Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Majid Hamdoon al-Harthy
E-mail: malharth@squ.edu.om
alharthymajid@hotmail.com
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Music&Musicology
Specialization: Music and Ethnomusicology
Minor specialization: African Studies
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate
of Oman.
Place of Work (Institution)
2. Employment History
Year
Occupation
2001-2003
Lecturer
2003-2009
2009-2010
Graduate Student (Ph.D)
Lecturer
2010-2012
Assistant Professor
2012-2013
Assistant Professor and Acting Head of the
Dep. of Music&Musicology
Assistant Professor and Head of the Dep. of
Music &Musicology
Sultan Qaboos University (Dep. of
Theatrical Arts)
Indiana University
Sultan Qaboos University (Dep. of Music
&Musicology)
Sultan Qaboos University (Dep. of Music
&Musicology)
Sultan Qaboos University (Dep. of Music
&Musicology)
Sultan Qaboos University (Dep. of Music
&Musicology)
Institution
2013-present
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
2010
Indiana University
2000
1997
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Qualification
Ph.D. of Folklore in Ethnomusicology
(3.93)
M.M. (Musicology)
B.A. in Music (cum laude)
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
Omani Traditional Music and Rhythms (MUSC4058)
History of Western Music I (MUSC3038)
History of Western Music II (MUSC3046)
Musicology & Seminar (MUSC4050)
Sociology of Music (MUSC5012)
Organology (MUSC2034)
Music Appreciation (MUSC4509)
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Elective (2010-2011)
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
Musics of Oman
Intercultural Influences in Omani Traditional Musics and the African Musical Presence in Omani Society
Music Patronage in Oman
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
Al-Harthy, Majid. 2015. "ilm al-musiqah al-ithniyyah: qadhayah wa imkanat." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences
2(8). Sultan Qaboos University.
al-Harthy, Majid. 2012. "African Identities, Afro-Omani Music, and the Official Construction of a Musical Past."
The World of Music 1(2). Georg August University: Gotteingen, Germany.
al-Harthy, Majid and Anne Rasmussen. 2012. "Music in Oman: An Overture." The World of Music 1(2).
Georg August University: Gotteingen, Germany.
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
Conference: "Music of the Arabian Peninsula." 2015. NYU, Abu Dhabi. UAE.
Conference: "The Third International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Culture and the Omani Role in the
Countries of the African Great Lakes Region." 2014. Bujumbura, Burundi.
Symposium: "Arabian Gulf Music and Songs During the 20th Century." 2014. Doha, Qatar.
Conference: "The 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology." 2011. Philadelphia, PA. U.S.A.
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Colloquium: "Music in Oman: Politics, Identity, Time and Space." 2011. The Center for Contemporary Arab
Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. , U.S.A.
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
5. Awards
Sultan Qaboos University: Doctoral Scholarship (2003-2009)
University of Arizona: Final Project Award M.M. (1999)
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
Design and Implementation of Written Music Tests for Omani Music Graduates (2013-2015). Sultan Qaboos
University.
Supervision and Implementation of Practical Music Tests for Omani Music Graduates (2013-2015). Sultan Qaboos
University.
Seminar: "al-adawat al-musahibah lil ghina al-Umani". 2015 . Culture Club. Qurum, Muscat.
Seminar: 'al-ardh al-musiqi fi Uman: suwar min al-madhi al-baiid." 2014. Culture Club. Qurum, Muscat.
Lecture: "Twisting Time in the Music of Sur: the Concept of Innovation in Mdema." 2014. The Historical
Association of Oman. The PDO Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre and Planetarium. Qurm, Muscat.
Seminar: "Ilm al-musiqah al-ithniyyah: qadhayah wa imkanat." 2013. Mahrajan al-musiqah wa al-funun alshabiyyah al-rabi." 2013. Deanship of Student Affairs, Sultan Qaboos University.
Invitation by the Royal Opera House Muscat, to Participate in a Lecture and Roundtable on "Fostering Audience
Engagement and Building the “Family” in the Omani Cultural Sector." 2012. Royal Opera House Muscat. Shati alQurum, Muscat.
Lecture: "A Reading in the Traditional Music of Oman: Lyrical
and Narrative Texts as Indicative of Musical Identities." 2012. University of Nizwa, Oman
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
Royal Opera House Muscat Book Project Committee: (Reasearch and Text).
Preliminary Screening Committee: Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature (Music 2013). Sultan
Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science. Muscat.
Executive Plan Committee for the Initiatives Related to the Heritage and Folklore of Oman. Sultan Qaboos Higher
Centre for Culture and Science. Muscat.
College of Arts and Social Sciences Council Committee. Sultan Qaboos University.
Student Recruitment and Audition Committee. Dep. of Music&Musicology, Sultan Qaboos University.
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