Dr. Monique Charles

Dr. Monique Charles

Assistant Professor
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of Sociology
Office Location: N/A
Education:
Middlesex University-London, Bachelor of Science
University of London, Master of Science
The University of Warwick, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Monique Charles is a Cultural Sociologist, Theorist and Methodologist.  She completed her Ph.D. at Warwick University in Coventry, England where she developed a method for analyzing music within the social sciences.  Her research interests include popular culture, music/musicology, sound studies, embodiment, spirituality, cultural studies, class, gender and race with a particular interest in the African Diaspora (i.e. Black people in Europe and North America).  She has published in sociology, cultural studies and qualitative methods journals and has several articles and a book in progress titled “Black British Grime Goes Global: Social Media, Subcultural Practice and Citizenship.”  She will be teaching courses in research methods, subcultures and black music for Sociology and Ethnic Studies.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Charles, M. (2023) Soundsystem Sensibilities. In Gordon, M (Ed.), The Black British Experience Through the Eyes of Music. Nostalgia’99
Charles. M. (2023) RWD Selecta! in Charles, M. (ed.) Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century. Liverpool University Press.
Charles, M. (2023) Introduction in Charles, M. (ed.) Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century. Liverpool University Press.
Charles, M. (ed.) (2023) Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century. Liverpool University Press.
Charles, M. (2023). Make it Funky for Me: Black British Women’s explorations of Britishness, womanhood and artistry through 2000s music. Music for girls conference. The Media, Arts and Humanities Research Institute. The University of Sussex. 20 June 2023. https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/media-arts-humanities-institute/research/project/theatre-music-performance/music-for-girls
Charles, M. (2023, June 22). BLACK MUSIC IN BRITAIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Sonic St Technologies. Retrieved June 22, 2023, from https://sonic-street-technologies.com/black-music-in-britain-in-the-21st-century/
Charles, M. (2022) 25 Years of Garage review – music documentary falls prey to the same mistakes that killed the scene. The Conversation. Published 13 December 2022.
Charles, M. (2021) “Feminine Frequencies: An intergenerational conversation between soundwomen” Journal of World Popular Music 8(1) pp. 124-140
Ross, J. I., Daichendt, G, J., Kurtenbach, S., Gilchrist, P., Charles, M., & Wicks J., "Clarifying street culture: integrating a diversity of opinions and voices", Urban Research & Practice, 13:5, 525-539.
Charles, M. (2019) ComeUnity, Community in the face of Impunity in El-Enany, N., Edkins, J., & Bulley, D., (Eds.) After Grenfell: Violence Resistance and Response. Pluto Press. London pp. 167 – 192.
Charles, M. (2019) “Grime & Spirit: On a hype!” Open Cultural Studies 1 pp.12
Charles, M. (2018) “Are you Grime or Part-Time? Reviewing Race & ‘Realness’ in Britain’s Grime Scene” Farquharson, K., Pillay, K., Essed, P., & White, E. (eds.), Relating worlds of racism: dehumanization, belonging and the normativity of whiteness. Palgrave. pp. 299-327.
Charles, M. (2016) “Grime Central!: Subterranean Ground in Grit Engulfing Manicured Mainstream Spaces” Andrews, K., & Palmer, L. (eds.), Blackness in Britain. Routledge. pp. 80-100.
Charles, M. (2017) Generation Grime in Perryman, M., (ed) The Corbyn Effect. Lawrence & Wishart Publishing. London pp. 138-149.
Charles, M. (2018) “Response: Labour & the varieties of Feminism”. Renewal: Journal of Social Democracy. 26(2) pp. 62 – 64
Charles, M. (2018) “MDA as a research method of generic musical analysis for the social sciences. Sifting through Grime (music) as a SFT case study” International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17(1) pp. 11
Charles, M. (2018) “Grime Labour” Soundings issue 68: pp. 40 - 52
Charles, M. (2018) Will the first ladies of Grime please stand up? The Voice Newspaper.
Charles, M. (2017) #Grime4Corbyn is here to stay – and it could be the start of something huge. New Statesman.
Charles, M. (2015) Black PhD students are pioneers in their subjects says professor. Times Higher Education.
Charles, M. (2014) Network to help end ‘isolation’ of Black PhD students. Times Higher Education.
Charles, M., (2017) Grime causes a revolution in youth politics. The Conversation.

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