Course: “Analytical Theory and Methods of Popular Music Research” PhD online course (Jan-April 2026, University of Agder, Kristiansand/Norway)

PhD online course “Analytical Theory and Methods of Popular Music Research”

University of Agder, Kristiansand/Norway
Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Popular Music
January – May 2026

The University of Agder invites applications for the PhD course “Analytical Theory and Methods of Popular Music Research”. The course provides an overview of scholarly discourses and methods in the interdisciplinary field of popular music research. It consists of lectures, seminars and presentations by the participating PhD students.

The online course will take place on the following days, each from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: 22 January, 19 February, 31 March, and 28 May 2026. Lecturers include: Prof. Tor Dybo, Dr. Ingolv Haaland, Prof. Daniel Nordgård, and Prof. Michael Rauhut (course tutor).

The course is free of charge and equates 10 ECTS Credit Points. At the end of the course, each participant is required to submit a paper of approximately ten pages in which her/his own dissertation project is presented in relation to general discourses in the field of popular music research.

The final schedule and reading list will be published in early January 2026. The number of participants is limited to ten; the course is for PhD students only.
Please send your applications and inquiries to: michael.rauhut[at]uia[dot]no