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Lecturer in Music

Dr Yuiko Asaba

Popular Music of/in Argentina, Japan and China; Argentine Tango Performance

Professor of Ethnomusicology

Professor Rachel Harris

Ethnomusicology; musics of China and Central Asia, especially Uyghur; Silk Road narratives; cultural and heritage policy, Islamic soundscapes; gender; minority rights and identity politics

Professor of Ethnomusicology

Professor Angela Impey

Music of southern Africa and the African Horn (Sudan); advocacy ethnomusicology; sound/music, memory and place; forced migration, cultural mapping and borderland identities; human rights and development

Lecturer in Musicology of the Middle East

Dr Saeid Kordmafi

Music of the Islamic Middle East and Central Asia; Persian art music; classical music of the Arab Mashriq; music analysis; rhythm and temporality; performance studies and practice-based research; historical ethnomusicology; music revival.

Joe Loss Reader in Jewish Music

Dr Ilana Webster-Kogen

Ethiopian music; music and religion in north Africa; Biblical cantillation; ritual and gender; Diaspora.

Senior Lecturer in Music and South Asian Studies

Dr Richard Williams

Music of South Asia; Hindustani classical music; historical ethnomusicology; cultural history; historical musicology and musical aesthetics; lyric, song, and musical literature; music and gender; music and religion; history of emotions

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Emeritus Professor of Music

Professor Keith Howard

Ethnomusicology; anthropology; Korean music; music traditions in Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Thailand, and Siberia; studies of religion; composition; education; shamanism; early keyboard instruments, players and restorers

Emeritus Professor of Musicology

Professor Richard Widdess

Historical, analytical, ethnographic and cognitive approaches to music of South Asia; music, cognition and language.

Emeritus Professor of Musicology of the Middle East

Professor Owen Wright

Music of the Islamic Middle East; historical musicology

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Music Outreach and Events Coordinator

Dr Georgie Pope

Georgie Pope is a music promoter and entrepreneur working to encourage cross cultural exchange through music and dance.

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Senior Teaching Fellow (Performance)

Mr Sanju Sahai

Sanju Sahai represents the distinguished lineage of tabla players and teachers from Banaras. He performs internationally as a soloist and in a variety of ensembles, and has been teaching tabla at SOAS for many years.

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Research Associate

Dr Nick Gray

Music of South East Asia, Indonesia, Bali, especially music for the Balinese shadowplay; composition; improvisation; analysis; music and religion

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Academic staff