Kate Arnold

Thesis title:

Crusade Songs and Anti-Frankish Jihad Poetry; an Historical and Ethnomusicological Study

Research Area

Cultural History
History

Publications

'Pop and the Palästinalied: a crusade song revived at the turn of a new millennium' in Crusades, journal of the Society for Study of the Crusades and Latin East (SSCLE). Open access online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765276.2023.2189386

'An ethnomusicological approach to anti-Frankish jihad poetry sources' (in forthcoming volume)

Conferences

Winner of Best Paper by a Postgraduate/Early Career Researcher - Society for Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE) 'Engaging the Crusades' conference, Royal Holloway, UK, 27th June-1st July 2022; "Pop and the Palästinalied: a crusade song revived at the turn of a new millennium"

Northern Network for Study of the Crusades Fifth Symposium, NTU, Nottingham, UK - May 2022

Upcoming:

International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, May 2023 - " 'At times people would sing and others dance'; musico-poetic exchange during the crusades"

International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, July 2023 - "Battles in the crusading soundscape"

Public Engagement & Impact

Midlands Music Research Network podcast episode - May 2022

'Medieval Futures' concert - 27th June 2023 (public event attached to the Centre for the Study of Religion and Conflict conference, NTU, Nottingham)

Other Research Interests

Historical ethnomusicology; memory, reception and modern uses of crusades and crusading ideology; medievalism in music

Memberships

Society for Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE)

International Musicological Society (IMS)

British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE)

Midlands Music Research Network (MMRN)

Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)