Qualifications, Career History and What I Do Now!

In brief: I have three university degrees and at present am Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Popular Music, Liverpool University. I have been awarded several academic research grants and have worked as a lecturer in various universities. For two years 1996 and 1997 I was Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I presently work as a freelance music writer, journalist, broadcaster and editor.

Funded by the British Academy to do research on women and music in Cuba 2005-6.
2009+ External examiner M.Mus Courses SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies, London University)

Academic qualifications
Fluent Spanish, good French
1987 Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh. Karaxú!: The Music of the Chilean Resistance (article published Popular Music 8/1, CUP, pp.1-30)
1977 M.Phil. Oxford, Latin American Studies. Thesis: La nueva canción Chilena, a history of the New Chilean Song Movement (published as an Oxford microfiche 1978)
1971 Hons. University of Essex. Comparative Literature with Languages

Lectureships:
2007- 8 Taught the M.A. Popular Music Studies, IPM/Music Department, University of Liverpool (standing in for Professor Anahid Kassabian) Set exam questions; marked papers
2005: Temporary Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the Music Department of Sheffield University, teaching undergraduate and graduate modules
1995-6 Temporary lecturer in Popular Music and Ethnomusicology at the Department Social Anthroplogy, The Queens University, Belfast
1994 Visiting Fundación Andes/British Council Professor in Popular Music and Musicology, Musicology Department, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
1971-3 Lecturer in British and American Literature and History, Catholic University, Temuco, Chile.

Honorary University posts:
1998 onwards: Fellow. Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool.
1988-96 Honorary Fellow: The Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Glasgow (Institute closed July 1996).

Non-academic Posts:
Director, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, September 1995 to September 1997, see “The little festival that grew”, Tim Cornwell, Critique, The Scotsman, pp 4-5, Saturday 14 August 2004

Research and Awards
2000 The British Academy Small Research Grant for research in Cuba (see chapter in Island Musics, Berg 2004 in publications)
1992-3 Leverhulme Research Fellow for research on ‘new song; musicians of Latin America and Spain (see various published interviews, publications and hopefully a book written in next year)

SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHING BAEZA, SPAIN: UNIVERSITY OF ANDALUCIA SUMMER SCHOOL (in Spanish)
2009 Summer School theme – Music and audio visuals/ film World Music’ /música mundial/ música del mundo Y el audio visual: sobre el ‘otro’, la ‘autenticidad’ y el ‘mensaje’
2008 Summer School theme- Music and Politics Desde Víctor Jara a Ojos de Brujo, Atahulpa Yupanqui a Juanes : La música y politica en América Latina y España y la industria de la música mundial

What I do now:
Independent scholar, freelance writer/music writer, editor, researcher, broadcaster.