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Current news from the Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology
at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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Renovation work will be taking place at the institute from early July through early October. During this time, staff will be on site only sporadically. Therefore, visits are possible only by prior appointment via email. You can find the relevant contact persons and their contact information on our website under ‘Staff.’ Please direct general inquiries to: ive@mdw.ac.at
The Department's library is expected to reopen in October/November, until then, no books can be borrowed.
EVENTS 2026
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
» Save the Date: 12.–14. November: Jahrestagung des Österreichischen Volksliedwerkes
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New Publication
“Music, Migration, and Belonging in 21st-Century Europe”: A New Special Collection Edited by Anja Brunner in Journal Music & Minorities,
We are very happy to the publication of the new special collection of articles “Music, Migration, and Belonging in 21st-Century Europe” in the journal Music & Minorities, guest edited by Anja Brunner, with original contributions by Nadia Kiwan, Ioannis Christidis, Andrew Snyder, Andrea Dankić and Erica Åberg, and Louisa Hutzler, as well as an introductory editorial Anja Brunner. The complete special collection can be found here: https://doi.org/10.52413/mm.2026
Isabel Frey receives the
Award of Excellence 2025
Isabel Frey, currently a senior artist and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology, was awarded the Award of Excellence 2025 by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) for her dissertation "Vocal Yiddishkeit: Postvernacular Transmission and Performance of Yiddish Folksong." Frey wrote her outstanding dissertation in the field of Ethnomusicology as part of the structured doctoral program "Music Matters. Materialities, Knowings and Practices in Performing Arts" at the mdw. This state prize, which comes with a cash award of EUR 3,000, has been presented since 2008 to the 40 best dissertations of the previous academic year.
Congratulations!
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