Dr Rachael Durkin
Historian of musical instruments and Associate Professor at Northumbria University. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow 2024-28. Also on Instagram @RachaelDurkin. Views my own.
- I’d completely forgotten I had an account here, but anyways here’s a fun conference we’re hosting in June all about musical instruments - please share, and do get in touch if you have any questions! soundstories2026.wordpress.com
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- A really fantastic partnership, placing quality music education at the heart of a school. Music is for EVERYONE, not just the privileged few: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- Sharing again for those who may have missed this first time round!
- I’m now inviting applications for 2 postdoc roles to work with me on on my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project ‘Global Music Technologies: Collaboration and Cultural Exchange’. Closing date 26th Jan. Please share!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLD914/r...
- I’m now inviting applications for 2 postdoc roles to work with me on on my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project ‘Global Music Technologies: Collaboration and Cultural Exchange’. Closing date 26th Jan. Please share!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLD914/r...
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- Reposted by Dr Rachael DurkinI keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired. History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them. Signed, a physicist
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- Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD position at Northumbria University as part of my research project ‘Global Music Technologies: Collaboration and Cultural Exchange’. The studentship will focus on global musical instruments as tools for education in the primary classroom /1
- The student will be required to work across the fields of organology (musical instrument studies), musicology, and pedagogy, and engage with schools, education professionals, and museums and collections /2
- Was great to be at the first half of the North East Heritage Forum this afternoon in the stunning Great Hall of the Discovery Museum, Newcastle. Good to hear more about the new North East Combined Authority - lots of work to do, but clear opportunities to leverage heritage for positive impact.
- Reposted by Dr Rachael DurkinCall for Proposals: Royal Musical Association 61st Annual Conference, Department of Music, University of Southampton (10–12 September 2025) www.rma.ac.uk/2024/11/20/c...
- I’m so pleased to see the first half of our double special issue on organology (musical instrument studies) published in the Journal of Musicological Research! Huge amount of hard work by some utterly brilliant colleagues - very proud of this! Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/gmur20/4...
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