Giulia Accornero

Giulia Accornero serves as Assistant Professor at Yale University with dual appointments in graduate and undergraduate faculties, specializing in the global history of music theory and media studies. Her research centers on early Arabic music theory's reception in European and North American discourse, and how media technologies from notation to digital software reshape musical cognition and listening practices.

Education:

• PhD in Music Theory, Harvard University (2022)
• Graduate Fellow, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa i Tatti (2020)
• Bachelor and Master of Arts in Musicology, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Milan
• Bachelor of Science in Economics, Università Bocconi in Milan

Accornero's scholarly focus spans medieval Mediterranean music theory, climate determinism in musical discourse, and contemporary media's impact on sound perception. Her work uniquely connects historical Arabic theoretical frameworks with modern phenomena like ASMR and digital notation systems, examining how cultural and technological contexts shape musical understanding across eras.

Her recent publications reveal consistent exploration of how media technologies mediate musical experience—from proxemic zones in ASMR to cybernetic influences on notation systems. These works collectively demonstrate her interdisciplinary approach bridging musicology, media theory, and global intellectual history.

Scientific Awards:

• Graduate Students Prize, Medieval Academy of America (2022)

As co-founder of the AMS Notation, Inscription, and Visualization Study Group (2022) and incoming co-chair of the AMS History of Theory Study Group (2024), Accornero leads significant scholarly initiatives. Her Tartīb project received competitive grants from both the American Musicological Society and Medieval Academy of America to develop open-access digital resources for Arabic music theory research.

Through her leadership in AMS study groups and the Tartīb project, Accornero fosters collaborative research environments that bridge historical music theory with digital humanities methodologies, creating new pathways for interdisciplinary scholarship in global music studies.