Current Musicology

FaculteitFaculty of Humanities

NiveauMaster

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

After completion of the course, the student:

can describe current trends within the broad field of music studies;
can identify and summarize in writing the main ideas formulated in an academic text;
knows the possibilities and limitations of generative AI (GenAI) tools and takes them into account when searching, selecting, and evaluating sources;
can orally discuss the contents of research literature and debate given topics in relation to these texts;
can compile a bibliography on a topic of their choice along prevailing international standards for bibliographic references and concisely compare themes and ideas within this collection of literature.

Content

The course is designed to acquaint graduate students with current developments in the broad field of music scholarship. Over the last decades, the complexity of ways in which music has existed and exists in a globalized and mediatized world has resulted in significant realignments within musicological research. Traditional paradigms of musicology such as Eurocentric history, source studies, or music analysis based on aesthetic autonomy have lost their dominance; musicologists now routinely integrate research methods and theories introduced from other disciplines into their work and explore music as a performative and media-based art within a broad range of multidisciplinary and transcultural contexts. Using examples from a variety of historical periods, geographical regions, and subject areas, this course provides an overview of the state of play in musicological research today, alongside critical reflection on the discipline in its continually changing institutional environments.

Additional information

This course is compulsory for students in the MA Applied Musicology and RMA Musicology. Students from the RMA programmes Art History, MAPS, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Comparative Literary Studies, and Gender Studies should contact the course coordinator for permission before enrolling. The entrance requirements for Exchange Students will be checked by International Office and the Programme coordinator. You do not have to contact the Programme coordinator by yourself.

Career orientation:
Training in written presentation of research.

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