Doctoral candidate (Musicology) in the Research Training Group 2304 “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception”, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Title of the dissertation: Studies on the Reception of Byzantine Rulers and Military Conflicts in the Italian Musical Theatre of the Early Modern Period
In his monograph Krieg in der Oper, Dennis Roth discusses the occurrence of war-related topics and motives in opera.
In this companion, Stefan Hanheide, Professor for Historical Musicology at Osnabrück University, presents forty compositions related to the topic of peace
In his book Larry Wolff studies the processes behind the popularity of musical depictions of the Ottoman Empire on the opera stage.
The anthology Zeichen und Medien des Militärischen am Fürstenhof im frühneuzeitlichen Europa includes articles about art and culture at noble courts