Prof. Dr. Monika E. Schoop
Vita
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).
- 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
Projects
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Zukünfte des Erinnerns in der Postmigrationsgesellschaft: Konflikte, Kontinuitäten, Konkurrenzen
Kevin Michael Drews (Project manager, academic) , Ellen Kollender (Project manager, academic) , Monika Schoop (Project manager, academic) , Lea Carmen Otremba (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Musical and Auditive Memory Spaces: Remembering the Time of National Socialism in Lower Saxony
Monika Schoop (Project manager, academic) , Thomas Sebastian Köhn (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Sounding Memories - Nazi Persecution and Anti-Nazi Resistance in the Music of Contemporary Germany
Monika Schoop (Project manager, academic) , Federico Spinetti (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Research
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Popular Music (Re)Writes History: Popular Music and Historical Narratives
Monika Schoop (Editor) , 2025 Sheffield , 183 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Music and the Politics of Memory: Resounding Antifascism across Borders: Special Issue of Popular Music and Society
Monika Schoop (Editor) , Federico Spinetti (Editor) , Ana Hofman (Editor) , 2021Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Independent Music and Digital Technology in the Philippines
Monika Schoop (Author) , 2017 London, New York. , 245 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
Journal contributions
- Introduction to the special issue:: Popular music (re)writes history: Popular music and historical narratives
Monika Schoop (Author) , 03.05.2025 , in: Popular Music History, 16, 1-2 , p. 5-15 , 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Back in the new 1970s?: How a song counters historical revisionism and authoritarian nostalgia for the Philippine dictatorship
Monika Schoop (Author) , 05.03.2025 , in: Popular Music History, 16, 1-2 , p. 160-183 , 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- #AllRoadsLeadtoRoute196: Remembering a Home of Metro Manila’s Music Scene in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Monika Schoop (Author) , Renato Aguila (Author) , 14.12.2023 , in: IASPM Journal, 13, 3 , p. 89-113 , 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Ein musikalisches Denkmal gegen das Vergessen: Musikwissenschaftliche Erinnerungsforschung am Beispiel von Roger Moreno Rathgebs Requiem für Auschwitz
Monika Schoop (Author) , Martin Ringsmut (Author) , 14.12.2022 , in: Musikforschung, 75, 4 , p. 384-409 , 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- #GenderMachtPop. Machtverhältnisse und Geschlecht in der populären Musik
Monika Schoop (Author) , Melanie Ptatscheck (Author) , 21.10.2022 , in: Samples, 20 , 34 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Musik und Zeug*innenschaft – Erinnern an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in der „Post-Witness Era“
Monika Schoop (Author) , Thomas Sebastian Köhn (Author) , Martin Ringsmut (Author) , 01.01.2024 Hildesheim , p. 51-86 , 36 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Not Just Riot Grrrls! Punk Rock Feminism in the Philippines
Monika Schoop (Author) , 23.09.2021 Bristol , p. 91-107 , 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Musikalische Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Nationalsozialismus. Eine Autoethnographie des Erinnerungsprojektes Sound in the Silence im ehemaligen Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück
Monika Schoop (Author) , 01.01.2021 Baden-Baden , p. 253-286 , 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Standing up against Discrimination and Exclusion: An Interview with Kutlu Yurtseven (Microphone Mafia)
Monika Schoop (Author) , 23.09.2020 New York/London , p. 207-215 , 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- A Global Phenomenon with a Unique Pinoy Twist - Das Vinyl Revival in Metro Manila
Monika Schoop (Author) , 01.01.2017 Münster, Berlin , p. 249 - 264 , 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Activities
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Singing Up Against Misogyny and Colonial Legacies: Punk Feminism in the Philippines
Monika Schoop (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Klingende Erinnerungen: Überlegungen zu einer musikethnologischen Erinnerungsforschung
Monika Schoop (presenter) , Sidney König (presenter) , Martin Ringsmut (presenter) , Thomas Köhn (presenter)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Rapping against Old and New Nazis: Musical Memories of Bejarano and Microphone Mafia
Monika Schoop (presenter)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Rapping against Old and New Nazis: Musical Memories of Bejarano and Microphone Mafia
Monika Schoop (Speaker)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
Press / Media
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Musikalisches Gedenken: Wie klingt Erinnerungskultur?
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
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Wenn Hologramme vom Holocaust berichten
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
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Podcast: Memory Lab: Neue Formen der Erinnerungsarbeit
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
Prizes
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24. R. Serge Denisoff Award for the Best Article Published in Popular Music and Society Journal
Monika Schoop (Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research