Dr. T. Brandon Evans
Assistant Professor of Art and of Literary and Cultural Studies
PhD in Film and Visual Studies, Harvard University (Cambridge, USA)
MA in Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, USA)
Media studies, sound studies, art and exhibition studies and practices, Sikhi(sm) and study of religion, linguistics and Punjabi language, ethnomusicology, film and visual studies.
Papers Published
- Evans, T. Brandon. (2022) “Echoes in the Capitol, Echoes in History: Architectural Acoustics, Media Archaeology, and the Infrapolitics of Reverberation.” Sound Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal: 8/2.
- Evans, T. Brandon. (2013) “A Sympathetic Resonance: Sound, the Listener, and Affect Theory.” Leonardo Music Journal 23: 88–89 and online supplement.
Testimonial
Began academic career at Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA) with a BA in linguistics, interdisciplinary studies (art/semiotics), and performance practice. He then earned an MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a PhD in Film and Visual Studies from Harvard University. His dissertation project, “Listening to the Infinite: Sikh Soundscapes, Media, and Audiovisions,” looked at varied uses of audiovisual media and heritage curation in the contemporary Sikh tradition in sites such as gurdwaras, museums/public exhibitions, and cinema. Throughout fieldwork and research, Brandon pursued study of Punjabi language and later taught Punjabi language tutorials for graduate and undergraduate students at Harvard University for four years. He has experience in international education administration, having served three times as the Resident Director for the US State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship program. In addition to traditional scholarly pursuits, he has varied interest in creative performance and installation practices, encompassing performance of gurbani kirtan, creative academic production, audiovisual exhibition, and audio ethnography.
Awards and Recognition
- Loeb Full-year Fellowship for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Harvard University (2017)
- AIIS/US Dept of Education Fellowship, for Advanced Study of Punjabi language at the American Institute of Indian Studies (Chandigarh, India: 2017)
- Punjabi Language Program, Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), US Department of State/AIIS, Chandigarh, India (awarded twice: 2015 & 2016)
