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Patrick Burke is Chair of the Department of Music and Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds affiliate status in the Performing Arts Department. His research focuses on jazz, rock music, and the intersection of music with racial ideology, colonialism, and empire formation. Burke earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (1996) and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003). He has held roles including Director of Undergraduate Studies and Head of Musicology in his department.
Research highlights include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, plus authorship of two major books: Come In and Hear the Truth: Jazz and Race on 52nd Street (2008) and Tear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock (2021). His current project examines Norwegian shipping industry's role in shaping Western perceptions of global South music during the Age of Empire.
Teaching encompasses courses on jazz history, African diaspora music, and ethnomusicology methods. He has performed as a guitarist and composer in ensembles including a Javanese gamelan group. His digital humanities work includes the Music and Racial Segregation in Twentieth-Century St. Louis project.
- Awards: AMS Fellowship, NEH Fellowship, Scandinavian Foundation Grant
- Grants: SSRC Research Award, WUSTL Humanities Center Support
Labs/teams: Lead investigator on digital humanities project documenting St. Louis music segregation history.
