Univ.-Ass. Paul Heidegger, BA BA MA

Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
Department of Education
Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck
Room 09N030 (9th floor)
0043-512-507/40048
Paul.Heidegger@uibk.ac.at

Profile

Main areas of interest

  • Intercultural and (post-)migrant perspectives in musical contexts
  • Choral pedagogical research and practice
  • Issues at the intersection of aesthetics and political theory
  • Sound studies and sound history

Vita

JahrFunktion
Since 09/2025University Assistant (prae-doc) at the Department of Educational Science, University of Innsbruck
Since 09/2024Choral conducting assistant in the intercultural choir project Grenzklang, University Mozarteum Salzburg, Innsbruck, Department of Music Education
Since 2023 Co-editor of the magazine AN:klang. The magazine of the Young Music Studies of the Austrian Society for Music Studies and speaker of the working group "Research and Publishing" of Young Music Studies
2022-2025Private teacher for piano, guitar and singing at the Rock n'More Music School, Innsbruck
2022-2025Research assistant at Die HISTORIKERinnen. Heidegger, Hilber and Siegl
2021-2025Research Team Member at the Gustav Mahler Centre in Toblach/Dobbiaco and Innsbruck
Since 2020Master's programme in Philosophy, University of Innsbruck
2019-2023Master's degree in Music Studies, University of Innsbruck (degree)
2017-2023Various positions as student assistant at the Department of Music Studies, University of Innsbruck
2016-2020Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, University of Innsbruck (degree)
2016-2019Bachelor's degree in Music Studies, University of Innsbruck (degree)

Publications

JahrPublikation
[2026]Paul Heidegger: "The responsibility of answering. On the political and aesthetic task of learning to listen and responding to others". In: Political Education as Aesthetic Education - Aesthetic Education as Political Education? (Series: Experience-orientated educational research), edited by Iris Laner and Andreas Oberprantacher, Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
2025Paul Heidegger, Cornelia Picej and Stefanie Stindl-Liang (eds.): AN:klang. Magazine of Young Music Studies 3 (2025).
2024Paul Heidegger, Stefanie Liang, Sarah Waltl and Thomas Wozonig (eds.): AN:klang. Magazine of Young Music Studies 2 (2024).
2024Luis Heidegger and Paul Heidegger: "Mélusine: between, within and across borders. A concert dialogue". In: AN:klang. Magazine of Young Music Studies 2 (2024), pp. 61-64.
2023Paul Heidegger, Stefanie Liang, Valeska Maria Müller and Thomas Wozonig (eds.): AN:klang. Magazine of Young Music Studies 1 (2023).
2023Paul Heidegger: "How does 'truth' sound? Music as a stage and medium of parrhesiastic play. A music-philosophical search for traces". In: AN:klang. Magazine of Young Music Studies 1 (2023), pp. 53-59.
2023Paul Heidegger: "Of changes of light and shadow and the searching gaze of the spotlight". In: Moved into the light. Innsbruck Festival of Early Music '23, pp. 14-16.
2023Paul Heidegger and Katharina Hirn: Conference Report "Speaking In Spite of All. German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife". In: HSozKult Online [2023] <https://meinclio.clio-online.de/open/pdf/conferencereport/fdkn-136681/> (31 October 2025).
2023Paul Heidegger: How does 'truth' sound? Music as a stage and medium of parrhesiastic play. A music-philosophical and political-phenomenological search for clues. Master's thesis, University of Innsbruck.
2022Paul Heidegger: Conference report "Musik und Medizin. Music Studies and Medical History Approaches", in: HSozKult Online [2022] <https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-127966?title=musik-und-medizin-musikwissenschaftliche-und-medizinhistorische-zugaenge> (31 October 2025).
2022Paul Heidegger: Report on the Philosophical Café, Innsbruck "Tracing the contrast between body and mind with Philipp Schaller". In: Komplex Kulturmagazin Online [2022] (31 October 2025).
2020Paul Heidegger: "Vivaldi d'amore". Introductory text to the concert of the same name as part of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2020.

Lectures

JahrVortrag
2023Paul Heidegger: "How does 'truth' sound? Music as a stage and medium of parrhesiastic play. A music-philosophical search for traces". Lecture series Young Music Studies of the Austrian Society for Music (ÖGM), Vienna.
2022Paul Heidegger: "How does 'truth' sound? Music as a stage and medium of parrhesiastic play. A music-philosophical search for traces". Symposium of the Junge Music Studies as part of the annual conference 2022 of the Austrian Society for Music Studies, Vienna.

Teaching

JahrLehre
[2026] Seminar: Fundamentals of Educational Sciences: Specialisation II: Interculturality in the choir. Postmigrant perspectives - music pedagogical multiphonics. Bachelor's programme Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck.

Memberships

JahrMitgliedschaft
Since 2022 Speaker of the working group "Research and Publishing" of the Young Music Studies, Austrian Society for Music Studies (ÖGMw).
Since 2020 Member of the Austrian Society for Music Studies (ÖGMw).
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