Martin J.M. Hoondert (* 1967) studied musicology and theology and is specialized in music and rituals. Since 2007 he is (associate) professor of ‘Music, Religion & (Digital) Ritual’ at the Department of Culture Studies of Tilburg University (the Netherlands). His research focuses on ‘death rituals’, ‘music and death’ and ‘practices of memorialization’. His current research topics are: the development of the cremation ritual in the Netherlands, the contemporary requiem, divorce rituals (both offline and online), and practices of memorialization regarding genocide (esp. Armenia and Srebrenica).
International society for hymnological studies
Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hymnologie (IAH) e.V. / Cercle international d'études hymnologiques