Sean Williams papers

Collection

Identifier: PP-01

Staff Only

Content Description

Teaching portfolio including program descriptions, evaluations of faculty (evaluations of students have been removed), evaluations of Sean Williams by students, and assorted publications, writings, translation work, and other activities outside of the programs.

Includes materials from the following programs (1991-2015):

Introduction to the Performing Arts (1991-1992); Popular Art and Culture (1992-1993); Music Cultures of the World (1993-1994); The Irish Experience (1994-1995); Foundations of the Performing Arts (1995-1996); Asian Performing Arts and Culture (1996-1997); Perspectives on Ireland (1997-1998); Envisioning Home (1998-1999); Performing Arts and Culture (1999-2000); Awakening Ireland (2000-2001); The Expression of Self, West to East (2001-2002); Intimate Nature (2002-2003); Ireland: Living Between Worlds (2003-2004); Sabbatical Year (2004-2005); Asian Culture and Arts (2005-2006); Ireland Program (2006-2007); Perception, Mind and Reality (2007-2008); Performance Works: Telling Stories (2008-2009); Ireland: Between History and Memory (2009-2010); Music and Movement in Nature and Culture (2010-2011); Equatorial Studies (2011-2012) and Slavic and Celtic Folklore (spring 2012); Music Intensive (2012-2013); Ireland in History and Memory (2013-2014); Sacred Movement, Sacred Sound (2014-2015)

Dates

Creation: 1991 - 2015

Creator

Williams, Sean (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

Duplication by the archives in no way transfers either copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display the materials.

Biographical / Historical

Sean Williams began teaching at The Evergreen State College in 1991. She received her BA from the University of California in Berkeley in classical guitar performance. Her MA and Ph.D in ethnomusicology came from University of Washington in Seattle in the 1980s. She was a visiting faculty member on the shipboard university, Semester at Sea, that visited Nova Scotia, Reykjavik, St. Petersburg, Gdansk, Antwerp, LeHavre, Dublin, and Bilbao. Her focus at The Evergreen State College is on ethnomusicology, Irish Studies, and Asian Studies.