Academic Studies

Prof. Dr. Florian Carl

_Musicology | Ethnomusicology
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Prof. Dr. Florian Carl
Photo: Carl Florian

Short Vita

Florian Carl studied musicology, African studies, and ethnology at the University of Cologne and the University of Chicago. From 2004 to 2007, he served as a research assistant at the Hochschule für Musik and Theater Hannover, where he earned his doctorate in 2007 with a study on the migration of West African musicians to Germany. After completing his PhD, he taught at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana from 2009 and headed the Department of Music and Dance from 2014 to 2019.

A research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation brought him back to Germany in 2021. From 2023 to 2025, he held the position of acting professor of ethnomusicology at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Cologne. Effective April 2025, he was appointed as professor of ethnomusicology at Folkwang University of the Arts.

His research focuses on music and migration, popular music in Ghana, and music in the colonial and mission history of West Africa.