International and interdisciplinary conference
Philharmonie de Paris, 25 and 26 November 2016
Organized by CESR (U. François Rabelais/CNRS/ MCC) and THALIM (CNRS/ENS/U. Paris 3). In association with the Punk Scholars Network.
19-20 November 2016
University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music
Hamilton, New Zealand
Contemporary and Future Paths in Music Performance, Composition and Analysis
In implicit dialogue with the ‘search for tradition’ of New Zealand Musicological Society’s annual conference in 2015, this year we invite participants to consider musical and cultural paths of the present and future, in both New Zealand and international contexts. While there remains interest in considering how the past may be used to shape the future, we particularly welcome submissions that address, directly and indirectly, the following themes:
Deadline for submission: 1 December 2016
Conference dates: 22 – 24 June 2017
Conference website: http://www.musicandthemiddlebrow.org
Conference venue: University of Notre Dame, London Global Gateway, 1 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HG
Keynotes: Joan S. Rubin and Richard Taruskin
A panel of four judges has now had the opportunity to consider all of the submissions for the inaugural Andrew Goodwin Memorial Prize for best postgraduate student essay in popular music research, and a winner has been selected. Congratulations to Alexander C. Harden who wins an award of £500 and will receive his prize shortly.
Read the award winning essay here.
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Cultural Centre Stoa, Helsinki, 10 November 2016
Call for Presentations
UskoMus* Research Network (uskomus.com) will organise its next one-day symposium with the theme ”Music and Islam”, with islamologist Jonas Otterbeck (Lund University) as a guest speaker. The symposium will be followed by a public discussion and a concert celebrating the 25-year career of the Turkish-Finnish band Nefes (nefes.fi), supported by Senegalese Pape Sarr, Rane Diallo, Ismaila Sane and Ousseynou Mbaye, and with an emphasis on Sufi musical practices.
University of Copenhagen 25-27 May 2017
In a year, the Danish music and radio research project Ramund will close. To mark this, we will organize a seminar focusing mainly on the theoretical aspects of the many different relations between music and radio and the meetings between the two in music-radio. The aim of the seminar will be to publish an anthology of articles.
Friday, 10 June 2016, 10.30am
ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
The Department of Music at St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University is delighted to host an interdisciplinary symposium on Approaches to Popular Music Studies in Dublin and beyond. Uniting, for the first time in Dublin, scholars, educators, and practitioners working across the diverse fields of popular music studies, this roundtable will address the academic study of contemporary popular music in Ireland.
Abstract Deadline: May 25, 2016
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The Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival is looking for scholars, musicians, filmmakers, archivists, journalists, and digital media producers to bring their art, intellect, and energy to our 2016 Film, Media, and Music Conference (August 31-September 4, 2016).
Co-sponsored by The California Endowment, KJAZZ Radio, HollywoodPost.com, and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, in past years Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, Latin Grammy, Emmy, ALMA, BET, and NAACP Image Award winners and nominees have joined international scholars from some of the world’s top universities as presenters and commentators.
NOISE & SILENCE is an adventurous publication that brings you fresh and informed pieces on issues facing all kinds of music and sound as conceptualised in today’s 21st century society. The project was founded in November 2015 by Oxford University students, and our team has now expanded to include graduates, post-graduates, and early-career researchers across the UK. Our aim is to create a platform that bridges the gap between music lovers and cutting-edge music research.
Special edition of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture
Guest Editors: Rebekah Farrugia and Magdalena Olszanowski
https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult
This special edition of Dancecult seeks to address the diverse roles of women-identified persons within electronic dance music culture (EDMC). While a great deal has been written about the practices of EDM subcultures and DJ culture in general, the experiences of women has received little attention perpetuating and reinforcing male dominance.