Call for articles Journal of Music Research Online A journal of the Music Council of Australia The Journal of Music Research Online (JMRO) is a freely accessible, peer-reviewed journal for the publication of scholarly research in music. It has a distinguished international editorial board, broad scope and aims to publish research of the highest international [...]

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Call for papers Interdisciplinary Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop 2013‏ Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C. 3 & 4 June 2013 The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities; in addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, we welcome critical, qualitative work in the social [...]

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Call for papers Voice/Presence/Absence An Interdisciplinary Conference on Voice and the Arts Creative Practice and Cultural Economy Research Group University of Technology, Sydney 14-15 February 2013 Voice/Presence/Absence is an interdisciplinary conference organised under the auspices of the Creative Practice and Cultural Economy Research Group of the University of Technology, Sydney, with the goal of exploring [...]

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Author talk Red Rock: The Long, Strange March of Chinese Rock & Roll Jonathan Campbell Asia Bookroom, Canberra, Australia 6pm Tuesday 23 October Rebellious, individualistic, and explosive, rock and roll seems incongruent with modern Chinese society. Beginning from 1986, the music has evolved from a Western import into something uniquely Chinese, reshaped by the nation’s [...]

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Call for papers People’s Palace: Culture and Controversy in Music Hall and Vaudeville 11 May 2013 Hoxton Hall, London A unique conference experience, held at Hoxton Music Hall, and organized by King’s College, London and the University of Liverpool. This one-day conference will explore the history of one of the most exciting, subversive and controversial [...]

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Call for papers New Elizabethans 1953-2013: Nation, Culture, and Modern Identity 13-15 June 2013 Senate House, London Papers are invited for a major international, interdisciplinary conference to be held at Senate House, London, June 13-15 2013. Coinciding with the 60-year anniversary of the Coronation, this conference will explore the ways in which the ideal of [...]

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Call for papers Music, Gender & Difference: Intersectional and postcolonial perspectives on musical fields 10-12 October 2013 University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria Feminist research on music has revealed the gender-specific conditions for the production, distribution, assessment, appropriation and experience of music, and has explored the participation and representation of women in various [...]

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Announcement from the IASPM treasurer IASPM is organised in branches which vary in size and mode of operation. Each branch operates in line with IASPM statutes and has their own executive committee. Branches have different levels of activities including local mailing lists, conferences, journals, study days and newsletters. Larger branches tend to have more of [...]

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Brazilian Journal E-Compós New issue on popular music‏ www.e-compos.org.br We are pleased to announce the launch of the new issue of the Brazilian E-Compós journal, entirely devoted to popular music, with articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish. E-Compós is a journal of the Brazilian National Association of Post-Graduate Programs in Communication and the publication of [...]

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Live Music Exchange Saturday 10 November 2012 9.00am – 5.00pm, £10 / £5 (conc) Zen Room, ATRiuM Building, University of Glamorgan A conference with a difference, the Live Music Exchange gathers together leading academics with people working directly (and indirectly) with live music, to exchange ideas about how to encourage and assist a vibrant and [...]

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