Roe-Min Kok, McGill University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

history of children's music germany nineteenth century women's studies folklore history of the family and domesticity religion education

Latest papers

Falling Asleep: Schumann, Lessing, and Death in a Wunderhorn Lullaby
2026 · first author
Clara’s Perspectives on Other Virtuosas
Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025 · first author
Imperial music examinations in South Asia: colonial imaginaries, postcolonial realities
Postcolonial Studies · 2023 · first author

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Interpreting Children's Music by Robert Schumann
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$133,840
Interpreting Children's Music by Robert Schumann
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$40,818
Robert Schumann: mythopoet
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$85,756

All 4 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Falling Asleep: Schumann, Lessing, and Death in a Wunderhorn Lullaby

Roe-Min Kok

2026First author

DOI: 10.4324/9781003763994-7

02

Clara’s Perspectives on Other Virtuosas

Roe-Min Kok

Cambridge University Press eBooks2025First author

DOI: 10.1017/9781108992626.020

03

Imperial music examinations in South Asia: colonial imaginaries, postcolonial realities

Roe-Min Kok

Postcolonial Studies20233 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/13688790.2023.2243072

04

Clara: Robert’s Posthumous Androgyne

Roe-Min Kok

Cambridge University Press eBooks2021First author

DOI: 10.1017/9781108779531.012

05

The Oxford Handbook of Music Colonialism

Erin G Johnson-Williams, Roe-Min Kok, Yvonne Liao

2021

06

Schumann's Virtuosity: Criticism, Composition, and Performance in Nineteenth-Century Germany, by Alexander Stefaniak

Roe-Min Kok

Journal of the American Musicological Society20201 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1525/jams.2020.73.1.183

07

Negotiating children's music: new evidence for Schumann's "Charming" Late Style

Roe-Min Kok

Acta Musicologica20084 citationsFirst author

08

Kyrie in d ; Herr Gott, dich loben wir

Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, R. Larry Todd, Roe-Min Kok, Walter E. Buszin

Carus eBooks2008

09

»Märchen-Musik«

Roe-Min Kok

J.B. Metzler eBooks2007First author

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-476-05263-6_24

10

Musical childhoods & the cultures of youth

Susan Boynton, Roe-Min Kok

Wesleyan University Press eBooks20063 citationsSenior author

Interpreting Children's Music by Robert Schumann

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kok, Roe Min

Keywords: history of children's music; germany; nineteenth century; women's studies; folklore; history of the family and domesticity; religion; education

$133,840

Interpreting Children's Music by Robert Schumann

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kok, Roe Min

Keywords: history of children's music; germany; nineteenth century; women's studies; folklore; history of the family and domesticity; religion; education

$40,818

Robert Schumann: mythopoet

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Kok, Roe Min

Keywords: Robert Schumann; children's music; Grimm brothers; fairytales; German folklore; family life; women's culture; nationalism

$85,756

New Paths: Robert Schumann, 1848-1856

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Kok, Roe Min

Keywords: Robert Schumann; late music; literary narratives; visual arts; secular religion; nationalism; reception

$13,611

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: history of children's music Dear Professor Kok, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Falling Asleep: Schumann, Lessing, and Death in a Wunderhorn Lullaby" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Interpreting Children's Music by Robert Schumann" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]