Adalyat Issiyeva

Adalyat Issiyeva teaches at McGill, Carleton, and Concordia Universities in Canada. She is the author of a number of articles on Russian Orientalism, including a recent contribution to Rimsky-Korsakov and His World for the Bard Music Festival Book Series. Her research interests include Russian music, Orientalism, nationalism and identity formation, (music) ethnography, Central Asian music and culture, and the politics of representation. In addition to her academic career, she has represented...See more

Adalyat Issiyeva teaches at McGill, Carleton, and Concordia Universities in Canada. She is the author of a number of articles on Russian Orientalism, including a recent contribution to Rimsky-Korsakov and His World for the Bard Music Festival Book Series. Her research interests include Russian music, Orientalism, nationalism and identity formation, (music) ethnography, Central Asian music and culture, and the politics of representation. In addition to her academic career, she has represented Uighur traditional dance and songs at a number of folk festivals, including the Smithsonian Silk Road Festival. See less