Frederick James Shields, "The Drummer Boy's Dream", ca. 1866. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Department of Musicology
Research Group "Music, Conflict and the State"
Kurze Geismarstraße 1
37073 Göttingen
Germany
Contact:
mcs-info@uni-goettingen.de
Tel. +49 (0)551 39-6912
Fax +49 (0)551 39-9353
The Free Floater junior research group “Music, Conflict and the State” promotes and conducts research into the role(s) of music in promoting, facilitating and perpetuating violent responses to conflicts between social groups and communities, including inter- and intrastate wars.
Through detailed analyses of individual examples from a number of historical epochs and global cultures, the group hopes to develop a musicological perspective on the dynamics of armed and violent conflict, and how music may play a role in regulating but also intensifying such conflicts.
Current focuses of our work include:
The group works closely with a number of national and international partners to further promote work on these and closely related topics.
