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Minority Complexes and “Small” Musicologies (part of panel Musicology as a 'Small Discipline': The Example of the Department of Musicology in Zagreb)

The future of musicology differs greatly depending on the academic context it is being pursued in. In Germany, where the number of departments and tenures defines a “small discipline” (kleines Fach), musicology has been classified as “medium size” (mittelgroß) since 1974. However, with a few exceptions, in most other countries in the world, musicology is a relatively small scholarly discipline with a somewhat marginal position in academia. This position stems from the overall inferior status of the humanities as opposed to other, more market-oriented disciplines, but it is also conditioned by the local and to a certain extent individual circumstances governing a particular musicology department. This paper will attempt to examine the intricate minority identities of the Department of Musicology in Zagreb. Comparisons will be made with musicological activities at research institutes in the country and other musicology departments in Croatia's neighbouring lands that also house musicology at academies of music or universities of the arts, as opposed to the German model, where musicology is firmly established at faculties of philosophy. Careers of Croatian musicologists who pursued their scholarly careers abroad will be drawn into comparison, as well as other “small disciplines” in the realm of the humanities in Croatia to see how this reflects on institutional practices at the Department of Musicology in Zagreb.

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