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Dr Haekyung Um on Perceptions of Exploitation in K-pop
Dr Haekyung Um on Perceptions of Exploitation in K-pop
IPM associate Dr Haekyung Um recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme to discuss perceptions of exploitation in the K-pop industry. The programme is available to download now.
Posted on: 18 February 2021
Chile in/en Liverpool - Music & Memories
Chile in/en Liverpool - Music & Memories
Three IPM researchers, Lisa Shaw, Sara Cohen and Jacky Waldock, have been awarded a seed fund grant by the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR) for the project “Co-curation and reminiscence as pathways to wellbeing: a pilot research project involving the University of Liverpool’s Popular Music Archive and Chilean exiles who moved to Liverpool during the Pinochet dictatorship”.
Posted on: 17 August 2020
Freya Jarman on Eurovision
Freya Jarman on Eurovision
IPM researcher Dr Freya Jarman joined the Head Ballet podcast to discuss Eurovision history, the politics of hosting, some classic Eurovision winners and losers, cultural appropriation and more besides.
Posted on: 3 August 2020
Haekyung Um discusses K-pop fandom and Donald Trump
Haekyung Um discusses K-pop fandom and Donald Trump
IPM researcher Dr Haekyung Um discusses K-pop fandom with Wired.co.uk.
Posted on: 3 August 2020
The Stage and the Ring: Music and Boxing in London
The Stage and the Ring: Music and Boxing in London
Introducing a new research project by Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dr Simran Singh.
Posted on: 29 January 2020
IPM 30th Anniversary Event
IPM 30th Anniversary Event
Dear IPM friends\n\nIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Popular Music on Thursday 1st November and Friday 2nd November 2018.
Posted on: 9 October 2018
Department of Music Filmmaker Shortlisted for Prestigious National Award
Department of Music Filmmaker Shortlisted for Prestigious National Award
A film made by Dr. Chen-Yu Lin from the Department of Music and Charlotte Sawyer has made the shortlist for the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s prestigious 2018 Research in Film Award. Their film,‘George Harrison, The Story of the Beatles and Indian Music Performance Teaser', will, therefore, be a contender for the Social Media Short Award.
Posted on: 25 September 2018
Play-It-Again-Use-It-Together
Play-It-Again-Use-It-Together
Eileen Simpson and Ben White’s project takes as its starting point the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Popular Music (IPM) archive of over 80,000 records, an exceptional and rich research resource gifted over a number of years by collectors and enthusiasts.
Posted on: 16 August 2018
Research Associate Chen-Yu Lin Receives Young Scholar Award 2018
Research Associate Chen-Yu Lin Receives Young Scholar Award 2018
Department of Music research associate and adjunct lecturer Chen-Yu Lin has been awarded the Young Scholar Award at the EATS Conference 2018. Her paper “A Tale of Two Versions: Censorship Attitudes of UK-based Chinese Students Towards Taiwanese Popular Music” focusses on music censorship and audiences’ perceptions of it.
Posted on: 6 August 2018
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Dr Haekyung Um on Perceptions of Exploitation in K-pop
Dr Haekyung Um on Perceptions of Exploitation in K-pop
IPM associate Dr Haekyung Um recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme to discuss perceptions of exploitation in the K-pop industry. The programme is available to download now.
Posted on: 18 February 2021