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Read more at: Colloquium: Professor Susanne Furniss, CNRS-MNHN-Université de Paris

Colloquium: Professor Susanne Furniss, CNRS-MNHN-Université de Paris

Wednesday, 13 October, 2021 - 17:00

Diachronic Ethnomusicology: Current Research on the Ngombi Harp of the Ntumu (Cameroon, Gabon) This talk presents research on an African harp and its status as carrier of cultural knowledge and history. Its variability is a testimony of social, cultural and religious changes. The research connects recent fieldwork in South...


Read more at: Colloquium: Professor Andreas Haug, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (online event)

Colloquium: Professor Andreas Haug, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (online event)

Wednesday, 6 October, 2021 - 17:00

Notating Sounds: Reflections on the Preconditions and Consequences of a Carolingian Invention


Read more at: Colloquium: David Irving. Please note venue change

Colloquium: David Irving. Please note venue change

Wednesday, 4 March, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

David Irving, ICREA & Institució Milà i Fontanals–CSIC Accidental Occident: The Construction of ‘Western Music’ in Global History To be held in The Gatsby Room, Chancellor’s Centre, Wolfson College CB3 9BB. https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about-wolfson/find-us


Read more at: Colloquium: Anthony Gritten POSTPONED

Colloquium: Anthony Gritten POSTPONED

Wednesday, 26 February, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

Anthony Gritten, Royal Academy of Music, London How to do things with plants: Cage, nature, and improvisation in the 1970s Please note this Colloquium has been postponed


Read more at: Colloquium: James Cook

Colloquium: James Cook

Wednesday, 19 February, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

James Cook, University of Edinburgh Hearing Historic Scotland


Read more at: Colloquium: Ross Cole

Colloquium: Ross Cole

Wednesday, 12 February, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

Ross Cole, University of Cambridge Blood Sings: A Soundtrack for the Alt-Right


Read more at: Colloquium: Peter Spissky

Colloquium: Peter Spissky

Wednesday, 5 February, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

Peter Spissky, Lund University, Sweden Ups and Downs: Violin Bowing as Gesture


Read more at: Colloquium: Richard David Williams

Colloquium: Richard David Williams

Wednesday, 29 January, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

Richard David Williams, SOAS University of London Beauty and ‘Empiricism’ in Colonial-Era Hindi Musical Scholarship


Read more at: Colloquium: Elisabeth Giselbracht

Colloquium: Elisabeth Giselbracht

Wednesday, 22 January, 2020 - 17:00 to 18:00

Elisabeth Giselbrecht, King’s College London Reading early music: A new approach to early modern musical literacy


Read more at: Colloquium: Dr Martin Parker Dixon (CANCELLED)

Colloquium: Dr Martin Parker Dixon (CANCELLED)

Wednesday, 27 November, 2019 - 17:00 to 18:00

CANCELLED - Dr Martin Parker Dixon, University of Cambridge, 'A Practice-led Music Aesthetics: Some Methodological Considerations'