Johanna Merkel

University of Konstanz
Otto-Adam-Straße 5
D-78476 Konstanz

Room 8

E-Mail: johanna.merkel@uni-konstanz.de


PhD Project

Rock against the right. Music as a means of protest against right-wing extremism. (working title)

The project deals with the history of civil society protest against right-wing extremism in Germany. Using the example of the musical movement "Rock gegen Rechts", founded in Germany at the end of the 1970s, and the concerts organized under this name until the end of the 1990s, music will be examined as a means of protest against right-wing extremism. The project aims to make a contribution to the history of right-wing extremism and the fight against it in Germany.

The project is supported by the Gerda-Henkel Foundation.

University career

since January 2024

Doctoral studies in history, University of Konstanz

since November 2023

Research Assistant History and Society, University of Konstanz

April 2021 - October 2023

MA History Studies

October 2017- March 2021

BA History (NF British and American Studies)