Katharine Ellis

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Katharine Ellis

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NationalityBritish
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Alma mater University College, Oxford
Guildhall School of Music
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Katharine Ellis, FBA , MAE is a British musicologist and academic, specialising in music history. Since 2017, she has been the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge. She previously taught at the Open University, at Royal Holloway, University of London and at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, before serving as Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music at the University of Bristol (2013–2017).

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Early life and education

Ellis studied at University College, Oxford, graduating with Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degrees. [1] She also studied the violin at the Guildhall School of Music. [2] Her DPhil was awarded in 1991 for a doctoral thesis titled "La revue et gazette musicale de Paris, 1834-1880: the state of music criticism in mid nineteenth-century France". [3]

Academic career

Ellis's first post in her academic career was as a junior research fellow in French studies at St Anne's College, Oxford [1] Then, from 1991 to 1994, she lectured with the Open University. [1] [4] In 1994, she joined Royal Holloway, University of London as a lecturer. [1] She was additionally the inaugural Director of the Institute of Musical Research, which was then based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, between February 2006 and July 2009. [2] [5] [6] [7]

In 2013, Ellis joined the University of Bristol as its next Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music. [1] [8] She gave her inaugural lecture on 13 February 2014. [9] In August 2016, it was announced that she would be the next 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, in succession to Nicholas Cook. [5] She took up the chair in June 2017, [1] and was also elected a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge. [10]

Research

Ellis's research centres on the cultural history of music in France in the long nineteenth century. [4] [11] She also has interests in musical tastes and practices, women's musical careers, music criticism, and music in fiction. [2] [4] [5] [11]

Honours

In 2010, Ellis was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea. [12] In 2013, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [11] Ellis was elected in 2017 to the American Philosophical Society. [13]

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References

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  3. ↑ Ellis, Katharine (1991). La revue et gazette musicale de Paris, 1834-1880: the state of music criticism in mid nineteenth-century France (DPhil thesis). Oxford University. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Professor Katharine Ellis". Faculty of Music. University of Cambridge. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "New 1684 Professor of Music". Faculty of Music. University of Cambridge. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2005-2006" (PDF). School of Advanced Studied. University of London. 2006. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Institute of Musical Research. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Faculty of Arts appoints three new Chairs". University of Bristol. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Professor Katharine Ellis – inaugural lecture". Public and Ceremonial Events Office. University of Bristol. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Master and Fellows". Selwyn College. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "Professor Katharine Ellis". British Academy. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Hasani, Ilire; Hoffmann, Robert. "Ellis Katharine". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Newly Elected - April 2017". American Philosophical Society . Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
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