MUS41220

*** Not available in the academic year indicated above ***

This module offers students the chance to engage directly with a diverse range of eminent thinkers on music. In reading recently published material and discussing it with its authors, students will encounter the new ideas that are at the forefront of Music Studies, gaining a broad knowledge of the cutting edge of the discipline. Sessions will be organised in pairs. For each pair of sessions, students will be assigned one piece of scholarly writing to read. In the first session, they will discuss their impressions of this piece of writing with a tutor. In the second, they will participate in a question-and-answer session with the author, moderated by one of the Module Coordinators. Through their discussions with tutors and authors, students will develop their skills in critically appraising scholarly work in an independent, productive, and constructive way. Furthermore, the authors and their writings will cover a wide variety of topics in Music Studies, allowing students to explore a range of interests within a single module and to gain an understanding of the contemporary state of the discipline.