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Dr. Juliana M. Pistorius is a music historian affiliated with the University College London (UCL) Institute of Advanced Studies as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research interrogates the intersections of Western art music, coloniality, and racial politics, particularly in postcolonial contexts.
- PhD, University of Oxford (2018)
- Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Huddersfield (2018-2021)
- Founding member, Black Opera Research Network (BORN)
- Reviews Editor, Cambridge Opera Journal
Her current project, Beyond Boycott: Musical Internationalism and the Making of Race in Apartheid South Africa, analyzes how classical musicians' participation in apartheid-era South Africa reinforced racial hierarchies. This work builds on her monograph Postcolonial Opera: William Kentridge and the Unbounded Work of Art (forthcoming, 2025), which examines Kentridge's operatic experiments as decolonial narratives.
Their research spans interdisciplinary analyses of opera as a colonial tool, cultural resistance in apartheid-era performances, and the ethical paradoxes of music's role in empire-building. Key themes include civic empowerment, racial profiling, and the enduring legacies of colonial soft power in artistic practice.
Scientific Awards
- Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Postdoctoral Fellowship
Pistorius is a founding member of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN), contributes to Cambridge Opera Journal, and collaborates with institutions in South Africa, including the University of the Witwatersrand during her MSCA fellowship's outgoing phase.
