Performance Studies
Deborah A Kapchan |
Education
Ph.D. 1992; Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania
M.A. 1987; Linguistics, Ohio University
B.A. 1981; English, New York University
Biography
Major Interests: Narrative, Poetics, Feminist Theory, Music, Aesthetics, North Africa and the Middle East.
Affiliations: American Anthropological Association, American Folklore Society, American Institute for Maghreb Studies, Society for Ethnomusicology, Society for the Study of Traditional Music.
Fellowships/Honors: John T. Simon Guggenheim Fellow (2000);Fulbright-Hays Fellow, Rabat, Morocco (2000-03); Social Science Research Fellow (1998); American Institute of Maghreb Studies Fellow (1997); Fulbright Fellow, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Rabat, Morocco (1994-95);Gender on the Market selected as one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1996 by Choice; Middle East Studies Association's Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences (1993);Social Science Research Council's Ibn Khaldoun Prize (1990).
