Associate Professor Jason Stoessel

Biography

Associate Professor Stoessel is one of Australia's leading music historians and music theorists. His internationally recognised research seeks to illuminate music's multifarious intellectual, social and emotions functions in past and present communities through a range of traditional and innovative approaches. He has published extensively on global music history, music and visual cultures, musical creativity and the history of emotions. His research has been funded by international and national research funding agencies. Associate Professor Stoessel's research closely informs his expert teaching across a range of units in the Musicology major at UNE. Through his teaching and research, Associate Professor Stoessel seeks to foster interest in the rich musical legacy of the  middle ages and early modern period using new and often unorthodox approaches. Associate Professor Stoessel is also a highly experienced organisational research leader. He has served as Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of HASSE and has contributed to research strategy at the School, Faculty and University level. His extensive network of collaborators and research partnership provide HDR candidates in his supervision with unique opportunities for advancing their research projects and careers.