Tag: Ethnomusicology

  • Nation & World

    In the comings and goings of shopping week, first impressions matter

    The first week of each semester is known as “shopping week” at Harvard, during which students are encouraged to try out classes before formally registering.

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  • Nation & World

    John Milton Ward

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December, 4, 2012, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late John Milton Ward, William Powell Mason Professor of Music, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Ward was an inventor of many areas of research that later contributed to the broadening…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Scholarship beyond words

    Harvard classes and a new journal embrace an emerging wave of doctoral learning beyond the written word that uses film, photo, audio, and other communication channels.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    American tune

    Ethnomusicology graduate student Sheryl Kaskowitz talks about her dissertation on cultural shifts in the meaning of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Three scholars recognized for music contributions

    Three scholars from Harvard’s Music Department received prizes at the Society for Ethnomusicology conference in Los Angeles in early November.

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