Research course
The social and cultural study of music
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 (or equivalent)
Months of entry
October
Course content
This broad topic encompasses work in several distinct disciplines: ethnomusicology; sociology; social history; social psychology; human geography; education and marketing. We particularly encourage work that combines approaches and crosses the boundaries between disciplines.
We welcome applications in areas that correspond with current staff research interests. We look for detailed and well thought-out proposals, which set out specific research questions and outline the originality of your topic or approach.
Potential research projects
We are happy to consider research projects relating to one or more of our disciplinary areas. If appropriate, students may be attached to one of our funded projects:
- Cultures of Brass
- Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns.
Current/recent research projects
Potential supervisors
- Listening to music in wartime Britain
- The guitar in Victorian England
- Gender and the British brass band
- Popular music in Tunisia
- Learning, performance and entrainment in Cuban music
- Dr Helen Coffey - Social history and cultural musicology
- Dr Byron Dueck - Ethnomusicology
- Dr Rosemary Golding - Social history and cultural musicology
- Dr Terry O’Sullivan - Marketing
- Dr George Revill - Human geography
- Dr Jason Toynbee - Sociology
Department specialisms
- Cultures of Brass - Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns.
Fees and funding
Please see The Open University website for more information.
Qualification and course duration
PhD
part time
72 months
full time
36 months
distance learning
variable months
MPhil
full time
15 months
distance learning
variable months
part time
24 months
Course contact details
- Name
- Dr Helen Coffey
- FASS-Music-Enquiries@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 653280