Kira Alvarez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Education:
Graduate School of North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Ph.D., History
Harmonious Relations? America in the Making of the Classical Music World in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 1920s-1960s
Stanford University, M.A., History; M.A., Music
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.A., Religion
Swarthmore College, B.A., Religion and History
Undergraduate:
Science and Technology in Twentieth-Century America, Kira Alvarez, Tuesdays, 18:00-20:00
The Politics of Sound: The Twentieth-Century Classical Music World in the United States, Kira Alvarez, Thursdays, 18:00-20:00
Graduate:
Belief and Inquiry in Nineteenth-Century America, Kira Alvarez, Wednesdays, 18:00-20:00
Summer Semester 2023Graduate:
Violence in 19th and 20th Century America, Kira Álvarez, Mondays, 14:00-16:00
Summer Semester 2022US Immigration History in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Kira Alvarez, Tuesdays, 16:00-18:00
Summer Semester 2019The American Jewish Experience in the 20th Century, Kira Alvarez, Mondays, 16:00-18:00
Summer Semester 2018The Politics of Music: The Twentieth Century Classical Music World in the United States, Kira Alvarez, Tuesdays, 14:00-16:00
Kira Alvarez works at the intersection of music, religion, and the history of science. Her research has examined musical diplomacy in the twentieth century, particularly within transatlantic contexts. Her current project traces the role of scientific knowledge within legal frameworks. She has taught, presented, and published her research in the United States and Europe. Kira’s research has been supported by grants from institutions including Stanford University and the German Research Foundation (DFG).
She received her early education at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), and later studied at Swarthmore College, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stanford University, and Freie Universität Berlin.
"American Echoes: Bronislaw Huberman’s Pan-Europe and the Founding of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra," Twentieth-Century Music (special issue). Buch, Esteban, and Wolkowicz, Vera, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.
"Edis de Philippe, the Israel National Opera (INO), and the Politics of Music,” The Routledge Companion to Women and Musical Leadership: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond. Minors, Helen Julia and Hamer, Laura, eds. New York: Routledge, 2024,195-205.
“Mit sanfter Macht zur Versöhnung,” Musik öffnet Welten: Zur Gestaltung internationaler Beziehungen. Grätz, Ronald and Höppner, Christian, eds. Göttingen: Steidel, 2019, 37-43.
Media
Deutschlandradio Kultur, Die Diva aus Israel: Edis de Philippe, Sopran und Impresaria der Israelischen Nationaloper, Kira Alvarez, 04.02.2022
taz, Jahrestag der Befreiung des KZ Dachau: Gedenken schützt Demokratie, 29.04.2021
Deutschlandradio Kultur, Eine Faust gegen den Antisemitismus: Bronislaw Huberman, Geigenvirtuose und Gründer des Palestine Symphony Orchestra, Kira Alvarez, 18.06.2017
Deutschlandradio "Musikfeuilleton", Rebroadcast von Eine Faust gegen den Antisemitismus
Bronisław Huberman, Gründer des Palestine Symphony Orchestra, 16.09.2022