und Osteuropa”
26.11.2024 – CEFEDEM, Lyon
Songs of War – Popular music in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Guest lecture
18.11.2024 – Montags an der ADK, Ludwigsburg
Protestsongs und Demokratie
Panelist talking about songs used in the protests in Belarus and in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
15.11.2024 – AEC Annual Congress, Milano
Power Relations towards inclusion: the implementation of PRIhME’s guidelines and launch of the PRIhME book
Co-presenter on panel launching our book “Music, Power Relations and Beyond: Critical Positions in Higher Music Education”
26.09.2024 – Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Praha
“Not a tank, but a Recreational Utility Vehicle” – The use of popular music by the conflict partners’ armies in the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine
Lecture at the workshop “Contemporary Cultural History 2.0”
26.09.2024 – Eternia, Praha
Studying Punk between Memory and Heritagisation
Moderated a panel with Alexander Pehlemann and Miroslav Michela during the workshop “Contemporary Cultural History 2.0”
14.06.2024 – Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET), University of Vienna
“Not a Tank, but a Recreational Utility Vehicle.” The Use of Popular Music by the Conflict Parties’ Armies in the Ongoing Russian War on Ukraine
Conference paper at workshop “Embedded: The Military as a Patron of the Arts”
21.02.2024 – UCL iMerc Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Research Seminar
From Exclusion to Inclusion – The roles of music in inclusion
Guest lecture
09.02.2024 – AEC PJP Platform Meeting, Odense
Adding new colours to the AEC’s spectrum – Towards an AEC Folk-Trad-Glob Working Group
Panelist
24.11.2023 – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen
From exclusion to inclusion – The roles of music in inclusion
Conference paper at symposium “Singing and Inclusion”
10.11.2023 – AEC Annual Congress, Den Haag
Power to HMEI! Putting Power Relations Front and Centre
Co-presenter on panel wrapping up the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
09.11.2023 – AEC Annual Congress, Den Haag
Power To Empower: step-by-step to a safer and more supportive learning environment
Workshop together with Ester Nass and Gretchen Amussen on power relations in Higher Music Education
08.09.2023 – Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
Empowering You! – Power relations within Higher Music Education
Workshop on power relations for RIAM students
04.07.2023 – Workshop, Kunstuniversität Graz
Macht und Diversität
Facilitated a workshop together with Stefan Heckel on power relations and diversity including a presentation of the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
27.06.2023 – 29th International Conference of Europeanists, Reykjavik
Het’ z Ukrainy Moskal’ Nekrasivyi – The Russian-Ukrainian War, Social Media, and Popular Music
Conference paper within panel “Music, Politics and Societal Processes during the Russian-Ukrainian War”
21.06.2023 – Fête de la musique, Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus, Berlin
Lernende und Lehrende aus Communities verbinden
Panel discussion on how to make music schools more inclusive moderated by me
31.03.2023 – BASEES, Glasgow
The urgency of contemporary post-Soviet popularmusic: Politics and aesthetics
Roundtable participant with short presentation on Ukrainian and Russian Songs of war
19.02.2023 – AEC PJP Platform Meeting, Rome
Towards an understanding of power relations in the context of Higher Music Education Institution
Co-presenter on the final multiplier event about the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
17.01.2023 – Universität Innsbruck
Songs of War – Populäre Musik im Russland-Ukraine Krieg
Guest lecture
26.11.2022 – Conference “Musik und Migration”, Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen, Rorschach
Musik und ihre Rollen – Über das musikalische Kennenlernen der eigenen und anderen Kulturen und ein Verständnis für Differenz und Vielseitigkeit in der Lebenswelt der Kinder
Keynote
23.11.2022 – Workshop “Präventionsraum Musik”, Demokratiezentrum Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
Die Sprache der Musik
Lecture
11.11.2022 – AEC Annual Congress, Lyon
Towards an understanding of power relations in the context of Higher Music Education Institution
Co-presenter on panel about the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
09.11.2022 – AEC Annual Congress, Lyon
Higher Music Education through the lens of diversity and inclusion
Workshop together with AEC working group “ARTEMIS Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality (DIGE) Working Group”
22.10.2022 – 5th IASPM D-A-CH & 32nd GfPM conference, Wien
Songs of War – Digitization, anthemization, polarization in the Russian-Ukrainian war
Conference paper
13.10.2022 – Workshop “The urgency of contemporary post-Soviet popular music – Politics and aesthetics”, Mannheim
Songs of War – The Russian-Ukrainian war in popular music
Workshop paper
07.09.2022 – Conference “Perspectives on Contemporary Belarus”, Tromsø
Lukashenko’s diskoteka? The legacy of Belarusian VIAs and Belarusian musical identity
Conference keynote
07.07.2022 – 21st Biennial IASPM Conference, Daegu/online
Traces of a Musical Empire: The VIA Legacy in Contemporary post-Soviet Popular Music
Paper within the panel “Popular Music in a Changing Belarus”
09.04.2022 – British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) 2022 Annual Conference, Cambridge
The Soviet VIA Legacy in Belarusian Popular Music
Paper within the panel “Belarusian Popular Music Today”
18.01.2022 – Freie Universität, online
Nicht nur Amazonen, Omas und Diven – Post-sowjetische Genderrepräsentationen & Politik im Eurovision Song Contest
Guest lecture within the seminar “Gender und Pop-Musik in Osteuropa”
09.11.2021 – Workshop “Musikszene in der Extremismus”, Demokratiezentrum Baden-Württemberg & Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim
Musik und Zeichen
Lecture
06.11.2021 – AEC Annual Congress, Antwerp
SMS Working Group 2
Presentation of AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness” outcomes
05.11.2021 – AEC Annual Congress, Antwerp
PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education
Moderator of a panel on the AEC project “PRIhME – Power Relations in Higher Music Education”
04.11.2021 – AEC Annual Congress, Antwerp
Artistic Plurality and Inclusive Institutional Culture in HME
Workshop together with AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
27.10.2021 – VHS Frankfurt (Main), online
Die Stimme… zwischen Funktion und ästhetischer Ausdruck in auserwählten kulturellen Kontexten
Lecture within the lecture series “Studium Musicale – Der singende Mensch”
16.09.2021 – AEC IRC Meeting, Viggo
Discussion Groups on Diversity
Moderator
13.09.2021 – AEC IRC Meeting, online
A sense of belonging – reassessing your institution’s practices and curriculum to better include international & exchange students
Workshop together with AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
10.09.2021 – Vernetzungstreffen, Stiftung Friedliche Revolution, Leipzig
Panel „Theorie und Praxis – wie beeinflussen Diskurse um Sprache, Machtstrukturen und kulturelle Teilhabe transkulturelle Musikprojekte?“
Panel participant
22.06.2021 – Transkulturelle Musikinitiativen – Vernetzung und Impulse, Stiftung Friedliche Revolution, Online
Wie wählen wir unser Musikrepertoire aus?
Lecture within the digital talk series linked to “Transkulturelle Musikinitiativen – Vernetzung und Impulse” and the project “Klänge der Hoffnung”
11.02.2021 – AEC PJP Platform Meeting, online
Re-thinking and Opening Curricula within Popular, Traditional, World, Folk and Jazz music programs
Workshop together with AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
04.02.2021 – Popular music in the Post-Soviet sphere, CBEES and Södertörn University, online
Remains of the Musical Empire – The legacy of the VIAs in contemporary post-Soviet popular music
Conference paper
04.11.2020 – AEC Annual Congress, online
Re-thinking and Opening Curricula for Diverse Cultures
Workshop together with AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
25.09.2020 – 30. Arbeitstagung der Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung, Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim
Panel on power relations in higher music education
Panel convenor and moderator
27.02.2020 – Creative Identities in Transition: Higher Music Education and Employability in the 21st Century, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Inside looking in – Power relations in European Higher Music Education
Conference paper and panel participant
24.02.2020 – Индустрия провокации и протеста: современная российская популярная музыка, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ты прости нас, Украина! Пост-советская популярная музыка, протест и государство
Conference paper
30.11.2019 – Zukunft Pop, Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim
How can we create gender equality in higher popular music education?
Panel convenor and moderator
25.11.2019 – 51st Annual Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Convention, San Francisco
A Million Voices vs. 1944 – Recent Russian-Ukrainian Relations and the Eurovision Song Contest
Paper within the panel “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations”
15.11.2019 – Budapest Showcase Hub (BUSH) Conference, Budapest
The Western Basics Of Teaching Contemporary Music: Models And Challenges In The Fields Of Education
Speaker and round table participant
07-09.11.2019 – 46th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly, Turino
Power relations: Issues of equity and positionality
Presentation, workshop and discussion moderation together with AEC working group “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
09.07.2019 – Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London
IAS Book Launch: A War of Songs – Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations
Panel discussion with Andrei Rogatchevski and myself and respondents Katie McElvanney and Michał Murawski. Chaired by Reuben Fowkes
05.06.2019 – Musik und ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung in den staats- und postsozialistischen Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas seit 1945, Herder–Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Marburg
A Million Voices – Post-Soviet popular music, the Russian-Orthodox Church and the nation-state
Conference paper
31.05.2019 – Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv
Panel: War of Song – Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations
Book launch of our new book and panel discussion with Andrei Rogatchevski, Yngvar B. Steinholt, Arve Hansen and myself on recent Russian-Ukrainian relations and popular music
28.05.2019 – Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim
Open House: War of Song – Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations
Book launch of our new book and panel discussion with Andrei Rogatchevski, Yngvar B. Steinholt, Arve Hansen and myself on recent Russian-Ukrainian relations and popular music
17.05.2019 – Exploring Gender Dynamics in the Music Industry, University of Groningen
Inside looking in – Power relations in European Higher Music Education
Conference paper
28-29.04.2019 – Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
Towards a safe learning environment – Power relations within Higher Music Education
Two-day workshop on power relations for students and faculty.
15.03.2019 – Pious radicals? Strong religion and politics in modern Europe, Universität Siegen
My Pravoslavnye: Russkii rok, Orthodoxy and nationalism in post-Soviet Russia
Conference paper
15.02.2019 – AEC PJP Platform Meeting, Trondheim
SMS Project presentation “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
Presentation of the working group
09.11.2018 – 45th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly, Graz
SMS Project Strands Snapshots “Diversity, Identity and Inclusiveness”
Presentation of the working group
09.11.2018 – 45th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly, Graz
Power relations in the one to one teaching model
Panel participant
06.11.2018 – Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle, Uppsala Universitet
My Pravoslavnye: Russkii rok, Orthodoxy and nationalism in post-Soviet Russia
Paper within the book release “Religion and Popular Music. Artists, Fans, Culture”
27.10.2018 – Insomnia Festival, Tromsø
Song Wars: Post-soviet Geopolitics in the Eurovision Song Contest
Paper within the panel “A War Of Songs: Popular Music And The Russo-Ukrainian Crisis”
26.10.2018 – UiT Noregs arktiske universitet, Tromsø
“My Pravoslavnye”: Russkii rok, Orthodoxy and nationalism in post-Soviet Russia
Guest lecture for the Institut of Language and Culture
13.04.2018 – British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) 2018 Annual Conference, Cambridge
“Lasha Tumbai” or “Russia, Good-bye”: The Eurovision Song Contest As a Post-Soviet Geopolitical Battleground
Paper within the panel “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations”
17.11.2017 – Annual Conference of the German National Committee of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), Mannheim
Weltmusik an der Popakademie – zwischen Tradition und Innovation
Panel convenor and moderator
10.11.2017 – 44th AEC Annual Congress and General Assembly, Zagreb
Worldmusic, Folkmusic, Traditional Music Music
Panel participant
27.06.2017 – 19th Biennial IASPM Conference, Kassel
‘We Don’t Wanna Put In’ – The Eurovision Song Contest as a Post-Soviet geopolitical battleground
Paper within the panel “War Of Songs: Popular Music And Russia-Ukraine Relations Since 2014”
03.05.2017 – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Die Musiken der Welt in Mannheim? Transcultural Flows, Politik und die Vermittlung von ‚Weltmusik‘
Guest lecture within the lecture series “Transkulturalität”
28.04.2017 – Goethe Institut Minsk
Popakademie Minsk – School of Pop (Workshop)
One day workshop together with David Maier
06.04.2017 – Musikmesse, Frankfurt
Musik studieren im Netzwerk – Das Zukunftmodell Popakademie Baden-Württemberg
Public Lecture
15.03.2017 – Leeds College of Music
Shared Approaches to Popular Music Education in European Conservatoires (Symposium)
Panel participant
20.10.2016 – WOMEX, Santiago de Compostela
Between Identity and Diversity – Music Education in Times of Migration (Conference Session)
Speaker
02.02.2016 – Institut für Kunst- und Musikwissenschaft, TU Dresden
‘Rock-n-Roll Krest’ – Post-Sowjetische Populäre Musik und Religion
Guest lecture
09.10.2015 – Universität Hildesheim
Let me entertain you – Über das Verhältnis von Populärer Kultur und Bildung (Tagung)
Panel participant
12.09.2014 – Goethe Institut Minsk
Popakademie Minsk – School of Pop (Workshop)
One day workshop together with Martin Lücke on popular music education.
See article about the workshop at euroradio.fm/ru/shou-biznes-v-germanii-kak-v-maynhayme-gotovyat-pop-zvezd-i-prodyuserov and some pictures from the evening concert at euroradio.fm/ru/repesnyary-vozvrashchenie-voytyushkevicha-i-pesnyary-v-rok-klube-foto.
12. & 13.02.2014 – Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg
Popmusik-Vermittlung zwischen Schule, Hochschule und Beruf (Symposium)
Talk: “Die sich verändernde Stimme der Singer-Songwriter-Ausbildung” & panel participant
04.04.2013 – Deutsches Volksliedarchiv, Freiburg i. Brsg.
Unsichtbare Landschaften: Populäre Musik und urbaner Raum (Tagung)
Talk: “‘Ia ne Gagarin’: Imagining the Soviet Union in Post-Soviet popular music from Germany”
07.09.2012 – University of Salford, Salford
Imagining Communities Musically: Putting Popular Music in its Place (Biennial IASPM-UK/Ireland conference)
Talk: “‘Ia ne Gagarin’: Imagining the Soviet Union in Post-Soviet popular music from Germany”
23.02.2012 – Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim
Musik im kulturellen Kontext – Musik und deren Bedeutung
Public lecture, part of the exhibition “MusikWelten”