Andreas L. Fuchs
Biographical Summary
Andreas L. Fuchs is a research fellow at the German Historical Institute Washington DC and
a PhD candidate in the research project “Innovation through tradition?“ funded by the
German Research Foundation (DFG). He has been a research fellow at the Georg Eckert
Institute for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig since 2007. There he worked
until 2013 for the “Edumeres.net” (Platform for Educational Media Research) project and
from January 2014 until December 2015 he was part of the first funding period of the Project
„Innovation through tradition?”.
In his PhD project he combines his fields of research (Theology and Musicology) and
examines Jewish music, songs and the processes of singing in religious reform movements
during the 19th century. Current conference papers examined Jewish songs, dance and their
role in constructing and maintaining cultural identity.
Main Areas of Interest
Jewish Music and Culture
History of Religion, Liturgy and Music
Digital Humanities
GHI Research Project
Music as Representation of Reform: The role of singing in the Jewish Reform Movement of
the Nineteenth Century (as part of the German-Israeli Research Project “Innovation through
Tradition? Approaching cultural transformation through educational media“)
Professional Positions
since 2016
Research Fellow, German Historical Institute Washington DC
2007—2015
Research Fellow, Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook
Research, Member of the Leibniz Association
EDUCATION
Education
Since 2012
PhD student in Musicology, University of Göttingen
2003-2011
Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Musicology, University of
Regensburg (2011 M.A.)
2000-2001
Certificate in East-West European Studies (“Bohemicum”),
University of Regensburg
1998-2003
Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Theology, University of
Regensburg (2003 Diploma degree)
PUBLICATIONS
Articles & Book Chapters
with Sylvia Brink, Roderich Henrÿ and Robert Strötgen, „Kollaborative Wissensgenerierung
im virtuellen Raum“ – Entwicklungen und Erkenntnisse aus der internationalen
Bildungsmedienforschung. In: Vernetztes Wissen – Daten, Menschen, Systeme – Publication
of Forschungszentrum Jülich Reihe Bibliothek 21 (2012): pp. 5-7.
with Sylvia Brink, Christian Frey, Roderich Henrÿ, Kathleen Reiß and Robert Strötgen:
Edumeres.net- Wissenschaftliche Kommunikation und Kollaboration im Web 2.0 –
Herausforderungen und Lösungen für die internationale Bildungsmedienforschung. In:
AKMB-news 17, No. 1 (2011): pp. 3-8.
with Sylvia Brink, Christian Frey, Roderich Henrÿ, Kathleen Reiß and Robert Strötgen:
Edumeres.net: Informationsportal & Virtuelle Arbeits- und Forschungsumgebung für die
Bildungsmedienforschung. In: Information – Wissenschaft & Praxis 61, No. 8 (2010): pp. 455–
459.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Memberships
Gesellschaft für Musikforschung
Popular Culture Association