Academic Senate

Tasks of the Academic Senate

As the central administrative body of the Hanns Eisler School of Music, the Academic Senate (AS) discusses and makes decisions concerning policy and academic questions that affect the school as a whole. The Academic Senate consists of professors, academic employees, students, and employees in technology, service and administration, who are elected at four year intervals by school members. With the exception of meetings concerning personnel an appointment matters, all sessions of the Academic Senate are public.

To comment on drafts of the budget plan
To propose the establishment, modification, or elimination of organizational units
To establish or eliminate degree programs
To enact statutes
To establish guidelines for teaching, study, and examinations; to define procedural arrangements for school examinations across disciplines; as well as to issue opinions on study and exam regulations for the various departments
To adopt resolutions on school development plans and equipment planning as well as to define objectives regarding the appointment of instructors
To adopt resolutions concerning guidelines for the promotion of women and planning for the advancement of women
To issue opinions on proposals for appointments by the departments
To issue decisions of fundamental import concerning research and the promotion of young artistic talent
To adopt regulations concerning the utilization of school facilities
To determine enrollment figures
To coordinate the activities of the school’s departments and other facilities
To adopt resolutions concerning the selection of school directors as well as vice presidents and prorectors
To accept responsibility for other academic affairs which affect the school as a whole in the event that no other body has jurisdiction

Members

Academic Senate (Tenure: 01.04.2024-31.03.2026, by-election on 11.07.2024, update 15.10.2025)

Chair	Prof. Andrea Tober
Professors	Prof. Byron Knutson (list 1) Prof. Stephan Forck (list 2) Prof. Wolfgang Redik (list 2) Prof. Sebastian Stier (list 3) Prof. Viola Wilmsen (list 4) Prof. Volker Tessmann (list 4) Prof. Natalia Farhi (list 2 by-election) Sub. list 1: Prof. Anna Korondi Sub. list 4: Prof. Sanja Fister Sub. list 2 (by-election), 1^st sub.: Prof. Britta Schwarz Sub. list 2 (by-election), 2^ndsub.: Prof. Corinna von Rad
Academic Employees	Annika Treutler (list 1) Gunther Leonhardt (list 1) Sub.: Mikhail Mordvinov
Students	Pedro José Cases Sanchez (list 1) Barbara Pfanzelt (list 1) Sub.: Jonathan Lauwers
Employees in technology, service and administration	Johannes Hellmann (list 1) Annemarie Stadler-Janetzki (list 1) 1^st sub.: Svenja Kugel 2^ndsub.: Karin Kickbusch

Extended Academic Senate (Term of office: April 1, 2024–March 31, 2026)

Professors	Prof. Louise Pollock (list 1) Prof. Manuel Nawri (list 1) Prof. Stefan Drees (list 2) Prof. Eldar Nebolsin (list 2) Sub. list 1: Prof. Ralf Forster Sub. list 2: Prof. Maria Baptist
Academic Employees	Ikuko Odai (list 3) 1^st sub.: Andrei Banciu 2^ndsub.: Mana Oguchi
Students	Eléonore Rannou (list 1) Chian Lyn Loh (list 1) Sub.: Elham Nazem
Employees in technology, service and administration	Peggy Bertaux (list 1) 1^st sub.: Heike Nagel 2^ndsub.: Eva Gabronova 3^rdsub.: Marit Magister