Dr Jan-Peter Herbst
Musicologist
CV
Professional Experience
Since 2021 | Reader in Music Production (Lecturer 2017-2018, Secior Lecturer 2018-2021) at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom |
2021 - 2024 | Visiting Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom |
Since 2019 | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany |
2017 - 2019 | Guest Lecturer, Pop and Rock, Berne University of the Arts, Switzerland |
2015 - 2017 | Visiting Professor of Music Education at Bielefeld University, Germany |
2015 - 2016 | Guest Lecturer in Music Theory at Muenster University, Germany |
2012 - 2015 | Lecturer and Course Leader in Music, INI Berufskolleg (Vocational College), Lippstadt, Germany |
2011 - 2018 | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
2011 - 2013 | Research Assistant, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
2006 - 2012 | Lecturer and Course Leader of the Guitar Programme, Modern Music School, Brilon, Germany |
Since 2008 | Freelance musician, music producer and sound engineer |
Special Awards and Achievements
2020 | Standard Route grant of the Arts and Humanities Research Council for the project “Heaviness in Metal Music Production” (HiMMP) as Principal Investigator |
2020 | Nomination as Times Higher Education “Research Supervisor of the Year” by the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield |
2016 | Nomination for the Karl Peter Grotemeyer prize at Bielefeld University for outstanding achievements and personal commitment in higher education teaching |
2014 | Master of Arts 1st class with distinction | 2012 | Award for outstanding teaching at Paderborn University |
Higher Education
2018 | Full member of the Audio Engineering Society (MAES) |
2018 | Certified Mental Health First Aider in Higher Education (MHFA England) |
2016 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) |
2015 | Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching (PGCHE), Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: Communication and Construction of Knowledge in the University Lecture: A Quantitative Study on the Emergence of Knowledge through Communicative Lecturing Methods (translation) |
2014 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Popular Music and Media (distinction), Paderborn University, Germany Master's thesis: Distortion as a "Revolution" in Rock Music's Guitar Playing: An Experimental and Analytic Study on the Effect of Distortion on Playing Technique, Composition and Cognition (translation) |
2014 | PhD, Popular Music Education, Paderborn University, Germany Dissertation thesis: Network Sound: Listening, Culture, Practice. An Educational Challenge of Popular Music (translation) |
2011 | 1. Staatsexamen (equals B.A. and M.Ed.) in Music and English, Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: The Computer as a Tool for the Activity-Oriented Music Education (translation) |
2006 | Certificate, Guitar Programme, Los Angeles Music Academy, Los Angeles, USA |
2005 | Diploma, Guitar Programme, Munich Guitar Institute, Cologne, Germany |