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Razia Sultanova
Dr Razia Sultanova (born June 16, 1955), is an ethnomusicologist, performer and social scientist at the University of Cambridge, who specialises in the study of Central Asian music in its social and cultural contexts.
Born in Valdivostok, and having grown up in Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan) during the time of the Soviet Union, she graduated from the Uzbek State Conservatory before completing her PhD at the Moscow State Conservatory, where she holds the position of Visiting Professor. During her postgraduate work in Moscow Arts Study Institute, Razia developed the theory of music relating to the centuries-old Central Asian court music culture, resulting in her monograph on rhythm of Shashmaqam (1988).
Dr Razia Sultanova is best known for her work in the fields of religious belief and cultural heritage of Central Asian music and dance, in its theoretical and methodical approaches, with particular focus on the role of women; work, which has been supported through fellowships at the AHRC, EHRC, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale, the British Council, and the British Academy.
Dr Razia Sultanova held the post of Vice President of the International Council for Traditional Music between 2015 and 2019, during which she organised and coordinated the 43rd ICTM World Conference in Astana (Kazakhstan) with over 600 participants from 70 countries. In 2006, she has also set up the ICTM study group on Music of the Turkic-Speaking World, at SOAS, University of London, which she chaired until 2019. She currently chairs the ICTM’s study group on Global History of Music.
Dr Razia Sultanova is affiliated to University College Cork (Ireland) and the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and is also currently a Visiting Professor at both the Kazakh National University of Arts and the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. Previously, she held the post of Research Fellow at Goldsmith's College and at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Selected Publications: "The Rhythm of the Shashmaqam", Tashkent, Yana, 1998, (in Russian); "Usul and Rhythm in Shashmaqam", Tashkent, Yana, 1998 (in Russian); “From Shamanism to Sufism: Women Islam and Culture in Central Asia" (IB Tauris 2011, paperback in 2014 ); "Sacred Knowledge: Schools or Revelations" (ed, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany); "Turkic Soundscapes: From Shamanic Voices to Hip-Hop” (Eds. with Megan Rancier, Routledge 2019);
Selected publications in the leading Ethnomusicological Journals include: "Music and Identity in contemporary Central Asia”, Guest-Editor for "Ethnomusicology Forum”, Routlege, 14/2, 2005”, London; Guest-Editor for “Entre Femmes”, “Cahiers de Musiques Traditionnelles”, Ateliers d’ethnomusicology, Vol.18, 2005, Geneva (in French); “Yearbook for Traditional Music”, Vol.48, 2016, (with Tim Rice).