Josh Kun

Josh Kun (he/him/his) is an award-winning cultural historian, author, and curator.

He holds the chair in cross-cultural communication at the USC Annenberg School, where he is professor of communication and journalism. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (2016), a Berlin Prize (2018), and an American Book Award (2006). His books include Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez, Songs in the Key of Los Angeles, The Tide Was Always High: The Music of Latin America in Los Angeles, Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America, and several others.

As a curator and artist, he has worked with Prospect New Orleans, the Grammy Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California African American Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Getty Foundation, and the Los Angeles Public Library, among others. He co-edits the book series Refiguring American Music for Duke University Press, and he is currently writing a book on music and 21^st century migration for MCD Books/FSG. His monthly radio show airs on Artform Radio/WorldwideFM.