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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It was an honour to be interviewed for a BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature on "The Sound of Whispering" by the brilliant music scholar/BBC New Generation Thinker Dr. Jacob Downs. In my segment, I speak about whisper singing in pop + Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

MUSIC AT THE MARGINS OF SENSE, forthcoming Nov 2026 with the University of Michigan Press. Use discount code UMWEB30 to preorder: press.umich.edu/.../M/Music-...

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Erin K. Maher @erinkmaher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I've read Jessica's book already (indexer privilege), and it's as good as the blurbs say!

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The blurbs/reviews that will appear on the back cover of *Music at the Margins of Sense* are up on the University of Michigan Press website. I'm so moved by what these three amazing scholars have to say about my book: press.umich.edu/Books/M/Musi... @uofmpress.bsky.social

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Honoured and excited to have been appointed Associate Editor of the *Journal of Musicology*, where I'll be serving alongside a dynamic team of AEs under the leadership of the journal's incoming Editor @jacekbl.bsky.social, and to have also been appointed to the Editorial Board of *Sound Studies*!

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New headshots forthcoming in time for my book's release!

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Look what came in the mail! Congratulations to editor extraordinaire @eweisbard.bsky.social and fellow authors! It’s an honour to have my work included in this dynamic and timely tome. 🥳👏🏻 doi.org/10.1093/9780...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Mikkel Vad introducing the inimitable Prof. Katherine Schofield @katherineschof8.bsky.social ahead of her utterly brilliant keynote lecture at the “Global Music History and Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries” conference at UCPH today! 🤩👏🏻 globalhumanities.ku.dk/events/2026/...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Conference: “Global Music History & Northern Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries” Fri May 15-Sat May 16 at the University of Copenhagen (South Campus) feat. a keynote lecture by @katherineschof8.bsky.social ! Organized by my colleague Mikkel Vad. globalhumanities.ku.dk/events/2026/...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It was such an honour for the UCPH Musicology Division to host the one and only @robinjames.bsky.social for what were two truly brilliant talks yesterday! 🤩🙏🏻

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Tues Apr 28: UCPH hosts esteemed author/editor/scholar Robin James for a publisher's talk + the inaugural European lecture on her forthcoming DUP book *Good Vibes Only*! We can't wait! @robinjames.bsky.social artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/art... artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sou...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I have a book cover and I love it! It looks bold, sensuous, corporeal, and resonant in a way that feels authentic to the music/musicianship the book champions, and to me, as author. Music at the Margins of Sense, coming Nov 2026 with @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/M/Musi...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'm honoured to be delivering a guest lecture at Emory University on Thursday April 16, an event co-hosted by the Department of Music and the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture! @emoryuniversity.bsky.social music.emory.edu/news-events/...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I’m honoured and excited to be delivering the keynote lecture at Georgia College & State University’s 2026 Women & Gender Studies Symposium on April 15th: frontpage.gcsu.edu/node/24094 👩🏼‍🏫✈️🇺🇸

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I’m in LA this week, and excited to be presenting at the 2026 Pop Conference at the USC Thornton School of Music (Mar 12–14) on a panel with @dandipiero.bsky.social, @askjerseth.bsky.social and Ajitpaul Mangat entitled: "Female Pop as Heteropessimistic Complaint” (Mar 14, 9:00 - Carson Sound Stage)!

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Jessica Holmes is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Copenhagen. At Thursday's public seminar, in the Schwarzman Centre Cinema, she will be speaking on 'Billie Eilish, Princess Nokia, and the Musical Vernacular of Depression'. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The one and only @robinjames.bsky.social at the University of Copenhagen on April 28th, a talk co-sponsored by the Musicology division, and the Digital Culture and Art & Health research clusters! Wine and beer reception to follow. Not to be missed! ✨ artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sou...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I submitted the revisions of my copy-edited book *Music at the Margins of Sense* to the press today. I can’t wait for you to read it when it comes out in November. Check out the book description and preorder your copy now on the @uofmpress.bsky.social website: press.umich.edu/Books/M/Musi...

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Music at the Margins of Sense

In Music at the Margins of Sense, Jessica A. Holmes contests prevailing misconceptions associated with deafness and hearing in Western music by turning to the musical experiences of deaf, hard-of-hear...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I'm excited to be speaking in the Music Faculty at Oxford in March! @ox.ac.uk @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social My talk "Billie Eilish, Princess Nokia, and the Musical Vernacular of Depression" draws on material from my next book with @uofmpress.bsky.social. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

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Public seminar: Jessica Holmes (University of Copenhagen)

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

My book *Music at the Margins of Sense* is available for preorder on the University of Michigan Press’ website where you can read a description and preview the ToC! Order now to get 50% off during @uofmpress.bsky.social’s holiday sale. Stay tuned for the cover! 🎉 press.umich.edu/Books/M/Musi...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Fun to be interviewed for and quoted several times in this great piece on Celine Dion’s Vegas residencies by CBC journalist Natalie Harmsen! www.cbc.ca/music/celine...

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How Céline Dion became the queen of Las Vegas | CBC Music

The pop diva revitalized 21st-century concert residencies. This is how she did it.

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Brilliant people, brilliant podcast! Highly recommended.

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abg, phd @gatsbea.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

There are over 200 currently registered members on this petition, 40% of signatories are tenured professors, almost 100 current or former donors to the AMS. This petition has really galvanized scholars to reactivate their commitment and vision for our Society. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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AMS Petition 2025

Petition to Restore Transparent Governance and Accountability in the American Musicological Society To add your signature to the petition, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/Sign_AMS_2...

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The work that Jessica does here developing an idea of music as 'multimodal, multisensory' is SO philosophically important as people in that field CONTINUE to treat 'sound' or 'listening' as like uniquely auditory and ear-and-voice-based phenomena

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Thrilled that my book *Music at the Margins of Sense* is officially in production and forthcoming in Fall 2026 with the University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social for their Music and Social Justice Series!

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

UC Press has listed my JAMS article “Billie Eilish and the Feminist Aesthetics of Depression” among the most-accessed UC Press journal articles in 2024-25 in their 2025 report: craft-assets-ucpress-production.s3.amazonaws.com/annual-repor...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Thrilled to share that the University of Michigan Press Faculty Executive Committee has unanimously approved my book, *Music at the Margins of Sense* for publication! Hopefully it’ll hit the book stands in late 2026/early 2027! In the meantime, you can read all about it on my brand new website:

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Jessica A. Holmes, PhD

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Depression in Popular Music, an interdisciplinary conference w/a star-studded lineup of speakers from the US, Canada, SA, the UK, and Europe. June 26-27, Sorbonne University Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, organized by me in my capacity as 4EU+ Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne:

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I had a blast presenting alongside @dandipiero.bsky.social followed by a great 3-way conversation with/led by @robinjames.bsky.social in the PMiB series last night. Here is the YouTube video. 🫶🏻

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Join @holmesjessica.bsky.social and @dandipiero.bsky.social and I TODAY at 5 Eastern for a convo about their forthcoming books and "bad feelings" in pop music studies research. Come for sad girls, big feelings, the musical vernacular of depression. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I'm really looking forward to being part of this conversation with the inimitable @dandipiero.bsky.social and @robinjames.bsky.social! Join us via Zoom on Tuesday.

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

JACK HALBERSTAM delivered a brilliant lecture at the University of Copenhagen yesterday, an event hosted by the Dept. Of Arts & Cultural Studies “Art & Health” + “Art & Earth” research clusters and the Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Difference. Over 200 people attended! @ucph.bsky.social

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Excited to share that I have a new chapter out in *The Oxford Handbook of Electronic Dance Music* entitled “Beats, Tactility, and the Politics of Deaf Representation in EDM": doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

On Tues Mar 4, *Jack Halberstam* will deliver a public lecture at the University of Copenhagen at 15:15 in auditorium 23.0.50. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in the adjoining atrium: artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/art... @ucph.bsky.social

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

On Tues Mar 4th, we'll have the honour of hosting *JACK HALBERSTAM* in the UCPH Dept. of Arts & Cultural Studies for a public lecture entitled "Unworlding: Anarchitecture After Everything" from 15:15-17:00 in auditorium 23.0.50: artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/art... @ucph.bsky.social

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Honoured to be undertaking a Visiting Professorship at the @sorbonne-universite.fr Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health (iPLesp) later this spring fully funded by the 4EU+ University Alliance. Read about my research project and planned activities here: 4euplus.eu/4EU-1039.html

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Does your research address the links between popular music + mental health in some way? If yes, submit a proposal to the "Depression in Popular Music" interdisciplinary conference at @sorbonne-universite.fr iPLesp from Jun 26-27! Proposals due Feb 15. See CfP here: depressioninpopconference2025.com

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

CFP: "Depression in Popular Music," an interdisciplinary conference from Jun 26-27 2025 at @sorbonne-universite.fr Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, co-organized by myself and iPLesp. Proposals due Feb 15. See CfP for details: depressioninpopconference2025.com

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I'm excited to share a Call for Papers an interdisciplinary conference on "Depression in Popular Music" from June 26-27, 2025 at the Sorbonne University Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health (iPLesp) that I'm co-organizing w/iPLesp. Spread the word: depressioninpopconference2025.com

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