EDITORIAL
Sep 2010 - 2013/14 Co-editor Ethnomusicology Forum
Since 2010 Book co-editor Musics in Transit: Current Perspectives on Musical Migration and Tourism (Routledge)
2010 - 11 Guest editor "Ethnomusicology in the Academy: International Perspectives". Special issue of The World of Music
TEACHING
2003 - 2005 Liverpool John Moores University: World music (module leader); media & cultural studies (seminars)
2003 – 2005 University of Liverpool: Music in the Arab world (module, evening class); Music and politics (half module, year 2); Music, culture and identity (module, year 2); World music (module, year 1).
2005 University of Manchester: World music (module), including topics in music theory, history and fieldwork
2005 – 2006 University of Bangor: Music cultures of the world (module; year 1); Ethnomusicology: theory and methods (module, year 2); Music in Africa (module, year 2); Music and censorship (module, year 2).
Since 2007 Liverpool John Moores University: Music of the World (level 1); Approaches to Studying in Popular Music (level 1); Researching Popular Music (level 1); Music and Censorship (level 2); Race, Ethnicity and Music (level 2); Gender and Sexuality in Music (level 2); Music and Globalisation (level 3). Other modules taught: Popular Music Theory (year 1); Debating Gender in the Media (year 3); Globalization, Media and Culure (year 3)
MEMBERSHIPS
2005 British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE); 2008 - 2011, committee member
2007 International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)
2008 Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
2009 Arbeitsgruppe Musikpädagogik & Musikethnologie (AMMe)
2010 The National Association for Music Education (MENC)
2011 Society for Latin American Studies
INVITED TALKS
April 2010 Careers talk, Postgraduate Employability Programme, Graduate Development Centre, Liverpool John Moores Univresity
Nov 2010 Careers talk, Postgraduate Employability Programme, Graduate Development Centre, Liverpool John Moores Univresity
Nov 2011 Internationale Tagung "Beyond Borders: Welt - Musik - Pädagogik. Musikpädagogik und Ethnomusikologie im Diskurs", 11 - 13 Nov 2011, Hochschule für Musik und Theater (HMT) Rostock (Koreferat on the theme of "Authentizität und Adaption", 12 Nov)
EXTERNAL ADVISOR
2009 Book reviewer for Polity
2009 Funding reviewer for ESCALATE, The Higher Education Academy
2010 Funding reviewer for PALATINE, HEA
2010 Funding reviewer for Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, Dutch Research Council)
2010 Book reviewer for Sage
2010 External assessor for MA in Music and Development, SOAS
2011 Reviewer for Ethnomusicology; book reviewer for Routledge
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
4 April 2011 Liverpool John Moores University
Seminar: The Music of Paraguay: A Talk by Luis SzaránApr 08 – Apr 09 (Liverpool John Moores University)
BFE 2009 Annual Conference Organiser9 July 08 (Liverpool John Moores University)
Seminar Using Ethnography with University Students in the Performing ArtsJan 07 – May 07 (Edge Hill University)
SOLSTICE 2007 Conference Co-organiserJan 06 – May 06 (Edge Hill University)
SOLSTICE 2006 Conference Co-organiserOct 03 – March 05 (University of Sheffield)
ICTM 2005 Conference Assistant
SUPERVISION
2010 – 2011 Director of Study, MRes student Emma Andersson. Thesis title: ‘Music in the African Diaspora in Liverpool’
2011 - MPhil/PhD supervision (Samuel Akeju). Thesis title: ‘The Theological Ethos in the Music of the African Diaspora in the UK'
I offer research supervision (MPhil/ PhD) in the areas of ethnomusicology; world music studies/ globalisation; gender and ethnicity studies in music; and music education. Enquiries from potential research students in these subject areas are welcome at any time; please contact me via email s.kruger@ljmu.ac.uk.
RESEARCH TRAINING
I have extensive experience in delivering research training to academics and students, which include the following:
Introduction to Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Writing for Different Academic Audiences
Introduction to Ethnography
Advanced Seminar Series in Ethnography