Scholars

Heather Sparling

D’Arcy McGee Beacon Fellow 2021:
Professor Heather Sparling PhD
Canada Research Chair in Musical Traditions
General Editor, MUSICultures
Cape Breton University

 

Host and University: 
Dr Daithí Kearney
Co-Director
Creative Arts Research Centre
Dundalk Institute of Technology

 

Title of Beacon Lecture held on 10th March 2021:   

Death Culture, Vernacular Memorialization, and Disaster Songs of Atlantic Canada

 

YouTube link to Beacon Lecture: 

 

Other Links:

https://www.dkit.ie/creative-arts-research-centre

Heather Sparling – Cape Breton University : Cape Breton University (cbu.ca)

http://disastersongs.ca/