Amanda Hsieh

Dr. Amanda Hsieh is an Associate Professor of Musicology at the Department of Music, Durham University. Her research bridges musicology, political history, and gender studies, focusing on the interplay between Western art music and geopolitical dynamics in historical contexts.

• Academic focus: Global music history, opera studies, and gendered narratives in music
• Affiliated with Durham’s Project Spectrum (EDI in music studies) and co-founder of the Asian-German Studies in Music Working Group

Her research explores transnational musical exchanges, including projects on the Japanese Empire’s adoption of German art music, East-West operatic interactions, and music’s role in fascist diplomacy. She employs archival analysis, global history frameworks, and biographical methods.

Awards include the 2025 Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 2023 Kurt Weill Prize, and 2020 Jerome Roche Prize. She serves as Reviews Editor for the Journal of the Royal Musical Association (2021–2025), emphasizing linguistic and geographic diversity in scholarly discourse.

She co-supervises PhD student Jamison Hankins and mentors topics in music mobility, politics, and global history. Organized the sold-out Global Musicology – Global Music History conference (2022) and contributed to the Being Human Festival with a concert on singer Fujiwara Yoshie.