The next Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum



Will take place on: Monday 8th November (2-6pm) and Tuesday 9th November (2-6pm) 2021



This will be an online event hosted on Zoom.



Sign up:

https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2021/11/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-forum  (registration is free and the sign up will give access for both days).





SCHEDULE



Monday 8th November



Session 1: 2-3.30pm

Iranian female composers and sound artists panel.

Speakers: Pantea, Golfam Khayyam, Sevda Khatamian talk about and play examples of their work, followed by a Q&A session.



Break 3.30 to 4pm



Session 2: 4-6pm

Yalda Yazdani (University of Siegen)

‘Women's Music in Marginalized Communities: An Ethnographic Study on the Role of Music in the Daily Life of Qashqai Female Singers Based in Rural and Urban Areas’



Mohsen Mohammadi (UCLA)

‘Soft Colonialism: Transcribing Authority in the Persian Dastgāh Tradition’



Anne Rasmussen (College of William and Mary)

‘Tarab in the Grooves ~ Reconsidering a Transitional Moment in the Arab American Arts Economy’





Tuesday 9th November



Session 3: 2-3pm

Discussion Session: Is it time to move beyond the ‘Middle East’? Renaming the Forum.



Speakers:

Armaghan Fakhraeirad (University of Pennslyvania)

Claire Launchbury (Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL)

Kamyar Salavati (University of Tehran)

Darci Sprengel (University of Oxford)

Martin Stokes (King’s College, University of London)



Break 3-3.15pm



Session 4: 3.15 - 4.30pm

Film screening: Gitara (2019) by Stefan Fa Williamson (followed by Q&A with the filmmaker)



Break 4.30-4.45pm



 Session 5: 4.45–6pm

Hamidreza Salehyar (University of Toronto)

‘Composing the “Self,” Improvising the “Sonic”: Agency in Shia Mourning Rituals in Iran’



Jonas Otterbeck (Agha Khan University)

‘Instil the Love of the Beloved: The Creative use of Sufi Thinking by the Artist Peter Murphy’





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: https://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/music/research/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-forum



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



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