 The
MORTAR BOARD
[My parents bought this for me when I got my first degree in Comparative
Literature from Essex University]
Qualifications, Career History and What I Do Now!
In brief: I have three university degrees and at present
am Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Popular Music, Liverpool University.
I have been awarded several academic research grants and have worked as
a lecturer in various universities. For two years 1996 and 1997 I was
Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I presently work
as a freelance music writer, journalist, broadcaster and editor. I am
at present applying for more research money to follow up research and
write. Crossing my fingers!
Academic qualifications
Fluent Spanish, good French
1987 Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh.
Karaxú!: The Music of the Chilean Resistance (article published
Popular Music 8/1, CUP, pp.1-30)
1977 M.Phil. Oxford, Latin American Studies. Thesis:
La nueva canción Chilena, a history of the New Chilean Song Movement
(published as an Oxford microfiche 1978)
1971 Hons. University of Essex. Comparative Literature
with Languages
Lectureships:
2005-6 Temporary Lecturer Ethnomusicology, Music Department, University of Sheffield: courses on Latin American Music; Music, Media, Society; postgraduate Readings in Ethnomusicology. Also taught World Music Summer Course (Aug 2005).
1995-6 Temporary lecturer in Popular Music and Ethnomusicology
at the Department Social Anthroplogy, The Queens University, Belfast
1994 Visiting Fundación Andes/British Council
Professor in Popular Music and Musicology, Musicology Department, University
of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
1971-3 Lecturer in British and American Literature and
History, Catholic University, Temuco, Chile.
Honorary University posts:
1998 onwards: Fellow. Institute of Popular Music, University
of Liverpool.
1988-96 Honorary Fellow: The Institute of Latin American
Studies, University of Glasgow (Institute closed July 1996).
Non-academic Posts:
Director, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, September 1995 to
September 1997, see “The little festival that grew”, Tim Cornwell,
Critique, The Scotsman, pp 4-5, Saturday 14 August 2004
Research and Awards
2005-6 The British Academy Large Research Grant for ethnographic research on Women and Music in Cuba
2000 The British Academy Small Research
Grant for research in Cuba (see chapter in Island Musics, Berg 2004 in
publications)
1992-3 Leverhulme Research Fellow for research on ‘new
song; musicians of Latin America and Spain (see various published interviews,
publications and hopefully a book written in next year)
What I do now:
Independent scholar, freelance writer/music writer, editor, researcher,
broadcaster.
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