Professor Dr. Marie Hélène Benoit Otis

Biography

Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis has been a professor at the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal since January 2013, starting as an assistant professor and then moving to associate professor in June 2018. She holds a doctorate in musicology from Université de Montréal and Freie Universität Berlin (2010), along with a postgraduate diploma in German studies in the European context. Her postdoctoral research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011-2012) and various research fellowships in Germany have shaped her extensive work on the intersections of music and politics, especially during the Third Reich and in post-war Europe. She is affiliated with multiple research groups and has received numerous awards for her teaching excellence, including a teaching award from the Université de Montréal in 2018. Her research spans topics related to 18th, 19th, and 20th-century music, focusing on opera, musical aesthetics, and the role of music in social and political contexts. She teaches various courses including musical methodology and historiography, with an emphasis on contemporary issues in music.

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