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employment history

1997-              Endowed Chair of Music History, School of Music, University of Texas at Austin
1991-1996     Heisenberg Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin 
1990-91          Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Chicago  
1987-89          Assistant Researcher, Department of Ethnomusicology, Ethnographic
                              Museum Berlin
1986-87          Senior Research Officer, African Studies Institute, University of the
                              Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1986-87          Visiting Professor, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of the
                              Witwatersrand
1981-85          Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, University of Natal, Durban,
                              South Africa
1979                Associate Research Fellow, Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines,
                              Université de Niamey, Niger

academic training

1978                University of Cologne, Ph.D.(Ethnomusicology)
1975-78          University of Cologne, Graduate studies in ethnomusicology,
                             anthropology, and philosophy
1974                Freie Universität Berlin, M.A.
1973-74          Freie Universität Berlin, Undergraduate studies (Major: Ethnomusicology)
1969-73          University of Cologne, Undergraduate studies (Major: Musicology)

teaching experience

1998-              Endowed Chair of Music History, School of Music, University of Texas at Austin
1994-96         Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin
1993               Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin
1990/91         Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Chicago
1988/89         Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin
1988               Visiting Lecturer, Department of African Studies, University of Frankfurt
1987/88         Visiting Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin
1986/87         Visiting Professor, Department of Social Anthropology,
                             University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1981-85          Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, University of Natal, Durban

fieldwork

Department of Music, Columbia University
Department of Performance Studies, New York University
C.N.R.S. Paris
Department of Music, Cork University College, Cork
Department of Social Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast
Program in African Studies, Northwestern University
Program in African Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Music, Wesleyan University
Center for Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Music, University of California-Santa Barbara
Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California-Los Angeles
Department of Music, University of California-Berkeley
Department of Music, University of Vienna, Austria
Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Department of Music, University of Minnesota
Institut für Kulturgeschichte, Universität Stuttgart
Musikhochschule Stuttgart
Leo Frobenius-Institut der Universität Frankfurt
Colloqium Africanum, Universität zu Köln
African Studies Centre, University of Cape Town
Forschungszentrum für populäre Musik, Humboldt Universität Berlin
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
African Studies Program, University of Washington
Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Mainz
International Development Studies, Roskilde University
Swedish Academy of Sciences und Department of Social Anthropology,  University of Stockholm
UNESCO, Niamey, Niger
University of Ottawa
Center for African and African American Studies, University of Michigan
Department of African and African American Studies, Washington University, St.Louis
Department of Communication Studies, Fordham University

editorial and review work

1985-              Editorial Board, “African Music”
2004-              Editorial Board, “British Forum for Ethnomusicology”
 

Book Manuscript Reader: University of Chicago Press, Wesleyan University Press, University of Minnesota Press, Temple University Press
 

Journal Reviewer: Ethnomusicology, Yearbook for Traditional Music, American Ethnologist, Cultural Anthropology, African Studies Review, Black Music Research Journal
 

Foundation Grants Reviewer: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Volkswagenstiftung, Fulbright, Guggenheim Foundation, McArthur Foundation, National Humanities Center, Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria)
 

Tenure and promotion reviews: University of California-Berkeley, Duke University, CUNY-New York, Texas A&M, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of California – Santa Barbara
 

Arts and competition reviews: Mid-Atlantic Council of the Arts, NOMA Award (Japan)

conferences organized

1982               Third Symposium on Ethnomusicology, Durban, South Africa 
1993               International Conference „Symbols of Change - Transregional culture and
                                local practice in Southern Africa.“ Berlin, Freie Universität, DFG 
1996               International Conference „Grounding Music - The Theory and Practice of
                                Music in the Global Age.“ In collaboration with Peter Wicke (Humboldt
                                Universität) Berlin
 2002              International Symposium „Hearing Culture – New Directions in the
                                Anthropology of Sound.“ Oaxaca, Mexico. Sponsor: Wenner-                                Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  

fellowships and honors

2005               Visiting Professorship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst –                                 DAAD)
2003               Dean’s Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
2000               Alan P.Merriam Prize, Society for Ethnomusicology
2000               Hamilton Book Award, University of Texas, Co-op Society
1998               Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award, Arts Council of the African
                                 Studies Association 
1996               Sawyer Fellowship, Advanced Study Center, University of Michigan
1991-96          Heisenberg Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1989               Research Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1987               Grammy nomination of album “Mbube Roots” for “Best Traditional Folk
                                 Recording 1987”
1986               Research Fellowship, Human Sciences Research Council
1982               Fellowship, Staff Research Development Fund, University of Natal
1979               Research Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1975-1976     Fellowship for Doctoral Research, Federal Republic of Germany

language competencies

German, English, and French (Fluent speaking, reading and writing).
Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, Hausa, Fulfulde (Speaking, reading, writing)
Italian, Portugese and Dutch (Reading)

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