General Editor

GENERAL EDITOR
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Lisa Urkevich, PhD, is a musicologist and scholar at Georgetown University specializing in the music and cultural heritage of the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf States, as well as Renaissance music. She is the author of numerous publications including Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula (Routledge) and ‘Anne Boleyn’s French Motet Book: A Childhood Gift’ (Paris-Sorbonne).

Dr. Urkevich has lived, taught, and conducted field research throughout the Arabian Gulf for more than three decades and advises governments and cultural institutions on performing arts, education, and heritage initiatives. Before relocating to the Middle East, she held faculty appointments at Boston University, where she served jointly in the College of Fine Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She has taught at several institutions including Bucknell University and the University of Maryland.

Dr. Urkevich is a former editor of the International C.P.E. Bach Edition and previously served as Film/Video Reviews Editor of the Yearbook for Traditional Music (ICTMD/UNESCO). A former Harvard University Fellow and two-time U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholar, she is also the recipient of the University of Maryland Alumna of the Year Award.

She holds four degrees: PhD, University of Maryland; MM, Florida State University; BS, Towson University; BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County. More information: www.urkevich.com