ethnomusicology

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, with John C. Franklin

We were pleased to welcome John C. Franklin who joined us for an Open House discussion on “Kinyras: The Divine Lyre” on Thursday, September 15 2016. Kinyras was a mythical priest-king of pre-Greek Cyprus, and John C. Franklin’s research draws on Greco-Roman material and Near Eastern evidence for the divinization of temple lyres, and seeks to illustrate the cultural interactions in the eastern Mediterranean. To prepare for this event, you… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Performance Traditions in Greece, with Panayotis Fragkiskos League

We were delighted to welcome Panayotis Fragkiskos League, PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology of Harvard University, for an Open House discussion. The video discussion was on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. The topic of this ‘Open House’ is ‘Performance Traditions in Greece.’ Paddy League also performs songs accompanied by laouto, and demonstrates the tsambouna. You can watch the event below or on our YouTube channel. Members… Read more