Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle presents the 2024 James W. Pruett Lecture in Music and Culture “You Can’t Tell It Like I Can: Mary Lou Williams, Black Nationalism, and the Re-framing of Jazz’s History” One of the significant aspects of contemporary … Read more
"Music at the Limits of Political Efficacy" Dr. Matt Sakakeeny, Tulane University and the National Humanities Center This talk identifies four principal themes that arose from a “political turn” in music studies at the turn of the twenty-first century: dissent, … Read more
"Afrobeats and the Popular Incredible in Nigeria" Dr. Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan and the National Humanities Center Afrobeats, as the current preeminent articulation of popular music in Nigeria, participates in and embodies the reign of the postcolonial incredible in Nigeria. In … Read more
"Castrato Remix" Dr. Bonnie Gordon, University of Virginia In 1565 Guglielmo Gonzaga sent his ambassador, the humanist scholar Girolamo Negri, on a fruitless mission to look for castrati. After one died and others were too expensive, a frustrated Negri decided … Read more
A Lightening Round of Summer Research Hear 3-5 minute presentations by UNC Music graduate students on their exciting summer research. The UNC Music Research Forum hosts invited lectures by distinguished music scholars from around the world and informal research presentations by … Read more
Music Research Workshop The UNC Music Research Workshop is a collaborative space for graduate students to receive feedback and suggestions for further research. This workshop is designed for our academic community to come together to familiarize ourselves with one another’s … Read more
Fall Conference Presentation Run-Throughs UNC Music graduate students present their upcoming fall conference presentations. The UNC Music Research Forum hosts invited lectures by distinguished music scholars from around the world and informal research presentations by members of our department and colleagues … Read more
“Over the lande the watter spreades”: The Fenland Mysticism of Medieval East Anglia and Britten’s Noye’s Fludde Dr. Imani Mosley, University of Florida Dr. Imani Mosley Medieval East Anglia was home to extreme piety and religious mysticism, visible in its saints … Read more
Dr. Martin Stokes Demographies of Babel: Musical Modernities between Istanbul and Cairo Dr. Martin Stokes, Kings College London It is plausibly claimed that Comparative Literature took distinct shape in Turkey in the 1930s, through the careers of Spitzer and Auerbach … Read more
"A Spurious Kind of Primitivism: Pasolini, Ancient Greece, and the Poetics of Synchronization" Dr. Giorgio Biancorosso, The University of Hong Kong/National Humanities Center (NC) Pier Paolo Pasolini’s daring use of recordings of classical music in his early films—most notably Bach’s … Read more
