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Nordstrom, K. (2024) Interviewed about the science of ghost hunting for BBC World Service (Unexpected Elements program).


Starting in 2022, Johannes Norling is a research affiliate with the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.


Omojola, B. (2024) Convener and Series Director: African Art Music Conversation Series, 2024: On The Aesthetic Premises of African Pianism (Keynote Speaker: Kofi Agawu; Piano Recitalist: Kamilla Arku). November 2, 2024. Department of Music, Mount Holyoke College, USA.


Omojola, B. (2025) Guest Scholar and Panelist: "West African Art Music Festival." New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. February 12-14, 2025.


Omojola, B. (2025) Speaker: "Post-Colonial Choral Music in Nigeria: The Politics and Poetics of Interculturality." University of W眉rzburg, Germany. February 7, 2025 (Zoom presentation).


Omojola, B. (2024) Panelist: "The Soul of Nigeria: A Tribute to Onyeka Onwenu." African Studies Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, December 12, 2024.


Omojola, B. 2023. Director: African Art Music Conversations Series at Mount Holyoke: A Lecture-Recital. The Inaugural edition was held on October 14, 2023, featuring Ishaya Yarison (composer) and Miracle Amah (soprano). Larry Schipull was the piano accompanist.


Omojola, B. 2023. Panel Chair and organizer: 鈥淎frican Art Music: Autonomy, Pan-Africanism, and Cultural Patriotism.鈥 Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada, October 19-22, 2023.


Omojola, B. 2023. Conference presentation: 鈥淎frican Pianism, Pan-Africanism and Anticolonial Nationalism: A Study of the Music of Halim El-Dabh.鈥 Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada, October 19-22, 2023.


Omojola, B. 2023. Conference presentation: 鈥淧itch Organization and Narratology in Post-Colonial African Opera: Composing the Music of Activism in Funmilayo.鈥 The African Operatic Voice Conference, University of Bern, Switzerland, September 8-10, 2023.