Episode 8: Kate Arnold

This episode’s guest is Kate Arnold who is a solo performer on the hammered dulcimer as well as a PhD student at Nottingham Trent University where her research focusses on medieval crusade songs and anti-Frankish jihad poems. Kate’s previous research focused on the revival of Syrian classical music in Damascus. As a performing artist, Kate released her two-part electro-medievalist recording project ROTA FORTUNAE in 2020 and 2021. Kate will be presenting her paper titled ‘Pop and the Palästinalied: a crusade song revived at the turn of a new millennium’ at the upcoming conference organised by the Society for the Study of Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE). To keep yourself up to date with the activities and events of the network and our members, sign up for the Midlands Music Research Network mailing list on our website.