Berthold Hoeckner

Berthold Hoeckner is the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Notre Dame. He also serves as a concurrent faculty member in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, and is a faculty fellow at the Nanovic Institute.

• Previous Position: Professor of Music and Humanities at the University of Chicago (1994–2021), where he chaired the Department of Music (2017–2021).
• Education: Ph.D., Cornell University; M.Mus., King's College London.

His research focuses on music since 1800, aesthetics, Adorno, music in audiovisual culture, music and memory/emotions, and Germanic studies. He explores interdisciplinary connections between music, film, cognition, and social psychology.

Key publications include Film, Music, Memory (2019, University of Chicago Press), analyzing intersections of music, film, and memory. His work bridges historical musicology with contemporary cultural studies.

• Awards: Alfred Einstein Award, Humboldt Fellowship, Mellon New Directions Fellowship.

He has held affiliations in Cinema Studies and Germanic Studies, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach. Current roles include departmental leadership and collaborative research initiatives at Notre Dame.