School of Arts

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School of Arts PhD researcher
Department
School of Arts
Qualifications
BA (SOAS), MSc (UCL), PGCE (Roehampton), Advanced SEN Diploma (Leeds Beckett).
Email address
129513@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title
Contemporary Expressions of Living Culture: Ainu Worlds (re)created and (re)claimed through music and language
Internal Supervisors
Professor Rachel Harris

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George Nummelin is a part time PhD student, and an experienced music and SEN teacher. She is primarily a classical singer and violinist, but also plays the shamisen. She has an interest in many aspects of Japanese music, and plays the shamisen and sings in the SOAS Min'yō Group. A recipient of the 2018 BFE Fieldwork awards, and the Sasakawa Studentship Programme for 2019-2021, she also contributed to Olko and Sallabank's Revitalizing Endangered Languages (2021). Her spare time is taken up by metal music, travelling, and learning languages. 

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Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Minority Languages, Rock and Metal, Widening Participation, Ableism in Music.

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https://soasminyo.wordpress.com/

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Email
129513@soas.ac.uk
Social media
Visit the Twitter page for Georgette

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