Williams, Sarah F

Professor

Sarah F. Williams specializes in early modern (c. 1580-1650) English music and culture including seventeenth-century popular music, theatrical music and broadside balladry. Her work focuses on musical representations of witchcraft and magic, economies of gender in early modern European culture, the 16th- and 17th-century English cheap print trade, as well as emo rock and expressions of masculinity in contemporary American popular music.

Biographical Profile

College
School of Music
Department
Music
Tenure Status
Tenured

International Activity

International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research
Countries
England
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
No
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes (German)

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
Early modern (c. 1580-1650) English music and culture; seventeenth-century popular music, including theatrical music and broadside balladry; musical representations of witchcraft and magic; economies of gender in early modern European culture; expressions of masculinity in contemporary American popular music
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Personal Focus Areas
Tudor-Stuart music and culture, Baroque opera, 17th century popular music, broadside balladry, and print culture, Gender studies, American popular music, expressions of masculinity in post-1980 punk rock

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
Northwestern University Ph.D. Historical Musicology
Beloit College B.A. Piano Performance/Literary Studies
Northwestern University M.M. Historical Musicology

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
Present Assistant Professor / Music History, School of Music University of South Carolina

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2009 Award Jan La Rue Award for Research Travel American Musicological Society
2009 Award Josephine Abney Faculty Fellowship Award University of South Carolina
2010 Award National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Newberry Foundation
2010 Award Provost's Humanities Grant Office of the Provost, University of South Carolina
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