Dear IASPM members, Greetings! This is Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa writing to greet members before many go off on summer holiday (while others across the world go back to work after a short winter break). I would like to express my delight at being elected IASPM Executive Chair for 2011-2013.

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During the closing plenary session at IASPM 2011 International conference, six speakers from as many continents were asked to present their summarising comments on the conference. These are Bruce Johnson’s reflections for Australasia. First, I want once again to thank and congratulate the conference organisers for the logistical triumph they have achieved in getting us [...]

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Call for Contributions TU Dortmund Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Following last year’s international conference on HipHop in Germany’s Ruhr Area, we are planning to edit a volume that explores hip-hop culture in Europe from a transnational and transatlantic perspective.

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From the 27th of June 2011 Rhodes University will host the IASPM 16th Biennial International Conference. The final programme is available here: final programme Call for papers (closed) Please visit the conference website for further information: http://www.atashost.co.za/IASPM/

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A one-day conference organised by the Media Industries Research Centre (MIRC), University of Leeds, in conjunction with the MeCCSA Race Network and the ECREA Media Industries and Cultural Production Temporary Working Group Wednesday 14th Sept 2011 Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds Call for Papers This conference will explore issues of race, the cultural [...]

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Call for papers Volume ! The French journal of popular music studies Submission deadline: October 15th, 2011 Volume! La Revue des musiques populaires (www.seteun.net), the one and only French peer-reviewed journal exclusively dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of popular music, seeks contributions for a special issue on music and counterculture. Any scholarly essay on popular [...]

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“Methods of Popular Music Analysis” Call for applications Osnabrueck (Germany), 12th-16th September 2011 The ASPM (Arbeitskreis Studium Populaerer Musik) and the University of Osnabrueck are inviting applications for participation in the first international summer school “Methods of Popular Music Analysis”. The summer school will take place at the Institute of Musicology and Music Pedagogy in [...]

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Call for papers Guest editor, Mark Duffett Popular Music and Society invites article proposals for a new special issue. Fandom is both a personal expression of emotional conviction and a complex, changing, multi-faceted social phenomenon that now encompasses both online and offline activity. The study of fandom is a scholarly niche that exists at the [...]

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2011 Conference Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 November 2011 Call For Papers (pdf version) We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the 2011 annual conference of IASPM-ANZ. This year, the conference will be organised by convener Dr Geoff Stahl, and held at Victoria University of Wellington. [...]

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North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign July 25-28, 2012 Call for Papers NABMSA’s fifth conference will once again bring together scholars and lovers of British music from various academic fields and locales for three days of papers, discussions, and musical performances. The 2012 conference will take place from July [...]

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