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Moshe Morad, Ph.D. Website: www.moshemorad.com Citizenship: UK & Israel Email: [email protected] Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies: Researcher and lecturer in Ethnomusicology, African Music, Latin-American Music, World Music, Popular Music, Queer Ethnomusicology, and the Music Industry. Radio: Radio broadcaster (specializing in World Music) at Kan88, Kan Tarbut (Culture Radio), and the Voice of Music, IPBC Formerly director of 88FM & Reshet Gimmel, Israel Broadcasting Authority. Music Industry experience: - MD, NMC Music Ltd. (1998-2001), - Global Marketing Director EMI Music (2001-2004) - Director, Forward Music (International exploitation consultancy to independent labels) & Soho Artists (International artist management) (2004- 2007) - Compiled over 50 music compilations for record labels (Israel & UK) Employment history: 1976 - 1980: Radio broadcaster at Galei Zahal (IDF Radio). 1980 - 1998: Radio broadcaster: popular radio shows in various Israeli radio stations (Reshet Gimmel, Radius, Galei Zahal). 1981 - 1984: London - music correspondent for Israel Radio and various Israeli magazines. 1984 - 1990: TV presenter of Israel’s music chart show for six consecutive years, and a contributor to many newspapers and magazines as a music marketing expert. 1984 - 1990: International product manager, CBS Records, Israel. 1990 - 1998: International marketing director and strategic marketing director, NMC Music, Israel. 1998 - 2001: Managing director, NMC Music (Israel’s leading record company). 1 2001 - 2003: EMI Music, London: Global marketing director (US labels and World Music) + director of EMI's “Hemisphere” world music label. 2003 - 2006: Forward Music + Soho Artists, London: International music marketing consultant, artists’ manager, musical producer. 2001 -2013: BBC, Radio 3: Contributor “World Routes” programs (researcher, presenter, "on location" presenter). 2007-present: 88FM, IBA - Radio broadcaster. 2007-present: Lecturer at "Ascolot"/Open University & Ono Academic College. 2011-present: Director of 88FM IBA/IPBC 2016-present: Lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Education: 2003: SOAS, University of London: MMus Ethnomusicology MMus dissertation: Salsa & Falafel: Music & Identity among illegal Latino Immigrants in Israel. 2005: Birbeck College, University of London: Diploma in Social Anthropology. 1998- 2001: Tel Aviv University, Academy of Music: Various courses and BA studies. 2005- 2012: SOAS, University of London: Ph.D. (January 2013) PhD dissertation: 'Fiesta de diez pesos': music as a space for identity, interaction, and escapism, among gay men in Special Period Havana. Teaching experience: 2015- present: Tel Aviv University 2007- present: Ono Academic College Courses taught: - African Music - Middle Eastern Music - World Music - Latin-American Music - The Music Industry - Gender, Sexuality and Queerness in African and Middle Eastern Music 2 Languages: English - full professional proficiency Hebrew – Native Spanish, French – Limited working proficiency Portuguese, Italian, Romanian – Elementary proficiency Arabic – currently studying Conference presentations: 2009 Tel Aviv, Israel: "XIV International Research Conference of LAJSA: Latin American Jewish Experiences through Plural Lenses" (LAJSA/Tel Aviv University).Paper presented: 'Falafel and Salsa': A comparison between Israeli Muzika Mizrahit and Salsa Music. 2011 London, UK: "Art Musics of Israel: Identities, Ideologies, Influences" (JMI/SOAS, University of London). Participation in round table panel: Crossing Cultures: Musical Encounters. 2012 Hamburg, Germany: "Interkulturelles Abenteuer: Musik in Israel - Sounds of Israel symposium" (Elbphilharmonie/ Bucerius Kunst Forum) Paper presented: The role of the media in the popular music scene in Israel. 2013 Jerusalem, Israel: "Cuba – Myth and Reality: Culture, History, Politics" (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Paper presented: Music, identity, and social change in Cuba during the Special Period. 2013 Paris, France: "Body and Voice. Rethinking Politics through Musical and Choreographic Practices" (Ethnomusika/ Cité de la Musique, Paris, France) Paper presented: The liberation, sensualization and colonization of 'the Gay Cuban dancing body.' 2013 London, UK: "Love and Sentimentalism in Popular Music – International symposium" (Royal Holloway, University of London). Paper presented: 'I am Bolero!': Queer appropriation and identification of gay men in Cuba with Bolero music. 3 2014 Tel Aviv, Israel: “Entre-Mundos”: encuentro regional LAJSA [Latin American Jewish Studies Association] en Israel" (Tel Aviv University, Israel). Paper presented: Illegal Latino labor migrants in Israel and the "Salsa factor": group identity, self esteem, and social absorption via music. 2014 Limerick, Ireland: "In the Frame? Public and Political Discourses of Migration". (University of Limerick, Ireland). Paper presented: Salsa music as a unifying and “legitimising” discourse among undocumented Latino labour migrants in Israel. 2014 Pittsburgh, USA: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Paper presented: Music as a space for identity, interaction, and escapism, among gay men in Special-Period Havana. 2015 Jerusalem, Israel: LAJSA, Regional conference. Paper presented: Between Klezmer and Salsa: Latino-Jewish musical collaborations in the USA. 2015 Jerusalem, Israel: "Rethinking Central America and the Caribbean in Israel: Challenging Debates, Challenging Perspectives" (Truman Institute, the Hebrew University). Paper presented: Spirit possession and music in Afro-Cuban Santería. 2015 Paris, France: SFE/BFE (ethnomusicology societies) joint annual conference. Paper presented: "Silsulim" (improvised 'curls') in the vocal performance of Israeli "oriental" music: Crossing the nationalistic border, maintaining the cultural boundaries. 2015 Haifa, Israel: "Meeting Point" Seminar, Haifa University. Lecture given: Music as a means of communication and channeling in Africa and in the African Diaspora. 2015 Austin, Texas: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Paper presented: Music, possession, and homosexuality: gay men in Afro-Cuban Santería ritual performance. 2016 Jerusalem, Israel: Hebrew University, Truman Institute. Book presentation: Fiesta de diez pesos: Music and Gay Identity in Special Period Cuba, by Moshe Morad. 4 2016 Tel Aviv, Israel. “La judeidad latinoamericana en perspectiva multidisciplinaria”, LAJSA regional conference. Book presentation: Mazal Tov Amigos! Jews and popular music in the Americas, edited by Amalia Ran and Moshe Morad. 2016 Kent, UK: British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference. Paper presented: Tourists, music and gay identity in Special-Period Cuba 2016 New York, USA: AJHS, American Jewish Historical Society annual conference Paper presented: Jewish divas as gay icons: Jewishness and queerness in American culture as represented by Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Cuban Olga Guillot. 2016 New York, USA: AAWM, Analytical Approaches to World Music annual conference. Paper presented: Queer Bolero: Bolero music as an emotional space for gay men in Special Period Cuba. 2016 Washington, USA: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Participation in roundtable: Fielding gender and sexuality in music research. 2017 Jaffa, Israel. Almacén Gallery. Book presentation and launch of the paperback version: Fiesta de diez pesos: Music and Gay Identity in Special Period Cuba, by Moshe Morad. 2017 Denver, USA: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Member of the Program Committee. 2017 Denver, USA: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Chair of the Marcia Herndon Book Prize Committee. 2018 New York, USA: CUNY, Musicology and Post-Globalization conference. Paper presented: Israeli "Oriental/Mediterranean" music: post-globalization, trans-ethnicity, and political power 2018 Maynooth University, Ireland: 'Queerness, Voice, Embodiment' conference. Paper presented: The "queer cuban dancing body" : resistance, liberation and recolonization 5 2018, Albuquerque, USA: SEM, Society of Ethnomusicology annual conference. Chair of the Marcia Herndon Book Prize Committee. Publications Journal articles: 2005 "Salsa & Falafel: Music & Identity among Illegal Latino Immigrants in Israel", in Polyvocia /SOAS Journal of Graduate Research, University of London Vol 1. 2008 "'Invertidos' in Afro-Cuban Religion", in The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Harvard USA. 2015 “Queer Bolero: Bolero Music as an Emotional and Psychological Space for Gay Men in Cuba”, in Psychology Research, Volume 5, Number 10, October 2015 (Serial Number 52). 2016: "Queering the Macho Grip: Transgressing and Subverting Gender in Latino Music and Dance as Means of Creating a Gay Space", in Ethnologie Française, France. 2017 "The Action is at the Cuban Ballet", in The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Harvard USA. Selected/sample press articles: 2007 "Cuba Libre" (about gay life in Cuba), in Attitude, UK. 2008 "The Voice of Peace from Baghdad" (about Iraqi musician Ilham Al Madfai), in Haaretz, Israel (in Hebrew). 2009 "Castro's Pride" (an article and an interview with Dr. Mariela Castro), in 7 days/Yediot Aharonot, Israel (in Hebrew). 6 Book reviews: 2009 "Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures" by Sujatha Fernandes (Duke University Press). In Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe. 2011 "Babylon East: Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan" by Marvin Sterling (Duke University Press). In Ethnic and Racial Studies.