BFE Member Awarded Northern Bridge PhD Studentship
BFE member and 2019 BFE Fieldwork Award winner Chrysi Kyratsou has been awarded a 30-month PhD studentship (October 2019 - March 2022) by the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership
Welcome from Simon McKerrell, Chair of the BFE
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) aims to advance the study of musical life in its full richness and diversity. We provide a forum for engaging in debate and sharing the findings of research through our many conferences and study days and through the publication of our journal Ethnomusicology Forum, in association with Routledge. We offer awards to recognize outstanding scholarship, including the BFE Book Prize and grants and prizes for student members.
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Latest Announcements
BFE Annual Conference 2020 - Call for Papers
The Call For Papers for the 2020 BFE Annual Conference at Bath Spa University is now available! Click here to read more: https://bfe.org.uk/conf/music-culture-and-nature
It is with great pleasure that I share with you the exciting news that we have appointed Dr Lea Hagmann (
BFE Student Paper Prize – Winner 2019
The BFE Student Prize for 2019 recognises an outstanding paper presented by a student at this year’s BFE Annual Conference, hosted by The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen (11-14 April 2019).
Members' News
BFE Fieldwork Award Winners 2019
We are delighted to announce that a total of four fieldwork grants have been awarded for the 2019 BFE Fieldwork Grant Awards scheme. We offer huge congratulations to Graihagh Cordwell, Alice Rose, Chrysi Kyratsou and Jaana Serres, who are the 2019 grant recipients.
BFE Member wins SEM 2018 Jewish Music SIG Prize
We are delighted to share the news that BFE Member Dr. Moshe Morad and Dr. Amalia Ran’s edited volume “Mazal Tov Amigos!
BFE Student Prize winner 2018 - Katie Young
The BFE Student Prize for 2018 recognises an outstanding paper presented by a student at this year’s BFE Annual Conference, hosted by the University of Newcastle, 12-15 April 2018.
BFE member authors new volume on sacred singing traditions in Scotland
Congratulations to BFE member Frances Wilkins, who has released a new book publication in the SOAS Musicology Series called Singing The Gospel Along Scotland's North-East Coast, 1859-2009 (Routledge 2018).
BFE Fieldwork Award Winners 2018
Following last year's call for applications to the BFE Fieldwork Grant Awards scheme, we are delighted to announce that a total of four fieldwork grants have been awarded for 2018. Once again, the standard of applications was extremely high.