Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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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 | Provost's Humanities Grant | Office of the Provost, University of South Carolina |
| 2010 | Award | National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships | Newberry Foundation |
| 2024 | Award | Garnet Apple Award | University of South Carolina |
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