Dr. Berthold Hoeckner

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Biography

Berthold Hoeckner is a music historian specializing in 19th-20th century music. He has focused on aesthetics, the works of Theodor Adorno, music literature, film music, visual culture, and the psychology and neuroscience of music. His contributions to the field are recognized through various notable awards and fellowships including the Alfred Einstein Award from the American Musicological Society in 1998 and the Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2001/2. Hoeckner has also received the Mellon New Directions Fellowship for the years 2006/7 and a Faculty Fellowship from the Franke Institute of the Humanities for 2012/13. He has served as the lead researcher for a three-year project on somatic wisdom at the Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience and is currently the Principal Investigator in a new research project examining the connections between wisdom and humility. He has taught at the University of Chicago since 1994.

Research Interests

Awards

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Alfred Einstein Award

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Humboldt Research Fellowship

2001-02-01
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Mellon New Directions Fellowship

2006-07-01
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Faculty Fellowship

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy