A thrilling year of intellectual engagement is winding to a close. Please join us for our final EthNoise! workshop of the year this Thursday, May 19, at 4:30 in Goodspeed 205. Olha Kolomyyets, PhD, Ethnomusicologist, Professor at the Musicology Department, Ivan Franko Lviv National … Continue reading →

The Global Midwest – The History of World Music Recording Chicago Conference – May 5–7, 2016 Franke Institute for the Humanities   Ontologies of Recording – The Chicago Workshop   Thursday, May 5 4:00 – Opening session – African American … Continue reading →

This week we are delighted and honored to welcome Rudolf Pietsch, Prof. Dr, and Deputy Director, Institut für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie, Vienna, for a special Wednesday workshop sponsored in conjunction with the Music History/Theory workshop. His presentation will be on the topic “Sound aspects caused by … Continue reading →

This week we are delighted and honored to welcome Nadine Hubbs, professor of women’s studies and music at the University of Michigan, for a special Thursday workshop sponsored in conjunction with the Music History/Theory workshop. Her presentation is entitled, “How the White Working Class (Supposedly) Became Homophobic: Antibourgeois … Continue reading →

This week’s workshop features Inna Naroditskaya, Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Northwestern University. She will be presenting a paper on tango entitled “. . . now I’m here, I’m dancing a tango” (L. Bernstein, Candide). The abstract is posted below.   We will meet in … Continue reading →

This week’s workshop features Visiting Professor Edwin Seroussi (Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology and director of the Jewish Music Research Centre at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). In preparation for Professor Seroussi’s talk, we ask that you read his paper, … Continue reading →

This week’s workshop features Doctoral Candidate in Ethnomusicology Will Buckingham. He will be presenting his paper “‘Tienes que conocer la décima’: Ethnic Identity and Spanish Ballad in St Bernard Parish, Louisiana.” The abstract for this paper is posted below.   … Continue reading →

Our first workshop meeting of the quarter, this Thursday, Jan 14, features Doctoral Candidate in Ethnomusicology Rehanna Kheshgi. She will be presenting her paper “Performing Youthful Desires: The Gabhoru Body as Creative Force in Assam, India.“ The abstract for this paper is posted below.   We will … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! We are pleased to announce our presenters for the winter quarter (see below). Please note that all workshops, unless otherwise indicated, will be held on Thursdays at 4:30pm in Rm. 205, Goodspeed Hall (1010 E 59th St., Chicago, IL … Continue reading →

Our next workshop meeting will be a special session: a documentary film screening with Zoe Sherinian (Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Oklahoma). Please note that this session will be held on Monday October 19 at 1:30pm in Rm. 103, Foster Hall: 1130 E 59th St., … Continue reading →