Dr. Nathan Hesselink

Biography

Nathan Hesselink is a Professor of Global Musicology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of London, SOAS, and has conducted postdoctoral research in Korean studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He has held visiting posts at notable institutions including the University of Chicago and the University of Oxford. In 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. His research interests encompass the social meanings of rhythmic play, with a focus on South Korean traditional percussion genres and their relationship to North American and British rock music. Hesselink's notable publications include works on South Korean drumming, popular music analysis, and the educational implications of ethnomusicology. He is also a Research Associate at the Centre for Korean Research.

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