SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Harris, Rachel (2008) The Making of a Musical Canon in Chinese Central Asia: The Uyghur Twelve Muqam. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Howard, Keith (1989) Bands, Songs and Shamanistic Rituals: Folk Music in Korean Society. Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society.

Howard, Keith (1995) Korean Musical Instruments. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. (Images of Asia)

Howard, Keith (1988) Korean Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide. Seoul: Se-kwang Music Publishers.

Howard, Keith and Kasmambetov, Saparbek (2011) Singing the Kyrgyz Manas: Saparbek Kasmambetov's Recitations of Epic Poetry. Folkestone, Kent: Brill/Global Oriental.

Howard, Keith and Yun, Chunggang (1990) The Sounds of Korea: Korean traditional music. Seoul: Korean Overseas Information Service.

Rettová, Alena (2013) Chanter l'existence : La poésie de Sando Marteau et ses horizons philosophiques. Středokluky: Zdeněk Susa.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Howard, Keith, ed. (2020) Special Section: North Korean Popular Culture. Leeds: European Journal of Korean Studies. (European Journal of Korean Studies)

Howard, Keith, Park, Gil-sung and Otmazgin, Nissim, eds. (2019) Transcultural Fandom and the Globalization of Hallyu. Seoul: Korea University Press.

Howard, Keith, ed. (2019) Performing Arts of North Korea. Seoul: National Gugak Center. (Korean Musicology Series)

Howard, Keith, ed. (2016) Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions. Abingdon: Routledge. (SOAS Musicology Series)

Book Chapters

Drewal, H., Gore, Charles and Kisliuk, M. (2006) 'Siren Serenades: music for MamiWata and Other Water Spirits in Africa.' In: Austern, L. P. and Naroditskaya, I., (eds.), Music of the sirens. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Howard, Keith (2009) 'Arirang: An Icon of Passion.' In: Arirang to the World: 2009 International Symposium. Seoul: Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation, pp. 46-63.

Howard, Keith (2012) 'Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals.' In: Howard, Keith, (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 113-140. (SOAS Musicology Series)

Howard, Keith (2012) 'East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage.' In: Howard, Keith, (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 1-22. (SOAS Musicology Series)

Howard, Keith (2017) 'Korean traditional music viewed through its instruments.' In: Curti, Horacio, (ed.), Eolssigu! The Sound of Korea. Barcelona: Museu de la Musica, pp. 26-55.

Howard, Keith (2010) 'Music Across the DMZ.' In: O'Connell, John Morgan and El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Salwa, (eds.), Music in Conflict. Indiana, IL: University of Illinois Press, pp. 67-88.

Howard, Keith (2010) 'Rebranding Korea: Creating a New Old Music.' In: Kendall, Laurel, (ed.), Consuming Korean Tradition in Early and Late Modernity. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 195-215.

Howard, Keith (2011) 'Redefining Koreanness: North Korea, musicology, ideology, and ‘improved’ Korean instruments.' In: Frank, Rüdiger, (ed.), Exploring North Korean Arts. Vienna: University of Wien/MAK, pp. 181-191.

Journal Article

Harris, Rachel (2014) 'The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 23 (3). pp. 331-359.

Howard, Keith (2012) 'SamulNori: Korean drums (and gongs) of affection.' The World of Music, 1 (1). pp. 15-35.

Howard, Keith (2010) 'World Music: Whose Music and Whose World?' OMNES: The Journal of Migration and Society, 1 (2). pp. 1-34.

Widdess, Richard (2014) 'Orality, writing and music in South Asia.' Musicology Today, 19.

Conference or Workshop Items

Howard, Keith (2010) Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea. In: Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Tradition and Its Future in Music, April 2010, University of Sydney.

Howard, Keith (2015) The Institutionalization of Korean Traditional Music (Gugak): Visible and Invisible Modes of Exchange. In: East Asian Business Ethics and History: New Institutionalism vs. Modes of Exchange, 6 February 2015, Seoul.

Book Reviews

Howard, Keith (2010) 'Review of Chua Beng Huat and Koichi Iwabuchi, eds, East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 73 (1). pp. 144-146.

Howard, Keith (2008) 'Review of Daniel J. Schneck and Dorita S Berger, The Music Effect.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 17 (2).

Howard, Keith (2008) 'Review of Daniel Prior, The Semetey of Kenje Kara: A Kirghiz Epic Performance on Phonograph.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 71 (1). pp. 143-145.

Howard, Keith (2008) 'Review of David Aldridge and Jorg Fachner, Music and Altered States.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 17 (2).

Howard, Keith (2011) 'Review of Eric C Lai, The Music of Chou Wen-chung.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 20 (1). pp. 110-111.

Howard, Keith (2010) 'Review of Helen Rees, Lives in Chinese Music.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 19 (2). pp. 270-272.

Howard, Keith (2009) 'Review of Kim Hee-sun, Contemporary Kayagum Music in Korea.' Songlines (58).

Howard, Keith (2008) 'Review of Martin Clayton and Bennett Zon, eds, Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s-1940s: Portrayal of the East.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 71 (3). pp. 609-612.

Howard, Keith (2011) 'Review of Suk-Young Kim, Illusive Utopia: Theater, Film and Everyday Performance in North Korea.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 74 (3). pp. 528-530.

Howard, Keith (2011) 'Review of Sun Jung, Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption: Yonsama, Rain, Oldboy, K-Pop Idols.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 74 (3). pp. 528-530.

Howard, Keith (2012) 'Review of Vanessa Agnew, Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 21 (1). pp. 114-116.

Howard, Keith (2008) 'Review of Zhou Xun and Francesca Tarocco, Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 71 (2). pp. 395-397.

Other

Howard, Keith (2011) ''The Legend of Princess Bari' and 'A Korean Collage'.' Edinburgh International Festival.