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Dr

Frederic Kiernan

Research Fellow
Fine Arts and Music
History of emotion
Music and social change
Jan Dismas Zelenka 1679–1745
Emotion as creative practice
Musical emotion
Creativity and wellbeing
Eighteenth-century music
Editing baroque music
Music of the Dresden court
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Dr

Frederic Kiernan

 
Division
Fine Arts and Music
 
Primary Interest
Sociology of music (musicology)
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Frederic Kiernan.

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In conversation: Finding community and wellbeing through the creative practice of the "Feral Queer Camp"

Frederic Kiernan, Alyson Campbell, Stephen Farrier

Journal article  |  2021  |  NiTRO

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Max Richter’s Sleep, a filmed antidote to modern life with music to dream by

Frederic Kiernan

Media  |  2021

This piece is available at: https://theconversation.com/max-richters-sleep-a-filmed-antidote-to-modern-life-with-music-to-dream-by..

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Emotion as creative practice

Frederic Kiernan

Media  |  2021

This blog post discusses how emotions can be viewed as creative practices and points to an article by the author where this argume..

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Artistic practice and research at the University of Melbourne’s Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative (CAWRI)

Frederic Kiernan

Journal article  |  2021  |  NiTRO

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The impact of biographical information about a composer on emotional responses to their music

Frederic Kiernan, Amanda Krause, Jane Davidson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Musicae Scientiae

This study investigated whether reading biographical information about the composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) before listenin..

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ZELENKA CONFERENCE PRAGUE, 18 OCTOBER 2019

FREDERIC KIERNAN

Journal article  |  2020  |  Eighteenth Century Music

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Poor Zelenka!

Frederic Kiernan

Media  |  2020

This piece is available at: https://historiesofemotion.com/2020/09/03/poor-zelenka/

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Emotion as creative practice: Linking creativity and wellbeing through the history and sociology of emotion

Frederic Kiernan

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wellbeing

This article draws on recent developments in the history of emotion and the sociology of creativity to argue that emotions themsel..

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Researching creativity and wellbeing: Interdisciplinary perspectives

Frederic Kiernan, Jane Davidson, Lindsay Oades

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wellbeing

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Creativity and Wellbeing: Special Issue of International Journal of Wellbeing

Editorship  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wellbeing

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Arts
Music
Expanding Knowledge
Performing Arts
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Social and Personality Psychology
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Sociology
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Health Services and Systems

News

Displaying the 4 most recent news articles by Frederic Kiernan.

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Max Richter's Sleep, a filmed antidote to modern life with music to dream by

Frederic Kiernan

Photo by MIKE TERRY/MadmanReview: Max Richter’s Sleep, directed by Natalie Johns. Music does things. For Germa..

March 11, 2021
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Voyage to the moon, opera and the voyage of human emotion

Jane Davidson, Frederic Kiernan

Attempts to explain opera’s affective power have a long history. Photo: Keith Saunders. (L-R) Voyage to the Moon's Phoebe Briggs, Jerem..

February 14, 2016
conversation Article
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The case for the music of Arvo Pärt

Frederic Kiernan

French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand presents Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (centre) with the highest decoration in France, Knight o..

October 12, 2015
conversation Article
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The case for the music of Jean Sibelius

Frederic Kiernan

During the 1890s Sibelius cemented his position as Finland’s leading composer. Allan Watt/ Helsinki, Sibelius MonumentThis year marks the 15..

September 8, 2015
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis (2020)

University of Melbourne
2017

Travel Fellowship

ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
2015

Endeavour Research Fellowship, Martin Luther University

Australian Government Department of Education and Training
2014

Australian Postgraduate Award

University of Melbourne
2010

Ormond Exhibition

University of Melbourne
2010

John Hodgson Scholarship

University of Melbourne

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow

Fine Arts and Music

(Member)

Musicological Society of Australia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Melbourne

Master of Music (Musicology)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Music

University of Melbourne

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Languages

English