Category: Colloquia
Event Start:
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 5:30pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall
Writing Musical LivesJohn Szwed
The Center for Ethnomusicology, 701C Dodge Hall, April 13, 5:30 pm This talk will focus on some of the virtues and problems of writing about the lives of musicians. It will include a quick survey of the types and uses of life narratives by ethnomusicologists, folklorists, social scientists, and popular writers, with a short discussion of some recent innovative biographical works. Examples will be drawn from a variety of biographies, including my books on Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, and Alan Lomax
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Event Start:
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall, Columbia University
Ethnomusicologist Sarah Weiss (Yale University) will be speaking in the Center on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 4PM. The title of her talk is: "Authentic Hybridity?: Cultural Boundaries and Music Reception." A reception will follow the talk. The event is free and open to the public.
Sarah Weiss has addressed issues of gender, aesthetics, postcoloniality, and hybridity in both her writing and teaching. Her book, Listening to an Earlier Java: Aesthetics, Gender and the Music of Wayang in Central Java was published in 2006 by KITLV Press in Leiden. Weiss is currently working on a comparative project exploring women and performance across several of the world’s major religions. She holds the PhD in Musicology from New York University.
Event Start:
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 4:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall
Thursday, March 27 at 4PM, 701C Dodge Hall
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST RSVP TO aaf19@columbia.edu to attend this event. A paper by Prof. Shelemay is being distributed to those who RSVP and will be discussed at the event. read more »
