Rachel Harris wins 2022 BFE Book Prize
We are thrilled to announce that Rachel Harris (SOAS) has been awarded the 2022 BFE Book Prize for her 2020 book Soundscapes of Uygur Islam.
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We are thrilled to announce that Rachel Harris (SOAS) has been awarded the 2022 BFE Book Prize for her 2020 book Soundscapes of Uygur Islam.
Following the BFE Annual Conference at the Open University in April 2022, 16 papers were submitted for the BFE Student Prize.
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology is very happy to announce that starting in 2022 it will offer up to 30 BFE-supported memberships annually to scholars facing significant economic or political hardship.
We are delighted to announce the winner and commendation for the 2022 BFE Early Career Prize. This prize is awarded biennially for a distinguished article written by a BFE member who is in the early stages of their career.
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We offer hearty congratulations to BFE member Liselotte Sels, whose new mongraph on Turkish folk music has just been published!
We offer huge congratulations to BFE Member Ross Cole, whose new monograph has just been published!
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It gives us great pleasure to announce that two fieldwork grants have been awarded for the 2020 BFE Fieldwork Grants scheme. Hearty congratulations are due to Yara Salahiddeen and Dunya Habash, who are the 2020 grant recipients.
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