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Vivek Virani

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
    Major: Ethnomusicology
    Dissertation: Find the True Country: Devotional Music and the Self in India's National Culture
  • MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012
    Major: Ethnomusicology
  • BA, University of Virginia, 2008
    Major: Music

Current Scheduled Teaching

MUGC 6950.716Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
MUCS 3000.001Seminar in Critical Studies in Music and SocietySpring 2025
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisSpring 2025
MUGC 6950.718Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
MUET 3090.001Music of India and PakistanFall 2024 Syllabus
MUET 5090.001Music of India and PakistanFall 2024
MUET 5900.701Special Problems in EthnomusicologyFall 2024
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisFall 2024
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MUCS 3100Z.001Critical Studies in Music and Society ColloquiumSpring 2024
MUET 5900.703Special Problems in EthnomusicologySpring 2024
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisSpring 2024 SPOT
MUCS 3100Z.001Critical Studies in Music and Society ColloquiumFall 2023 SPOT
MUET 6010.001Current Issues in EthnomusicologyFall 2023 SPOT
MUET 2000.001Global Pop: Music, Media, and SocietyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5210.001Seminar in EthnomusicologyFall 2023 SPOT
MUET 6010.001Current Issues in EthnomusicologySpring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 5930.703Research Problem in Lieu of ThesisSpring 2022
MUET 5210.001Seminar in EthnomusicologySpring 2022 SPOT
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisSpring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6950.730Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
MUET 2000.001Global Perspectives in Popular MusicFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2021 SPOT
MUET 5900.701Special Problems in EthnomusicologyFall 8W2 2021
MUET 5900.704Special Problems in EthnomusicologyFall 2021
MUET 3090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2021 SPOT
MUET 5090.900Music of IndiaSpring 2021
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisSpring 2021 SPOT
MUET 6010.001Current Issues in EthnomusicologyFall 2020 SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.002Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2020
MUGC 5950.726Master's ThesisFall 2020
MUET 5210.001Seminar in EthnomusicologyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 5950.711Master's ThesisSpring 2020
MUET 3090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2020 Syllabus
MUET 5090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2020 Syllabus
MUMH 4920.700Senior Thesis in Music HistorySpring 2020
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 5930.703Research Problem in Lieu of ThesisFall 2019
MUET 2000.001Global Perspectives in Popular MusicSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5230.001World Music AnalysisSpring 2019 SPOT
MUET 6010.001Current Issues in EthnomusicologyFall 2018 SPOT
MUET 2000.001Global Perspectives in Popular MusicFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5210.001Seminar in EthnomusicologyFall 2018 SPOT
MUET 5210.791Seminar in EthnomusicologyFall 2018 SPOT
MUET 2000.001Global Perspectives in Popular MusicSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 3090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5090.001Music of IndiaSpring 2018 SPOT
MUET 2000.001Global Perspectives in Popular MusicFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2017 SPOT
MUET 5230.001Ethnomusicology Transcription and AnalysisSpring 2017 SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologySpring 2017 SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2016 SPOT
MUET 3070.001Studies in Asian MusicFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5070.001Studies in Asian MusicFall 2016 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Virani, V. (2019). Dual Consciousness and Unconsciousness: The Structure and Spirituality of Poly-Metric Tabla Compositions. Music and Consciousness 2: Words, Practices, Modalities. Oxford, Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/music-and-consciousness-2-9780198804352
  • Virani, V. (2018). Casteism and Cultural Capital: Social and Spiritual Reform through Kabir-Singing in North India. Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives. 152-167. London, Rowman and Littlefield International. https://rowman.com/isbn/9781786601254/songs-of-social-protest-international-perspectives

    • Journal Article

  • Virani, V. (2022). From Satsaṅg to Stage: Negotiating Aesthetic Theologies and Aspirational Subjectivities in a North Indian Bhajan Competition. Ethnomusicology. 66 (1) 106-137. https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Pub_Journal

    • Personal Essay

  • Virani, V. (2021). An Inside Look: Vivek Virani. World Music: A Global Journey (5th edition). New York, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/World-Music-A-Global-Journey/Miller-Shahriari/p/book/9780367423148

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Geoffroy-Schwinden, R.D., Wright, B.F., Virani, V., Snyder, B., Sella, T., Dietlinger, B., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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