LLMVC Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Dr Matthew Machin-Autenreith, has been awarded the prestigious prize by Society for Ethnomusicology for the co-edited book Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Iberian Peninsula.
Co-edited by Matthew Machin-Autenrieth, Salwa el-Shawan Castelo Branco and Samuel Llano this book explores the relationship between national and regional identities in the Iberian Peninsula through the prism of musical practice across genres from the late 19th century to the present day.
The Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize Committee stated:
‘While the committee received a number of excellent submissions for this year’s review cycle, we found the scholarly rigor and innovative perspectives on nationalism and heritagization of your collection to be exceptional. All committee members agreed that Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain makes an invaluable contribution to music studies on the Iberian Peninsula, Ethnomusicology, and many other related fields of study’.
The book is fully open access via this link: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/114097.