Richard Smith

Ethnomusicology

Richard Smith is a pre-candidate student in ethnomusicology. Prior to entering U-M’s ethnomusicology program, Richard completed a BA in music at SUNY Stony Brook University, and an MMus in (historical) musicology at Northwestern University. His honor’s work into Reformation-era German sacred music and witchcraft helped him earn a Presser Award at the former. Richard’s current area of study is centered on 21st-century popular music in the Middle East, primarily Tel Aviv and Israel-Palestine. He actively engages with conceptions of sexuality and gender, the use of language, performativity, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and music and social media. Outside of academic life, Richard enjoys live-streaming atmospheric horror, and other story-based video games.

Contact: rijsmith@umich.edu

Posts

• Richard Smith presents at colloquium: 'New Perspectives of Cultural Contact and Exchange' – April 14, 2019
• SMR goes ice skating – April 12, 2019
• SMR at SEM 2018 – December 20, 2018

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