Diploma Seminar

The seminar is devoted to the anthropology of music in the broadest sense. In addition to individual work with Students, several meetings are planned with the participation of all seminar participants (MA and PhD students) and invited guests. In the winter semester, meetings on the history of ancient Greek music and the archaeomusicology are foreseen, specifically on three topics: 1. historical sources on lyricism in the musical practice of ancient Greece; 2. musical iconography of the Maya of the classical period - issues of interpretation; 3. methodology of archaeomusicological research with emphasis on the application of research methods from musicology (documentation, analysis and reconstruction of sounds and instruments).

The seminar is devoted to the anthropology of music in the broadest sense. In addition to individual work with Students, several meetings are planned with the participation of all seminar participants (MA and PhD students) and invited guests. In the summer semester, meetings on the history of ancient Greek music and the archaeomusicology are foreseen, specifically on six topics: 1. ceramic rattles in an archaeological context - limes and rite of passage; 2. Maya musical iconography - research methodology; 3. Archaeometric research in the study of archaeological aerophones; 4. Sources for the study of Viking instrumentation and musical practice; 5. The issue of sung poetry in ancient Greece - state of research; 6. Archaeomusicology of Costa Rica - sources and studies to date.

The seminar is devoted to the anthropology of music in the broadest sense. In the winter semester 2024-2025, the general theme of the seminar is planned to be: "Iconography of Sound". During the seminar meetings, we will analyse the content of paintings by the most famous European artists in terms of their 'sound'.

The seminar is devoted to the anthropology of music in the broadest sense. In the winter semester 2024-2025, the general theme of the seminar is planned to be: "Iconography of Sound". During the seminar meetings, we will analyse the content of paintings by the most famous European artists in terms of their 'sound'.

The history of European art provides many examples of works whose content is referred to in numerous studies in the field of musical iconography, and special publications are devoted to this field of research (e.g. the series "Imago musicae", which already has more than 30 volumes). To a lesser extent, such analyses concern non-European art or archaeological material, and even more rarely are the issues of the generally understood sound space signalled by the content of these works considered.

The subject of consideration will be scenes showing musical performance (composition and sound of ensembles), but also landscapes, social life (soundscape, noise, silence, sound of nature).