Name: Joseph Lam

Title(s):

• Professor, Associate Director

Contact Information: 734.647.9471 , jsclam@umich.edu

Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/departments/musicology/JosephLam.htm

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CCS
• CJS
• CWPS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Music, Theatre & Dance

Research/Teaching Specialization: Professor Lam completed his doctorate in Musicology at Harvard University in 1988 and joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1997. He specializes in Chinese music, music history and ethnomusicology. Professor Lam is currently working on three research projects. First, he is writing a monograph entitled "'Beautiful and Perfect:' A Transcultural History of Music in Southern Song China (1127-1279)." Presenting an interdisciplinary narrative about Southern Song music, this monograph calls for a new model of music historiography to facilitate transcultural engotiations of diverse historical musics of the globalized world. Second, he is organizing an internaitonal and interdisciplinary conferenc eentitle "Musiking Late Ming China" (May 4-7, 2006; Ann Arbor). The 18 conference papers will not only show music as an integral part of the late Ming creative expressions and activities, but also deomonstrate music as a revealing probe for understanding Chinese history and culture. Third, he is completing research for two scheduled presentations. The first addresses the musical role Ming court eunuchs played in the development of Ming operas and qin music. The second analyzes Ming men's use of music to construct gendered identities, class hierarchies, and social bonds.

Joseph Lam