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Part of the Music Studies Global Distinguished Speakers Series

Yoshitaka Terada is professor emeritus at the Research Center for Academic Resources of the National Museum of Ethnology (NME) in Osaka, Japan. He has held various academic positions at the NME, including professor and director of the Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, professor in the Department of Cultural Research, associate professor in the Department of Cultural Research, and assistant professor, Second Research Department. He received awards for Best Longer Film in the 3rd International Folk Music Film Festival (Nepal) in 2013 and the Jaap Kunst Award (Society for Ethnomusicology) in 2000. Terada holds degrees from Kobe University, Shoreline College, and the University of Washington.