Samuel Weigel

Samuel Weigel is a Researcher and doctoral candidate at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH), serving as Research Assistant in the DFG Priority Program "Jewish Cultural Heritage" (SPP 2357) project "Knowledge Architectures: Mapping structures of Jewish heritagization processes on communal, organizational and academic levels in post-1945 Europe" since 2022. He is affiliated with the European Center for Jewish Music (EZJM), a research hub dedicated to preserving and studying Jewish musical traditions in academic and communal contexts.

His academic qualifications include:

• Master of Arts in Musicology and Music Education (2017-2020) from Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, specializing in Ethnomusicology and Jewish Music Studies.
• Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology and Musicology (2013-2017) from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Research interests center on Jewish Music and Ethnomusicology, with emphasis on digital platforms as catalysts for cultural heritage innovation. He investigates how Jewish online communities reconstruct synagogue music traditions through transnational virtual networks, contrasting institutional top-down approaches with grassroots bottom-up practices. His work bridges digital anthropology and musicology to explore sustainability of intangible heritage in post-1945 Europe.

Publications reveal a concentrated focus on post-Holocaust Jewish cultural revival, particularly synagogue music reconstruction in Germany. His sole documented 2022 article establishes foundational frameworks for community-driven heritage transmission, indicating emerging scholarship in digital ethnography of Jewish religious music. Future work appears oriented toward virtual spaces as critical sites for cultural resilience.

No scientific awards or fellowships are referenced in the source materials.

As a doctoral student, Weigel receives faculty supervision; his research is funded through DFG Priority Program SPP 2357. Prior project involvement includes DFG's "Objects and spaces reflecting religious practice: traditions and transformations in Jewish communities in Germany after the Shoa" (2020-2021) and preparatory work for SPP 2357 (2021-2022).

He operates within HMTMH's European Center for Jewish Music (EZJM), contributing to Area Study 1 on Jewish Worship Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Collaborations extend to the International Forum for Jewish Music Studies (IFJMS) and Netzwerk jüdisches Kulturerbe, focusing on digital heritagization processes across European Jewish communities.