Olivia DrakeEric Charry, associate professor of music, received a $115,117 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, to support a Summer Institute in Ethnomusicology June 20-July 1, 2011 at Wesleyan. The Society of Ethnomusicology will oversee the institute, which will be attended by 22 college instructors and three graduate students. Wesleyan hosted a similar conference in 2008.
Q: Joseph, you are a Ph.D candidate in ethnomusicology. How many years have you been at Wesleyan and when will you finish your Ph.D? A: I began my graduate studies in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan in the M.A. program in 1995, and don't you know you're not supposed to ask when the dissertation will be done? I'm anticipating finishing this summer. Q: What are you studying, specifically? A: I have done fieldwork in Chennai, India, on the film music industry there. It's a huge musical, social, and economic phenomenon that is under-studied in academia. I hope that my dissertation will be…