Jonathan Shannon to Speak at the Center, Monday, Dec. 4, 4-6PM

The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University presents:
a talk by:
Prof. Jonathan Shannon (Hunter College)
“Composition, Tradition & the Anxiety of Musical Influence in Syrian & Moroccan Andalusian Musics”
Monday, December 4, 2006 4 – 6 PM
at The Center for Ethnomusicology
701C Dodge Hall
Columbia Morningside Campus
Reception to follow

Jonathan Shannon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College. He earned his PhD inAnthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research focuses on musical aesthetics and cultural politics in the Arab world and Mediterranean. He has conducted field research in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, and Spain. His book, Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria, was recently published by Wesleyan University Press in their Music/Culture Series. _______________________________________________________________ Download Event Poster (.pdf)