Week 1 - Sept 6: "The Persianate World": a viable concept? Introduction to the musics of Iran and Central Asia
Week 2 - Sept 13: Music, politics and society in 20th century Central Asia
Week 3 - Sept 20: Mountain music of Tajikistan (and Northern Afghanistan): folk and popular traditions, contexts and meanings
Week 4 - Sept 27: Tajik-Uzbek art music (Shashmaqom and related genres): repertoires, structures, history and contemporary practice
Week 5 - Oct 4: Mountain music of Tajikistan (and Northern Afghanistan)(continued): ritual and poetry among the Ismailis of Badakhshan