TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 13 -- Florida State University issued the following news release:
A Florida State University researcher has received National Endowment of Humanities funding to explore the connections forged between music, race and slavery in the 18th century and how those connections resonate in the present day.
Maria Ryan, an assistant professor of musicology at the FSU College of Music, secured a $30,000 NEH fellowship to work on "Ambivalent Listening: Race, Music, and Slavery in the British Colonial Caribbean, 1750-1838."
"Receiving an NEH fellowship is invaluable in allowing me to dedicate time to complete my book," Ryan said. "Through this research, I have collected a huge amount of data about music, musicians, and listenin...