Recently she contributed to the 43d ICTM world Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan (16-22 July 2015) as the Programme Co-Chair bringing participants from 70 countries. Dubai Lounge with Razia Sultan 27th November 2021 K2 Kay2 TVHost: Razia SultanMusician and Singer: Syed Azfer TirmiziGuests:Urooj WasifShakeel MirzaFollow us on. Since 2008 Razia Sultanova has worked at Cambridge Central Asian Forum, where in December 2012 for the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies she organized an international conference on "Popular culture in Turkic Asia and Afghanistan", and in March 2013 a Navruz Concert with participation of 80 performers from the Turkic speaking world.
Another book with Ashgate SOAS (in its final preparatory stages) is called "Turks: from Shamanic voices to hip hop hits ", reflecting on cultural traditions of the Turkic world and beyond. The new monograph entitled "Popular culture in Afghanistan", commissioned by IBTauris has been submitted to the publisher and currently is in the process of publication. Typically her work has centered on ethnomusicology and anthropology, however recently she has taken interest in producing an ethnographic account of Northern Afghanistan and Central Asia, particularly in terms of religious culture and gender issues. She has edited several volumes including "Music and Identity in contemporary Central Asia", Ethnomusicology Forum, Routlege, 14/2, 2005, London "Entre Femmes", Cahiers de Musiques Traditionnelles, Ateliers d'ethnomusicology, 2005, Geneva (in French) and "Sacred Knowledge: Schools or revelation? Master-Apprentice System of Oral Transmission in the music of the Turkic Speaking world", 2009, Cologne, Germany. Razia Sultanova has been awarded a number of international scholarships, including but not limited to those: in Germany (DFG in 1993, the Ministry of Culture of the Land Brandenburg 1994, 1997) in France (L'Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale in 1996, 1997) and in the UK (1999 onwards). We Provide you with stories from the US about what is happening in the political and social domains in a funny, engaging, and. Her primary areas of research are Central Asian and Middle Eastern culture, which includes studies on 'Islam and music', and 'Gender and music. After moving to the UK - specifically to the University of London Goldsmiths College and SOAS - she has since moved to Cambridge University and worked there since 2008. Born in Russia and having grown up in Uzbekistan, she studied and consequently worked at both the Uzbek and Moscow State Conservatories. Welcome to The Website of Razia Sultanova.ĭr Razia Sultanova is a musicologist and cultural anthropologist.