Research Assistant

in the research project Musical-dramaturgical compositions from the "Peter Ury" estate

Main Research Interests:
Gender Studies in Musicology, European Music History from the 18th to the 20th Century, Feminist Theories, Historiography of Music, Reception History of Chinese Music in Europe, Jewish Music.

Contact:
E-Mail: Mengjie Zhang

Vita:

• Since 03/2025: Research Assistant in the project "Musical-Dramaturgical Compositions from the Estate of Peter Ury" at the European Center for Jewish Music, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. The research project is part of the "Counter-hegemonic Voices in Music Archives. Political Readings, Contextualizations, Contemporary References".
• 2020: Scholarship from the Research Centre for Music and Gender (Mariann Steegmann Foundation)
• Since 10/2019: Doctoral studies at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Rode-Breymann)
• 2018: Master of Arts (Musicology, Music Education, and Cultural Studies) at the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and Leipzig University
• 2017–2018: Scholarship from the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
• 2015: Qualification certificate for Chinese music teacher
• 2015: Bachelor of Arts (Music Education) at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music

Publication:

• Rezeption chinesischer Musik in Europa. Berichten von Jesuiten, Gesandten und Reisenden, in: Xuan Fang (Hg.), Polyphonie und Hybridität: Musikaustausch zwischen China und Europa, Berlin 2022, S. 169-195.