"research" blog posts
The Stage and the Ring: Music and Boxing in London
Introducing a new research project by Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dr Simran Singh.
Posted on: 29 January 2020
What in the World is Music Research For? Music amid the Global Humanities
The study of music, and the arts and humanities more generally, seem under threat: marketisation of students, reduced presence of arts and humanities in earlier stages of education, funding focused on business and societal challenges to which arts and humanities can seem to have little relevance.
Posted on: 2 May 2017
Towards a Social History of Drummer Stereotypes
The Tuesday Series of Music Research Seminars 2016 Tuesdays, Large Music Room, 80-82 Bedford Street South, 4pm
Posted on: 31 October 2016
Seeking Interview Partners for A Women’s History of the Beatles
In November Dr Christine Feldman-Barrett will be visiting Liverpool to conduct research about the impact of the Beatles. Christine is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University, Australia and wants your help with the project.
Posted on: 9 October 2016
Is There Anyone Out There'? Documenting Birmingham's Alternative Music Scene 1986-1990
Jez Collins is a PhD student affiliated to the IPM and conducting research on popular music heritage and archives.
Posted on: 21 June 2016
Focus on: Leonieke Bolderman
'I have been in Liverpool now for little over a week, and the welcome I received here has been truly wonderful. In The Netherlands, you’re encouraged as a young researcher to spend a few weeks to a few months at a foreign university to expand your intellectual horizons and get feedback on your work by experts in the field. The publications of IPM researchers have been very helpful in my research on music tourism, and that is why I really wanted to spend some time here and discuss the main issues and questions related to music tourism.
Posted on: 4 March 2016
Notes from the field: Þorbjörg Daphne Hall
Conducting fieldwork in a place in which you live has both its perks and perils as seemingly you have endless access to the field – but the risk is that everyday life takes over and the ‘academic’ data gathering keeps getting postponed. Luckily, my professional life is immersed in music which certainly helps understanding the field and I have relatively easy access to respondents. I would like to share two events which have been particularity fruitful for my research in the last few months.
Posted on: 27 February 2016
Arts and Humanities Research Council Award
The Institute of Popular Music is launching a new project involving collaboration with Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery and Liverpool Jazz.
Posted on: 12 February 2016