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Around the World in 30 Days: a month of events celebrating World Music featuring musicians from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the World‟s top conservatoires.
News archive
European Union Research Grant to Ethnomusicologist
Juniper Hill has been awarded a research grant from the European Union worth over one quarter of a million euros to work on her project "Sociocultural Enablers and Inhibitors of Musical Creativity: A Cross-Cultural Comparison." She will be taking a two-year research leave from her permanent posit
BFE Tea Party at SEM Conference
By Trevor Wiggins
News from Sheffield
Jonathan Stock will be leaving Sheffield where he has been since 1998 to take up the post of Associate Dean, Research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, which is part of the University of Sydney.
New Publication on Afghanistan by Veronica Doubleday
I cried on the mountain top: Images from the Afghanaid archive (1980-2010) with traditional Afghan poetry, selected and translated by Veronica Doubleday. 64pp with Introduction, Notes and Further Reading. Price £10. The publication supports ongoing Afghanaid projects in Afghanistan.
News from Christine Dettmann, University of Essex
The Angolan Roots of Capoeira
Music, Indigeneity & Digital Media
Symposium Report by Thomas Hilder
BFE STUDENT PRIZE 2010
An announcement from Martin Stokes
Dr Henry Stobart becomes Reader in Ethnomusicology
The BFE is pleased to announce that Dr Henry Stobart, based at Royal Holloway, University of London was promoted to Reader in July 2010. Many congratulations to
Henry!