Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum



Current research in the Music of the Middle East and Central Asia





The next Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum will take place on:



Monday, 7 November 2016, 9.30am-6.30pm



Venue: Department of Music, SOAS, University of London, Room G52, College Buildings, Thornhaugh St. WC1H 0XG



All welcome and admission is free but advance registration is requested for planning purposes:

http://www.city.ac.uk/events/2016/november/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-forum-soas





For more information on this event, please contact Rachel Harris: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>





Schedule



9.30am                  Welcome



Session 1, 9.40am - 11.00am



Cristina Moreno Almeida (LSE)

'“Sell everything except yourself”: Understanding the Backlash against Moroccan Rappers’ Involvement in Organised Political Campaigns'



Ilana Webster-Kogen (SOAS, University of London)

'The Horn on the Move: Music among Ethiopian and Eritrean Migrants in the Middle East'



11.00 - 11.30               Tea/Coffee



Session 2, 11.30 – 12.50



Laudan Nooshin (City, University of London)

'Whose Liberation? Iranian Popular Music and the Fetishisation of Resistance'



Roundtable with Oxford Maqam (Tarik Bashir, Yara Abou-El-Fadl, Martin Stokes and Ahmad al-Salhi)

'New questions for Old recording Technologies: Oxford Maqam's Wax Cylinder Project'



Lunch (not provided)



Session 3, 2.00pm - 3.20pm



Julian Harris (King’s College London)

'Ta'abiriya / “expressionism" in Arab Music: Composition in the Iraqi School of Oud'



Baha Yetkin (Independent)

'Ottoman-Turkish Makam-based Improvisation on the Turkish-Style Oud'



3.20-3.50pm            Tea/Coffee



Session 4, 3.50-5.10pm



John O’Connell (Cardiff University)

'Turan: Turkic Myth as Turkish Music'



Erum Naqvi (Pratt Institute)

'Gigging Classical in Iran'





Concert: 5.20-6.20pm



The SOAS Middle East Ensemble



The SOAS Middle Eastern Ensemble is a group of SOAS students and alumni specialising in classical and folk Arabic music performance. The group has performed in several SOAS festivals and events as well as a recent performance at the British Museum. The ensemble is directed by Syrian Kanun player Maya Youssef.







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The Middle East and Central Asia Music forum has been running since 2007 and is open to researchers, students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the region. In the spirit of fostering dialogue and interdisciplinarity, we hope that the issues discussed at the forum will be of interest to a broad audience, including musicologists, ethnomusicologists and other researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition, we welcome those working on other aspects of Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture broadly speaking (dance, visual arts, media, film, literature, etc.)



Find out more about the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum<http://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/music/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-forum>



The Forum is convened by Dr Laudan Nooshin, City, University of London ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Dr Rachel Harris, SOAS, University of London ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)