Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Sophie Frankford. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.
Sophie Frankford is an anthropologist specializing in music with a focus on Egypt. Currently, she serves as a Research Associate on the project ‘Beyond 1932: Rethinking Musical Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa.’ Her academic background includes an undergraduate degree in Music from King's College London, an MPhil in Modern Middle East Studies and Arabic from the University of Oxford, and a DPhil in Anthropology from the University of Oxford. From 2022 to 2024, she will also be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) in Cairo. Frankford's research interests encompass anthropology of music and ethnographic methods, particularly within the contexts of Southwest Asia and North Africa, focusing on popular music in Egypt. She explores social class, urban space, and emotional labor in her work, notably through her upcoming book on Egyptian shaʿbi music. She has substantial ethnographic experience, having spent a year engaging with the local shaʿbi music scene in Cairo, which informs her analysis of how musicians and listeners navigate urban spaces and social dynamics. Additionally, her teaching experience covers anthropology, music, and Middle Eastern studies, including courses on anthropological theory and gender in expressive genres.
Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.