Posted: September 22nd, 2026 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Irish Popular Culture from the 1990s to Today: A Green Wave Taking the World by Storm
International Conference (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)
Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February 2027
Co-organised by Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (CIRLEP), Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREW) and Université de Tours (ICD)
Confirmed key-note speakers: Dr. Maria Parsons (IADT, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), and Dr. Timothy Heron (U. Strasbourg, France)
Organising committee: Catherine Girodet (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne), Sylvie Mikowski (U. Reims Champagne-Ardenne), Erick Falc’her-Poyroux (U. Tours), Fabrice Mourlon (U. Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Deadline for paper proposals : 15th October 2026
Paper proposals (in English or French), no longer than 350 words, along with a 100 word biography should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected], by October 15, 2026.
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Posted: September 22nd, 2026 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Come Together: A Conference of Beatles Scholars and Experts
Call for Papers for Come Together: A Conference of Beatles Scholars and Experts, to be held at Strawberry Field in Liverpool, 12–14 June 2027. The conference will bring together scholars, researchers and experts working across Beatles studies, popular music, cultural studies, history, literature, film and media, Liverpool studies, and related fields. Our keynote speaker will be the distinguished Beatles author and broadcaster Spencer Leigh.
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Posted: September 9th, 2026 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Performance Studies International Conference
The Eighth Performance Studies International Conference will be hosted by the School of Music, University of Leeds, on 15–18 July 2027 (both in person and online).
The conference will address a wide range of musics, methodologies, questions, and practices relating to Performance Studies.
We invite contributions that reflect this diversity, including (but not limited to) early music, contemporary and experimental music, global musics, acoustic, popular, electronic and multimedia performance. We encourage a broad range of approaches including musical instrument studies, performance practices including historically informed approaches and analytical approaches to performance and recordings, contemporary and ‘extended’ instruments and techniques, psychological approaches to performance and audience research, and pedagogic research in music performance. However, any topic in the field of music performance studies will be considered.
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Posted: September 9th, 2026 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives Conference
The Ninth Biennial
Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives Conference
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, United Kingdom
6–9 July 2027
Congregational music-making is a vital and vibrant practice within Christian communities worldwide. It reflects, informs, and articulates convictions and concerns that are irreducibly local even as they flow along global networks. The Christian Congregational Music Conference aims to expand the avenues of scholarly inquiry into congregational music-making by bringing together world-class scholars and practitioners to explore the varying cultural, social, and spiritual roles music plays in the life of various Christian communities around the world. We are pleased to invite proposals for the ninth biennial conference at Ripon College in Cuddesdon, near Oxford, United Kingdom, from Tuesday, 6 July to Friday, 9 July, 2027. The conference will feature guest speakers, roundtables, and workshops that reflect the ever-broadening scope of research and practice in Christian congregational music-making around the world.
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