Music Department Faculty
Ann Lucas
Associate Professor, Assistant Chairperson
Ann Lucas
Ph.D.
Contact
Lyons 408
Telephone: 617-552-1591
Email: ann.lucas@bc.edu
Education
- B.M., Kansas State University
- M.A., University of California Los Angeles
- Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
Courses
MUSA 1320: Introduction to Musics of the World
MUSA 2309: Music and Culture in the Middle East
MUSA 3342: Music and Ecstasy
MUSP 1660: BC's Middle East Astaza! Music Ensemble
Research Interests
Ethnomusicology, the music traditions of the Persian and Arabic-speaking Near East, the history of music in Iran, the relationship between cultural upheaval and musical change.
Publications
2014 “Ancient Music, Modern Myth: Persian Music and the Pursuit of Methodology in Historical Ethnomusicology.” In Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 175-195.
2013 “The Creation of Iranian Music in the Age of Steam and Print, c. 1880-1914.” In Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 143-157
2012 “Between Heaven and Hell: The Relationship Between Music and Islam in Persian Sufi Treatises, c. 1040-1800.” Asian Music Journal 43(1): 91-130.
2007a “Women Composers: Iran.” In The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Vol. 5, ed. Suad Joseph and Afsaneh Najmabadi et al. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 5-6.
2007b “Women, Gender and Representations of Sexualities and Gender in Music: Pre-Modern and Modern Iran.” In The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Vol 5, ed. Suad Joseph and Afsaneh Najmabadi et al. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 458-460.
2006 “Understanding Iran Through Music: A New Approach.” In The Middle East Studies Bulletin 40(1): 79-89.
2005 “Saving the Music: Ustad Omar Virtuoso of Afghanistan and Shirini Dahani.” In The Middle East Studies Bulletin 39(2): 176-179.