Ethnomusicology
zshah@g.harvard.edu
Zehra Jabeen Shah is a doctoral student in Ethnomusicology. Her research interests currently lie in South and Central Asia with an interdisciplinary approach of critical organology, indigenous and spirituality studies, dance, music archeology and classical Indian/Pakistani music- particularly through the lens of women, gender and sexuality. She is also undergoing training in the Indian-Pakistani classical instrument, sarangi.
She has a background in literature, cultural and translation studies and is a working poet.