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.

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 »