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MECAMF- Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum

When: Friday, June 20, 2025, 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Where: Colette Bowe Room, the Queen's Building, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS and online

The Forum, hosted by Dr Cristina Moreno Almeida (Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures & Arabic Cultural Studies and IHSS Fellow) at Queen Mary University of London and assisted by Stephanie Amin, research assistant, is open to researchers, students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the region. 

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. In the spirit of fostering dialogue and interdisciplinarity, the organisers hope that the issues discussed at the Forum will be of interest to a broad audience, including musicologists, ethnomusicologists and other researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition, they welcome those working on other aspects of Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture broadly speaking (dance, visual arts, media, film, literature, etc).

The Speakers

  • Polly Withers (LSE)
  • Gunseli Ferel Ucar (City St George’s)
  • Irene Fernandez-Ramos (Queen Mary, University of London)
  • Gabrielle Messeder (University of Oxford)
  • Farid Ghrich (King’s College, University of London)
  • Stephen Wilford (University of Cambridge)
  • Felícia Campos (University of Edinburgh)

The Convenors

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 programme also includes the screening of Trances (1981) by Ahmed El Maamouni followed by a discussion chaired by Dr. Cristina Moreno-Almeida and will be ending with a live performance with the Afroud Brothers and Sisters. 

For those who won't be able to join in person, please register via MS Teams to attend the forum online.

For enquiries, please contact Dr Cristina Moreno-Almeida (c.morenoalmeida@qmul.ac.uk) or Stephanie Amin (stephanie.amin@qmul.ac.uk)

For the agenda and to register, please visit the Eventbrite page by clicking "Book now".

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