Férdia Stone-Davis’ research interests lie at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and music, focusing on the different ways in which music allows us to “make sense”. She has written about musical beauty and the sublime, as well as about musical “worldmaking” more generally. She is Director of Research at the Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge. She is currently on research leave from this role, working on a three-year project “The
Epistemic Power of Music”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and based at the University of Music and the Performing Arts, Graz. She has a developing interest in music and freedom. In 2025 she will become part of the AHRC-funded 24-month Abolition Song and Its Legacies (ASaiL) Scholar’s Network based at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Férdia received BA in Theology and Religious Studies, MPhil in Philosophy of Religion and PhD from the University of Cambridge. She also has an MMus in Early Music Performance Studies from Trinity College of Music, London. She is committed to thinking across disciplines and facilitating their interaction, and is currently the chair of the Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group, which provides a forum offering opportunities for those interested in music and philosophy to share and discuss their work.
