‘Beyond 1932’ host the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum (MECAMF)

The Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum has been running since 2007 and is open to researchers, students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the region. The Forum is convened by Professor Laudan Nooshin from City St George’s, University of London (l.nooshin@city.ac.uk) and Professor Rachel Harris from SOAS, University of London (rh@soas.ac.uk).

The event is free but registration is requested for planning purposes, on this link to Eventbrite

Full programme and abstracts can be accessed here: https://arcg.is/1Huyja0

PROGRAMME

SESSION ONE 10.15-11.00 (Room SWB20)

In memoriam Tony Langlois (1960-2024).

Film: Tarab al-Gharnati (Tony Langlois, SLAM Cultural Association of Tlemçen), and coffee.

Chair: Martin Stokes

SESSION TWO 11.15 -12.45 (Room SWB21)

11.15-11.45 Ulaş Özdemir (Istanbul University), “Searching for Sounds of Alevi Lineage in 78 rpm Recordings: Gaziantepli Hasan Hüseyin and his Unique Music Repertoire”

11.45-12.15-Onur Engin (Cambridge University) “Church Bell related conflicts in the Late Ottoman Empire”.

12.15-12.45 Cristina Moreno Almeida (QMUL) “Dis-meme-bering the Nation: The Memetic Return of the Andalusi song ‘Chams al Achya’”

Chair: tbd

LUNCH (food available in ‘Chapters’ Café on the Strand Campus next to Chapel, or in Bush House Basement)

SESSION THREE 2.00-3.30 (Room SWB21)

2.00-2.30 Gülçin Özkişi (King’s College London), “Women and the Piano in Late Ottoman and Republican Turkey: Why So Many?”

2.30-3.00 Abbas Alsadeq (King’s College London), “The Hawasa “Kasra” Model of Husayni Lamentation in Bahrain and Its Transmission to Qatif”

3.00-3.45 Salvatore Morra (Cambridge University) “Italian Arab Musical Encounters: two case studies”

Chair: Tbd

SESSION FOUR 4.00-5.30 (Room SWB21)

4.00-5.30 Roundtable, ‘Beyond 1932’. Sophie Frankford, Rim Irscheid, Yara Salahiddeen, Martin Stokes (King’s College London).

Chair: Ziad Elmarsafy (Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, St. Andrews)

5.45—6.15 Performance: Hussein Lamentations from Qatif, Abbas Alsadeq (KCL)