First International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music
University of Massachusetts Amherst: 19–21 February 2010
Website: http://www.analysisworldmusic.com/
News archive
Performing Englishness in New English Folk Music and Dance
Key findings from the two year AHRC funded research project, "Performing Englishness in New English Folk Music and Dance", undertaken by Dr Trish Winter and BFE member Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps at the University of Sunderland Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, were presented on Tuesd
Keynote Speakers Address Conference Theme ‘Roots and Routes’
NAFCo’s festival is paralleled by an international conference that will bring together scholars and researchers to explore the ways in which local roots have been transformed through transnational routes in the context of countries and communities that border the North Atlantic.
Congratulations to Dr Frances Wilkins
Dr Frances Wilkins has recently finished his PhD at the Elphinstone Institute, University of
Aberdeen, under the supervision of Dr Ian Russell. The focus of the thesis was sacred
singing traditions of North-East Scotland. The dissertation was the culmination of a three
Frederick Moehn wins prestigious Jaap Kunst Prize
The Society for Ethnomusicology has awarded BFE member Frederick Moehn the Jaap Kunst Prize for his article "Music, Mixing, and Modernity in Rio de Janeiro," published in Ethnomusicology Forum in 2008 (vol. 17/2).
News from the University of Sheffield
The Department of Music, University of Sheffield is delighted to welcome Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps to the lecturing staff on a two-year contract.
Recent ethnomusicology fieldwork in Mongolia - Lucy Rees
I have recently spent nine months in Mongolia conducting fieldwork for my PhD in ethnomusicology at Leeds University, supervised by Dr Kevin Dawe and Dr Judith Nordby, funded by the Leeds University Research Scholarship.
Recent appointments in ethnomusicology
Barbara Alge, Junior Professor in Ethnomusicology at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock (Germany). Many congratulations!
Britta Sweers, Professor in Cultural Anthropology of Music at the University of Bern (Switzerland). Many congratulations!
Veronica Doubleday and John Baily on Afghan television
Veronica and John Baily featured in the BBC World Service Tamasha programme broadcast on 29 Oct 2009. Watch the documentary online here.