Public seminars

The Faculty hosts a number of lecture and seminar series featuring speakers from within and outside the University, by established and younger scholars. As well as the Graduate Colloquium Series, organised by current students, which covers all kinds of music-related topics, there are sessions devoted to music analysis and ethnomusicology. These public research seminars take place at 3pm on select Thursdays at the Faculty of Music.

Professor Jennifer Walshe and Martyn Harry convene a composer <speaks> online series in which visiting composers discuss their work. These take place online on select Monday afternoons at 4pm.

Professor Margaret Bent convenes the All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music which run online at 5pm on select Thursdays.

Students, staff and the general public are warmly encouraged to attend. Free and open to all.

Upcoming Seminars

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Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

15 October
From Underground Rap to Tribute Song: Politics and Labour Migration in Nepal and the Philippines.
Erin Johnson-Williams

Public seminar: Erin Johnson-Williams (University of Southampton)

22 October
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: David Catalunya (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

22 October
Migration, Performance & Policy graphic

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

29 October
From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea
Migration, Performance & Policy graphic

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

12 November
From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

12 November
Alexander Rehding

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

24 November
Matthew P. Thompson

Public seminar: Matthew P. Thompson (University College Dublin)

03 December
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Karen Cook (Hartford College)

03 December