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Michael A. Figueroa is an ethnomusicologist specializing in music of the Middle East and Mediterranean. His work focuses on the relation between music and violence, war, and territorial conflict, with current research centering on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His book-in-progress is a historical ethnography about music and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Six Day War). The monograph explores the role of musicians in the war effort and in helping to shape Israeli and Palestinian political consciousness from 1967 to the present, with an emphasis on conflicting spatial ideologies and their resultant violence. His additional research interests include African American music, Middle Eastern diasporas, popular culture, and poetry. He earned a BA in Music from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago. He is an active member of the Society for Ethnomusicology, International Council for Traditional Music, American Musicological Society, and Ford Foundation. At UNC he is also affiliated with the Department of Asian Studies, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, and Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Cultures.