Annelies Andries

Annelies Andries is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, specializing in 19th-century opera, music historiography, and intersections between music, politics, war, and gender. She co-supervises the PhD project 'Normalizing War-as-Entertainment' and leads international study groups on Music, Sound, and Trauma.

• Education: B.A. in vocal performance (Royal Conservatory, Antwerp), PhD (Yale University, 2018)
• Postdoctoral research: Magdalen College, Oxford (2018-2021)
• Current affiliations: Utrecht University, Institute for Cultural Inquiry, and participant in UU's Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) initiative.

Her research explores music's role during military conflicts, focusing on trauma, gender, and transnational dissemination. Key projects include a Junior Humboldt Fellowship (2023-2024) study on German opera translations during the Napoleonic Wars and collaborative work on theatrical mobility during 1750-1850 conflicts.

Publications span journals like Cambridge Opera Journal, French Historical Studies, and edited volumes. Recent articles analyze French opera’s imperial narratives, 19th-century vocal practices, and war’s cultural representation in music. She is preparing a book on elite identity in Napoleonic operatic culture (1799-1815).

She teaches courses on:

• Music analysis
• Western music history (post-1600)
• Dutch music culture
• Music historiography
• 18th-century opera