Martin Stokes
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Martin Stokes is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology
at the University of Oxford
in the United Kingdom where he is also Fellow and Tutor in Music at St John's College. Dr Stokes took up the position of Senior Dean at St John's College, University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2010.
Dr Stokes obtained his DPhil (Ph.D.) from the University of Oxford (1989). He currently studies music and music theory with a particular emphasis on the contemporary Middle East
. He returned to Oxford in 2007, having been at the University of Chicago
, where he achieved the rank of Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, since 1997 and previously at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. He served as the Administrative Director of the Middle East Ensemble, Javanese Gamelan and the World Music Concert series during his tenure at the University of Chicago. He also filled the role of Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
from 2003-2007.
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is defined as "the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts."Coined by the musician Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος ethnos and μουσική mousike , it is often considered the anthropology or ethnography of music...
at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
in the United Kingdom where he is also Fellow and Tutor in Music at St John's College. Dr Stokes took up the position of Senior Dean at St John's College, University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2010.
Dr Stokes obtained his DPhil (Ph.D.) from the University of Oxford (1989). He currently studies music and music theory with a particular emphasis on the contemporary Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. He returned to Oxford in 2007, having been at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, where he achieved the rank of Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, since 1997 and previously at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. He served as the Administrative Director of the Middle East Ensemble, Javanese Gamelan and the World Music Concert series during his tenure at the University of Chicago. He also filled the role of Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago is a National Resource Center for the study of a region extending from Morocco in the West to Kazakhstan in the East. As a result, this Area Center covers some of the most important and controversial regions - including North...
from 2003-2007.
Published works
- The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music (University of Chicago Press 2010).
- The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey (1992).
- Ethnicity, Identity and Music: The Musical Construction of Place (1997) editor.
- Nationalism, Minorities and Diasporas: Identities and Rights in the Middle East (1996) co-editor.
- "Music and the Global Order" (2004).http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143916?cookieSet=1&journalCode=anthro
- "Musical Cosmopolitanism" (2007).http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=intlrdtable