Farah Zahra

PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology and Oud player

Researching archives, cultural memory, and musical heritage in Iraq.

Academic Interests

music & conflict, critical archival studies, collective memory, oral history, applied ethnomusicology, digital humanities. 

Education

MPhil in Music  | The Graduate Center | New York, NY. 2022

MA in Music | The Graduate Center | New York, NY. 2021

MA in Religious Studies | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA. 2017.

Positions

Lecturer, Music, Hunter College
  • Associate Editor, Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale

Languages

English, French, Arabic, Persian