Stephen Millar

Co-opted Committee Member

Stephen R. Millar is an anthropologist and ethnomusicologist whose work focuses on music, power, and conflict, with an emphasis on Britain and Ireland. He is particularly interested in the social impact of music-making and his work uses music as a platform to examine some of the most pressing concerns of our times, including militant nationalism, social inclusion, and the legacy of colonialism. He is author of Sounding Dissent: Rebel Songs, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism (Michigan, 2020) and Performing Paramilitarism: Loyalist Songs, Conflict, and Culture War (Oxford, 2026). Stephen is currently working on a new project on police music ensembles in Northern Ireland, which seeks to understand the various ways music has been instrumentalised by the police, from professional ensembles as soft power during the early years of the state to music's role in contemporary community relations.