Bettina Varwig
Professor of Music History; Director of Studies, Emmanuel College · School of Arts and Humanities · University of Cambridge
Quick answer: Bettina Varwig is Professor of Music History; Director of Studies, Emmanuel College at University of Cambridge. Bettina Varwig shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Available to supervise doctoral students; Available for consultancy
Research interests
musical affect and expression; the history of the body, the senses and the emotions; practices of musical listening and performance; the music of J. S. Bach; reception and historiography, in particular Bach reception in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; interdisciplinary dialogue with history, philosophy, theology, sound studies, history of science and music psychology; working with performers, using historical insights as a stimulus for creative transformation of early modern repertories in performance today
Selected publications (since 2023)
Music in the Flesh: An Early Modern Musical Physiology (Book, 20 July 2023, University of Chicago Press)
'Bach’s Hand(s)' in BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (2024) 55/2 (Journal article, Baldwin Wallace University, Conservatory of Music)
'Plenisentient Musicking' in Critical Inquiry (Forthcoming, 2027) (Journal article, University of Chicago Press)
Frequently asked questions
Is Bettina Varwig hiring PhD students at University of Cambridge?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Bettina Varwig's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Available to supervise doctoral students; Available for consultancy.
What does Bettina Varwig research?
musical affect and expression; the history of the body, the senses and the emotions; practices of musical listening and performance; the music of J. S. Bach; reception and historiography, in particular Bach reception in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; interdisciplinary dialogue with histor
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