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Singing Sufis in Text: Indo-Persian Music and Sufi Poetics ca. 1250 – 1600 (2022)
Thesis
Hofmann, W. R. Singing Sufis in Text: Indo-Persian Music and Sufi Poetics ca. 1250 – 1600. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis traces the history of music and performance practices between Sufi networks and the courts of the Delhi Sultanates and the early Mughal Empire. By scrutinising Persian archival material relating to Sufis, poets, and courtiers, I interroga... Read More about Singing Sufis in Text: Indo-Persian Music and Sufi Poetics ca. 1250 – 1600.

Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies (2020)
Thesis
Chiarofonte, L. Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the highly urbanised centres of Yangon and Mandalay, people pay homage to the Thirty-seven Lords, an official pantheon of tutelary spirits of central Burma, through the organisation and performance of nat kana pwe, private spirit ceremonies in the... Read More about Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies.

Continuity and Change: A Restudy of Arnold Adriaan Bake’s Research on the Devotional and Folk Music and Dance of Bengal 1925-1956 (2020)
Thesis
Poske, C. F. Continuity and Change: A Restudy of Arnold Adriaan Bake’s Research on the Devotional and Folk Music and Dance of Bengal 1925-1956. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is a restudy of the research that the Dutch musicologist and indologist Arnold Adriaan Bake (1899-1963) conducted on the folk and devotional music and dance of the Bengal region between 1925 and 1956. My thesis pursues two central aims. O... Read More about Continuity and Change: A Restudy of Arnold Adriaan Bake’s Research on the Devotional and Folk Music and Dance of Bengal 1925-1956.

Music And The Politics Of Caste And Gender : Women’s Voices Of Liberation In Western India (2019)
Thesis
Ajotikar, R. Music And The Politics Of Caste And Gender : Women’s Voices Of Liberation In Western India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines how musicianship shapes and is shaped by caste and gender politics in Maharashtra state, India. Through a historical analysis of the relationship between caste, gender, sexuality and music, this thesis presents an alternate histo... Read More about Music And The Politics Of Caste And Gender : Women’s Voices Of Liberation In Western India.

Musical Knowledge of the Laṅgās and Māṅgaṇiyārs (2017)
Thesis
Davies, M. Musical Knowledge of the Laṅgās and Māṅgaṇiyārs. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Analysing ţhumrī (2013)
Thesis
Alaghband-Zadeh, C. Analysing ţhumrī. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London