Dr. Aditi Krishna
October 9, 2023 2024-08-28 5:35Dr. Aditi Krishna
Dr. Aditi Krishna
Assistant Professor
B.A. Hons. (Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi);
Master of Arts (South Asian University, New Delhi);
Ph.D. (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Dr. Aditi Krishna received her Ph.D. from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2021 with her doctoral thesis titled “Hindustani classical music and education: ‘Tradition’, values, and identity in post-1991 India”. Her thesis was an interdisciplinary project – drawing from the disciplines of Sociology, Social Anthropology, and Ethnomusicology or Anthropology of Music – and explored the way the values, traditional concepts, and the dominant discourse associated with Hindustani music are redefined, approached, subverted, and/or challenged today in a post-1991 neo-liberal India.
Dr. Aditi has presented her research papers at various national and international conferences in India, South Asia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and has published papers in renowned international journals as well. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, Cultural Sociology, Cultural Studies, Gender, Sociology of Music, Ethnomusicology, Anthropology of Music, Sounds of South Asia, South Asian performing arts, Cultural nationalism and regionalism, and Identity-politics.
- Krishna, Aditi. 2020. “Teaching Music and Transmitting ideologies: The heterotopic spaces of the new schools in contemporary India.” Finnish Journal of Music Education 23 (1&2): 22-33. https://issuu.com/sibelius-akatemia/docs/fjme_vol23_nro1_2_web__1_
- Andita, Aniarani and Aditi Krishna. 2021. “Review: British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) Annual Conference, 8-11 April 2021.” Asian-European Music Research Journal 7: 106-108. https://doi.org/10.30819/aemr.7-11
Work Experience:
- Project Associate at Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), India
- Teaching Assistant, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
- Associate Fellow, Advance HE (formerly, Higher Education Academy), United Kingdom
- Research Assistant, Institute for Human Development (IHD), India
Conferences presented at:
- South Asia Regional Conferences of International Society for Music Education (ISME)
- British Forum for Ethnomusicology’s (UK) Annual Conferences
- Society for Ethnomusicology (USA) conferences
- South Asia Music Forum One-day Workshop, SOAS, United Kingdom
- British Association for South Asian Studies Annual conference
- Understanding Qawwali: A Symposium on the traditional art form of Qawwali – 2013, in India
Certificate Courses completed:
- Workshop on Himalayan Landscape, Culture and Architecture by Himalayan Institute of Cultural and Heritage Studies (HICHS)
Cultural Anthropology; Gender; South Asian Studies; Sociology of Music; Ethnomusicology, Sounds of South Asia; South Asian performing arts; Cultural nationalism and regionalism; Identity-politics; Music education and transmission
- Gender & Society;
- Foundations of Social Sciences;
- Music, Culture, and Society;
- Sacred Music in India