Biography
Dr. Omar
Ruiz Vega is from Aguada, Puerto Rico. He has a PhD in Musicology from
the University of Cologne and a Master’s Degree from the Humboldt University in
Berlin. Prior to that he graduated with a Bachelor of Art in History from the
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. He is fluent in Spanish, English, and German and also has intermediary knowledge of French. Omar has also been an avid traveler, both for
professional development and for leisure. One of his main specializations as a
musicologist is the music history of his home country Puerto Rico. He has given
several conferences at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and has
recently published his doctoral dissertation by the German publisher Transcript.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2013 Universität zu Köln — Cologne, Germany
Dr. phil. Musicology
Dissertation: Musik. Kolonialismus. Identität. Die Bedeutung José Figueroa Sanabias in der puerto‑ricanischen Gesellschaft zwischen 1925 und 1952 (Music. Colonialism. Identity. The Significance of José Figueroa Sanabia in Puerto Rican Society between 1925 and 1952) Published by transcript-Verlag under the title: Musik-Kolonialismus-Identität: José Figueroa Sanabia und die puerto-ricanische Gesellschaft 1925-1952
2010 Humboldt Universität zu Berlin — Berlin, Germany
Master of Arts in Musicology
Thesis: Die Enthüllung der Universalfassade: Eine (postkoloniale) Kritik an dem kunstmusikalischen Diskurs (The Unveilling of the Universal-Fassade: A [post-colonial] Critic to the Classical Music Discourse)
2007 Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus — San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Arts, European History
Certification
2014 Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin — Berlin, Germany
Certification: E-Competence for University Teachers - Conceptualization Level for the development of Online-Courses at university level.
Professional Presentations
March 5, 2015: Participation at the 1er Simposio de Musicología, Teoría y Etnomusicología in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. Title of the presentation: José Figueroa Sanabia: un héroe nacional (José Figuero Sanabia: a national hero).
January 25, 2012: Conference at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. Title: La ideología de la música universal: un análisis de sus premisas y repercusiones en la historiografía musicológica entre 1950 y 1990 (The Ideology of Universal Music: An Analysis of its Premisses and Repercussions in the Musicological Historiography between 1950 and 1990)
Publications
Musik-Kolonialismus-Identität: José Figueroa Sanabia und die puerto-ricanische Gesellschaft 1925-1952
transcript‑Verlag, Bielefeld (Germany) 2015, 336 pp.
"José Figueroa Sanabia: un héroe nacional", in Musiké, 2015 (will be published in the next edition)
Papers submitted for Publications
Die Universalideologie und die Thematisierung der Nationalmusik: 1947–1991 (The ideology of Universal Music and the Thematization of National Music: 1947–1991)
Soy de la Calle, Hell Yeah I’m from the Block! Reggaeton Music Videos and the Articulation of Lower Class Identity in Puerto Rico. An Analysis of Two Music Videos from Daddy Yankee