Stéphanie S. Khoury. Lecturer Tufts University

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1 Stéphanie S. Khoury Lecturer Tufts University PERSONAL PROFILE! Committed to teaching, community engagement, and research in anthropology and ethnomusicology with a particular focus on performing arts, cultural identity, rituals, relations of power in society and the Southeast Asian region.! Teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate levels, MA thesis supervision.! Active research agenda, collaborative scholarship, conference organizing, and successful record of grants. EDUCATION 2014 PhD in Ethnomusicology, Anthropology Dept., University of Paris X Nanterre, France. Dissertation title: When Kumbhakār Releases the Waters. Theater, biṇ bādy Music and Ritual Expression in the Lkhon Khol in Cambodia, in French, advisor: Gilles Tarabout MPhil in Anthropology - Ethnomusicology, Anthropology Dept., University of Paris X Nanterre, France. Thesis title: From one Trott to Another. Emergence of Folklore in Cambodia, Between Influence and Individuality, in French, advisor: Bernard Lortat-Jacob Masters in Anthropology, Anthropology Dept., University of Paris X Nanterre, France. Thesis Title: The Small Shadow Theater in Cambodia: An Approach to Khmer Traditional Music in a Context of Performance, in French, advisor: Bernard Formoso Bachelors in Anthropology, Anthropology Dept., University of Paris X Nanterre, France DEUG of Arts, major in Music - minor in Art History, University of Rennes II, France (equivalent of an associate degree) Music Theory Degree, Rennes National Music and Dance Conservatory, Rennes, France. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Current 2017 (Spring) Lecturer, Music Department, Tufts University Part-time Lecturer, Music Department, Tufts University! Introduction to World Music. Introductory course on music, performing arts, and society through selected examples from around the world. Part-time Lecturer, Music Department, Boston College! Introduction to Musics of the World. Introductory course on a diversity of music and cultures from around the world Part-time Lecturer, Music Department, University of Paris VIII Saint-Denis, France.! Music and Power: an Anthropological Approach (French). Undergraduate. Designed syllabus and taught about a selection of configurations in which music and power interacts and have an impact on each other. Stéphanie S. Khoury / 1

2 Assistant Visiting Professor, Anthropology Dept., University of Paris X Nanterre, France. Undergraduate! Introduction to Music and Dance of the World (French). Introductory course on the main trends and objects of ethnomusicology and dance anthropology (from historical to current).! Methods to Transcribe and Describe Music (French). Experimentation with numerous tools and methods to transcribe and analyze non-western and/or oral traditional music.! Musics of Southeast Asia (French). Designed syllabus and taught about performing art practices in Southeast Asian societies from an anthropological perspective. Graduate! Music and Environments of Power (French). Designed syllabus and taught about the intersection of music and power (political, religious, social) through discussion of theoretical models and exploration of case studies from various regions of the world with local immigrant communities.! Methods in Ethnomusicology and Anthropology of Dance (French). A course on ethnography and ethics to prepare students for fieldwork, and the development and writing of master s theses.! Cultural Event Organization (French). Practical course through which students engage in technical and logistical aspects of the organization of world music concerts Adjunct lecturer in ethnomusicology, Music Department, Boston College, Boston.! Music of Asia (English). Undergraduate. Designed syllabus and taught an introduction to selected music and theater practices in East and Southeast Asian societies Adjunct lecturer in ethnomusicology, Department of Performing Arts, Emmanuel College, Boston.! Musics of the World (English). Undergraduate. Introductory course to a wide variety of musical practices around the world organized by geographic areas. Seminars (co-organizer) 2016 Spring 2015 Spring Performing Arts and Authorities from South to Southeast Asia (French and English), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. Coordinated with D. Rappoport, T. Leucci, I. Legargasson, J. Miramon-Bonhoure. Moderated a monthly gathering of selected speakers to illustrate and to debate the notion of authority in relation to performance. Gesture and Speech. Inquiry on the Forms of Collective Memory in Southeast Asia (French), Inalco, Paris. Coordinated with Joseph Deth Thach and Gregory Mikaelian. Moderated a monthly gathering of selected speakers to study the expressions and understandings of collective memory through interdisciplinary diachronic and synchronic case studies. PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters *************** 2017, (forthcoming, accepted for publication) Khoury, S. On Periodically Potent Places: The Theater Stage as a Temporarily Empowered Space for Ritual Performances in Cambodia, special issue Potent places in Southeast Asia coordinated by A. Guillou and B. Brac de la Perrière, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. 2017, (forthcoming, accepted for publication) Khoury, S. Le rituel du lkhon khol est-il un patrimoine? Réflexion sur l expression rurale d un théâtre au Cambodge, Moussons, num. 30. Stéphanie S. Khoury / 2

3 2016, Khoury, S. La pratique de rites théâtraux comme vecteur de transmission d un passé collectif dans l espace rural cambodgien, Péninsule, 73 (2), pp , Khoury, S. and J. Simonnot. Applications and Implications of Digital Audio Databases for the Field of Ethnomusicology, a Discussion on the CNRS - Musée de l Homme Sound Archives, First Monday, vol.19, n.10 (doi: , Khoury, S. Ramayana et cultes populaires au Cambodge : l exemple du Lkhon Khol, Théâtres d Asie à l œuvre : circulation, expression, politique, G. Toffin et H. Bouvier (eds), Paris, EFEO, pp Conference proceedings, Reviews 2017, (forthcoming) Khoury, S. CD Review: LAOS. Musique des Khmou. Enregistrements et textes de Véronique de Lavenère, Cahiers d ethnomusicologie. 2016, Khoury, S. DVD Review: Cambodian Performing Arts DVD, 58 minutes Three films by Yoshitaka Terada, Shota Fukuoka & Sam-Ang Sam. Produced by the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, 2009 Available in English and Khmer from Ethnomusicology Forum 25(1), pp (doi: , Fillon, T., J. Simonnot, M.-F. Mifune, S. Khoury, G. Pellerin, M. Le Coz, E. Amy de la Breteque, D. Doukhan, D. Fourer, L. Rouas, J. Pinquier, C. Barras. Telemeta: An Open-Source Web Framework for Ethnomusicological Audio Archives Management and Automatic Analysis, Proceedings of the 1st Digital Libraries for Musicology workshop (DLfM 2014). London, United Kingdom. (doi: , Khoury, S. When Kumbhakār Releases the Waters. Theater, biṇ bādy Music and Ritual Expression in the Lkhon Khol in Cambodia. Dissertation Abstract (in French), Cahiers d ethnomusicologie, vol. 27, p , Khoury, S. Book Review: Denise Heywood. Cambodian Dance: Celebration of the Gods. (River books), Asian Music, vol.44, n.1, pp , Khoury, S. Lkhon Khol: Aesthetic Perspectives of a Khmer Theatrical Form (in French), Online Proceedings of the Asia Network s 2 nd Conference, 5p. ( Publications for a broader audience, audiovisual contributions 2016, Khoury, S. Contribution to the Sound Exhibit Sound Explorers, Musée de l Homme, Paris, France (set from Jan. 16 th to Apr. 4 th ) with a selection of fieldwork recordings and data. 2015, Khoury, S. Musique de theater et musique rituelle, the Pinpeat du Cambodge, Carnets de voyage, Radio France Musique, broadcasted in French on June 21 st, 2015, show hosted by E. Fouré Caul- Futy, 90 min. ( 2015, Khoury, S. Dance and Drama (Theater), Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures, J. Athyal (ed), Santa Barbara, ABC CLIO, pp , Khoury, S. Le royaume des ombres, Revue Cité Musiques, n.69, pp , Khoury, S. La naissance de Ganesh, online educational publication, Cité de la Musique Philharmonie de Paris ( 2007, Khoury, S. Le pinpeat du Cambodge, Instruments et cultures: Introduction aux percussions du monde, Collection Musiques du monde, Paris, Cité de la Musique, 16p. Stéphanie S. Khoury / 3

4 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 2017 Research grant from the Autoritas Program, supported by Paris Sciences et Literature Research University. Sole Author research project: Art and Authority in Khmer Theater. Ethnographic research to be conducted in Cambodia in the summer of Yearly awarded grant from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Dept. of Art Creation (Music) for the French Society for Ethnomusicology (as part of duties as the elected general secretary). Funds are used for publication (Journal Cahiers d Ethnomusicologie, and book series Hommes et Musiques ), and to support the creation of multimedia projects and the showing of documentaries in ethnomusicology at film festivals Yearly awarded grant from the Ile-de-France regional council for the French Society for Ethnomusicology (as part of duties as the elected general secretary). Funds are used to organize the annual conference of the society Cultural Areas grant from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Dept. of Research Fieldwork grant from the Florence Gould Foundation, New-York (USA), through the Center for Khmer Studies, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) Individual Research Allowance from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Dept. of Music, Dance, Theater and Performing Arts. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral researcher, Labex Créations Arts Patrimoine (CAP), Sorbonne University, Paris. Sole author research project: Restore, Preserve, and Create after the War: Ambivalence and Redefinition of the Relationships Between Artists and Authority in Contemporary Cambodia and 2015 (Sept- Oct) Research Engineer then Researcher, CNRS on the DIADEMS ANR Project (France) Description, Indexation, Access to Sound and Ethnomusicological Documents, a multidisciplinary partnership between 6 laboratories of the French National Agency for Scientific Research (CNRS) and sponsored by the French National Research Agency (ANR), Paris (France) Visiting scholar, Sociology Department, Boston College, Boston (USA) Doctoral Research Fellow, quai Branly museum, Paris (France) Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Khmer Studies, Phnom Penh (Cambodia). Contribution to collective research projects Autoritas: Modes of Authority and Aesthetics from South to Southeast Asia This program convenes scholarly dialogues and individual research through a seminar and publications. Contribution: grant writing, seminar organization and participation, research, publication Research on Collective Memory in Cambodia: Linguistic, Anthropology and Historical Approaches This project gathers scholars focused on Cambodia and includes a seminar, workshops and collective publications. Contribution: grant writing, seminar organization and participation, research, publication. Stéphanie S. Khoury / 4

5 DIADEMS. Description, Indexation, Access to Sound and Ethnomusicological Documents This project gathers ethnomusicologists, acousticians and computer engineers to implement tools for the automated detection of specific sound events within large corpuses of audio data. Contribution: create samples, conduct tests, results analysis, report writing, publication Potent Places in Southeast Asia This project brings together scholars to dialogue on the notion of space as defined and constructed in some Southeast Asian cultures. Contribution: participation in the seminar, research, publication. Fieldwork Experience 2017 Cambodia, Phnom Penh and Thailand, Bangkok, June and July. Research in rural and urban areas, mostly in Cambodia on classical Khmer musical theater, for the Autoritas Program France, Aix-en-Provence (2015) and Lyon (2016). Research on Contemporary dance creation by artists trained in Khmer classical theater Thailand, Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Fieldtrips in Cambodia and research on the institutionalized performing arts in Thailand while based in Thailand US, Boston (MA). While teaching in Boston, conducting research in Cambodian communities of Lowell and Lynn Cambodia, Phnom Penh (Jan May 2007; Apr.-May 2008; Nov. 2011). Fieldwork in rural areas in Kandal Province and Phnom Penh to collect data on ritual theater for my doctoral dissertation Cambodia, Phnom Penh (7 months). Fieldwork on pinpeat music, shadow theater and art performances in urban setting for my master thesis. PRESENTATIONS *************** Peer-Reviewed Conferences 2015, Aug.11 th -14 th, Art as Power: On changes within the performing arts in relation to political power in Southeast Asia (panel organization and introduction), 8th Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), University of Vienna (Austria). 2015, July 2 nd -5 th, On the role of music in the delimitation of religious boundaries: A discussion on the Khmer pinpeat music (Cambodia), Border Crossings, Boundary Maintenance, Joint Bilingual Conference of the French Society for Ethnomusicology and of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, musée du quai Branly (France). 2014, Oct. 23 rd -25 th, Experience, Performance and Collective Memory in the Reproduction of Religious Knowledge : a Phenomenological Analysis of Ritual Theater in Cambodia, Ways of Knowing : Graduate Conference on Religion, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University (USA). 2014, June 10 th -11 th, Construct and Adjust the Performance Staging as It Goes. The Example of Khmer Lkhon Khol (Cambodia) (in French), Evaluate, Adapt and Transmit Rituals in Religious and Lay Contexts, Labex CAP, EHESS, IIAC, musée du quai Branly (France). 2012, Sept.13 th -16 th, Entertaining Spirits, Strengthening Communities: Ritualized Performances of Khmer Literary Classics in Today s Rural Cambodia, Imagining Cambodia; Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Northern Illinois University, Illinois (USA). Stéphanie S. Khoury / 5

6 2012, July 10 th -13 th, Rupture and Ambivalence: Place and status of the comic characters in the ritual staging of the Ramayana epic in Cambodia, European Association for Social Anthropologists : Uncertainty and Disquiet, Panel W046 - Play with/within uncertainty : ethnology of the comic forms, Paris, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). 2010, Nov. 10 th, The Theatrical Staging as a Vehicle for Religious Expression in Rural Settings: The Lkhon Khol Khmer (in French), Cambodia, Living Patrimony, Heritage and Creation ; INALCO, Paris (France). 2010, Sept. 18 th -19 th, When Kumbhakarna Released the Waters: Adaptation of the Indian Rāmāyana into Khmer Literature, Religious Practices and Performing Arts, Third International Ramayana Conference; Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at Northern Illinois University (USA). 2007, June 5 th, Ramayana and Indian Cults in Cambodia: Adoption, Adaptation and Current Expression in the Lkhon Khol, Khmer Ritual Theater (in French), Between India and China : Role of Theater in Transmission and Acculturation Processes; CASE, LESC, CNRS, Villejuif (France). 2007, Feb. 23 rd -24 th, Conducting the Spirits: Pinpeat Music and Spirit Worship in Cambodia, Local Practices and Trans-National Dynamics in Mainland Southeast Asia Religions: Historical and Contemporary Patterns, Center for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap (Cambodia). 2005, Sept. 28 th -30 th, Lkhon Khol: Aesthetic perspectives of a Khmer Theatrical Form (in French), 2 nd Conference of the Asia-Network, Panel 31: Towards an Aesthetic Anthropology? Example of Performing Arts in Asia: Fieldworks and Methods, Paris (France). Invited lectures 2015, Oct. 1 st, Discourses and Images in the Reconstruction of a Glorious Past for Pinpeat Music in Cambodia (1950 s-1960 s), Origin-Musics. Musical Narratives, Performances, and Reconstructions of the past (20 th - 21 st centuries), Symposium, LabEx Les passés dans le présent, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). 2014, May 24 th, Khmer Instrumental Music: Instruments and Theory, followed by Pinpeat music and religious expression in Cambodia, Cambodian Music Workshop, SOAS, University of London (England). 2007, Nov. 26 th, Music as Cultural Identity marker: Between Patrimonialization and Traditional Expression (in French), Intercultural Dialogue through Music, Symposium, UNESCO, Paris (France). Seminars 2016, May 19 th, Between Ritual, Patrimony and Contemporary Creation, How Do the Roles and the Positions of Classical Artists Reformulated in a Post-War Context? (in French). Seminar of A.S. Aguilar, S. Khoury and J. Metais: Postdoctoral Seminar of the Labex Creations Arts Patrimony, Paris (France). 2016, Mar. 8 th, From one mode of Authority to Another. The Ambivalent Position of Ritual Theater Specialists in Today s Cambodia (in French). Seminar of D. Rappoport, T. Leucci, S. Khoury, I. Legargasson and J. Miramon-Bonhoure: Performing arts and authorities from South to Southeast Asia, EHESS, Paris (France). 2015, May 21 st, with D. Rappoport, Musical and Gestured Construction of Ritual Spaces. Continuity, Rupture and Reappropriation of Oral Memory Carried on by Toraja Songs (Indonesia) and Khmer Theater (Cambodia) (in French). Seminar of J. Thach, G. Mikaelian and S. Khoury: Gesture and Speech. Inquiry on the Forms of Collective Memory in Southeast Asia cultural area, Inalco, Paris (France). 2014, Nov. 3 rd, with A. Da Cruz Lima and J. Lambert From Telemeta to DIADEMS (ANR Project): Stéphanie S. Khoury / 6

7 Evolutions of a Web-based Platform for Research in Ethnomusicology (in French). Seminar of the Research Center for Ethnomusicology, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). 2014, Jan. 14 th, War Stories and Biṇ bādy Music in the Offering of the Khol Theater (in French). Seminar of N. Revel et D. Rappoport: Anthropology of Performing Arts, Offer, Commemorate, Invite and Entertain, musée du quai Branly / Cerlom Inalco / EHESS CASE, Paris (France). 2014, Jan. 10 th, On Cyclical Potency of Space: The Theater Stage as a Temporarily Activated Sacred Ground for Ritual Performances in Cambodia. Seminar of A. Guillou: Research Group on Potent Places in Southeast Asia, CASE-CNRS, Paris (France). 2013, Jan. 18 th, From its Greographical Location to the Cults Held There, the Stage as a Potent Place in Rural Ritual Theater in Cambodia (in French). Seminar of A. Guillou: Research group on Potent Places in Southeast Asia, CASE-CNRS, Paris (France). 2012, May 2 nd, Classical Music of Cambodia : an Introduction. Undergraduate course of D. Henderson: «Music of Asia», Payap University, Chiang Mai (Thailand). 2011, Oct. 10 th, Pinpeat Music and Ritual Theater in Cambodia: An Historical Overview and Ritual Uses in Rural Areas (in French). Seminar of the Research Center for Ethnomusicology, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). 2010, Mar. 9 th, Codification and Interactivity in the Staging of Khmer Classical Literature (in French). Seminar of N. Revel and D. Rappoport: On Performing Arts: Voice, Literature, Musical Practices, musée du quai Branly / Cerlom Inalco (France). 2008, July 7 th, Staging of the Folklore Repertoire in Cambodia: From the Politic to the Artistic (in French). Seminar of L. Berger: Art and Performance, musée du quai Branly, Paris (France). 2008, May 21 st, Cambodia: Analysis of the Lkhon Khol Masked Theater Play in its Ritual Frame During the Cambodian New Year (in French). Seminar of C. Basset: Cosmology and Society: The Javanese-Balinese Example, CASE/EHESS, Paris (France). 2008, Jan. 10 th, Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology: A Case Study of a Khmer Ritual Theater (in French). Undergraduate course of F. Bonini Baraldi: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, University of Paris 8 Saint-Denis/Vincennes (France). 2003, Feb., Pinpeat Music and Shadow Theater (in French). Undergraduate course of R. King: University of Law and Economic Sciences, Phnom Penh (Cambodia). *************** PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING AND PERFORMANCES 2006 Training to Khmer Classical Theater, yaks role. With prof. Nam Narim (Royal University of Fine Arts, Cambodia), then Lok Kru Preap (Master of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Intensive training Training in Cambodian Xylophone roneat ek. With prof. Se Phalla, Sovanna Phum Art Association, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Weekly practice Training in Balinese Ensemble gamelan gong kebyar. Under the direction of prof. Michael Tenzer (University of British Columbia, Canada), Rueil-Malmaison Conservatory, France. Weekly practice and a public performance in June University of Rennes II Female Voice Choir. Under the direction of Pierre-Yves Le Tortorec, Music Department of the University of Rennes II, France. Weekly practice, bi-annual performances and participation to the Stéphanie S. Khoury / 7

8 International Festival of University Choir in 1999 in Poznań, Poland Piano training, France. Private weekly lessons and annual performances. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS - Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). - French Society for Ethnomusicology (SFE). Advisory board member and elected secretary ( ) - American Anthropological Association (AAA). - Association for Asian Studies (AAS). - European Association for Social Anthropologists (EASA). LANGUAGES - French (native); - English (fluent); - Khmer (proficient in speaking, functional in reading and writing) Stéphanie S. Khoury / 8