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Monika E. Schoop is associate professor of musicology (esp. popular music studies) at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. Her research interests include music and memory, music and politics, music industries and (digital) technologies, gender studies, and music in the Philippines. She currently coordinates the research project “Musical and Sonic Remembrance in the Post-Witness Era,” funded by the ministry of Lower Saxony. Together with Prof. Dr. Federico Spinetti, she previously led the project "Sounding Memories: Nazi Persecution and Anti-Nazi Resistance in Contemporary German Music," funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Monika E. Schoop is the chair of the German-speaking branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM D-A-CH).

  • Since 10/2022: Associate Professor of Musicology (especially Popular Music Studies) at the Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (IKMV) of Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2019-2022: Assistant Professor of Musicology (especially Popular Music Studies) at the Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (IKMV) of Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2015: PhD in Ethnomusicology, University of Hildesheim
  • 2007: Master of Arts in Musicology, Philosophy and English Studies, University of Cologne

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