Musicology Events

Lecture Series

18th Ave. Library

Lectures in Musicology is co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries. The series invites conversation with experts across the discipline. Numerous university centers and institutes at Ohio State also provide valuable opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Those of particular interest include the Center for Cognitive Science, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Hilandar Research Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, the Slavic and East European Studies Center, the Center for African Studies, the Center for Folklore Studies, the Humanities Institute, the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, the Melton Center for Jewish Studies and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Offered Mondays at 4 p.m. and in person unless noted otherwise.

Attendance is free.

In-person at the 18th Avenue Library, 175 W. 18th Ave. (Music & Dance Library, second floor, room 205). Campus visitors, please use either the Tuttle Park Place Garage or the Ohio Union South Garage. All other garages in the vicinity of the 18th Ave. Library are closed to visitors before 4 p.m. Masks optional.


Autumn 2023

Lectures will be held on Mondays at 4 p.m. as noted above.

October 9

"Centering Artists and their Communities in Hip Hop Higher Education." With Mark Katz, John P. Barker Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and founding director of the U.S. State Department hip hop cultural diplomacy program, Next Level. Co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries; the Mershon Center for International Security Studies; and EMIC, the graduate student organization for the study of expressive culture. We are grateful for funding provided by the Center for Ethics and Human values.

November 6

"See Me Now: Domestic Violence in LGBTQ Pop Songs." With Lauron Kehrer, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology in the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music at Western Michigan University. Co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries and EMIC, the graduate student organization for the study of expressive culture.

November 20

Zinester Same As Punks: Constructing Punk Publics in Japan Through Print Materials.” With Robert Dahlberg-Sears, lecturer, Liberal Arts at Sophia University (Jōchi Daigaku, 上智大学), Tokyo, Japan. Co-sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries.

All events are subject to change.


Spring 2023


Autumn 2022


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