Chris Greencorn is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Queenâs University. His research interests lie at the juncture of social & cultural history, ethnomusicology, folklore studies, and archival studies
Chrisâs SSHRC-supported dissertation, supervised by Dr. Lisa Pasolli, examines the work of women folk culture collectors in 20th-century Canada, and in particular their constructions of "folk" and "traditional" music among settler, immigrant, and Indigenous peoples in the period leading up to Canadaâs official multiculturalism policy. His MA research at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music focused on collector Helen Creighton's work in African Nova Scotian communities.
His professional background is in the music industry. Chris was Artistic Director of the in Canso, Nova Scotia (2018-20), sits on the Board of Directors of (formerly , and juries industry awards in several regions.
Chris holds a SSHRC Canada Graduate ScholarshipâDoctoral. He was the D. W. Stewart Graduate Fellow and Roger Graham Fellow in Modern Canadian History in 2023-24, and the Arthur & Evelyn Lower Graduate Fellow in Canadian History as well as a Duncan & Urlla Carmichael Fellow in 2022-23.
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Peer-Reviewed Articles
"'I doubt if they were unusual': Race and Place in Helen Creighton's 1967 African Nova Scotian Recording Project," MUSICultures 51 (2024): 193â225. .
Scholarly Reviews
âListening to the Fur Trade: Soundways and Music in the British North American Fur Trade, 1760â1840. By Daniel Robert Laxer. (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queenâs University Press, 2022. Pp. 320, 13 photos, 3 maps, 7 tables. $ 34.95 Paperback.)â Ethnohistory 71, no. 3 (2024): 409â11. .
âSankofa Songs, A Legacy of Roots and Rhythm: African Nova Scotian Songs from the Collection of Dr. Helen Creightonâ [sound recording review], MUSICultures 48 (2021): 400â3. .
Blog Posts
Responses to Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow 's conference: (October 3, 2022) and (November 28, 2022).
As Editor
Founding editor, The Killick, undergraduate history student journal, St. Francis Xavier University.
- Society for American Music Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship
- Association for Recorded Sound Collections Research Grant
- Canadian Society for Traditional Music Student Paper Prize
- For ââI doubt if they were unusualâ: Race and Place in Helen Creighton's 1967 African Nova Scotian Recording Project,â presented at CongrĂšs Dialogues Conference 100e FaMUL, UniversitĂ© Laval, May 2023
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate ScholarshipâMaster's and Doctoral
