One-Day Symposium Popular Music, Participation and the People‏ Popular Music Research Unit, Department of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross SE14 6NW Saturday 27 October 2012, Cinema 11am – 5pm, coffee from 10.30 Free admission, no registration required Popular music’s past is littered with musicians claiming to speak for the People – and various [...]

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Call for papers 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion 11-15 June 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland Deadline for submissions: 7 December 2012 Submission process: proposals should be submitted via the ICME3 author submission management system. Abstract format: all abstracts should be written in English. Maximum length is 250 words. Abstracts should be in the form of [...]

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Lecturer in Popular Music & Media Industries Lecturer in Music & Multimedia Practice Southampton Solent University Thanks to continued growth in the music media/music promotion provision in the popular music programme Southampton Solent University are looking to fill two full-time posts: Lecturer in Popular Music & Media Industries Lecturer in Music & Multimedia Practice

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Royal Musical Association Research Students’ Conference 3-5 January 2013 Southampton, United Kingdom Contact person: Kirstie Hewlett The RMA Research Students’ Conference is open to postgraduates studying in the UK or abroad. It offers the opportunity for students to present research in music, musicology and related areas in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Organized by: RMA [...]

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Call for papers Rewriting The Rules Of Production 8th Art of Record Production Conference 12-14 July 2013 Université Laval, Québec The revised deadline for the 8th Art of Record Production Conference Call for Papers is 31 October 2012. Please see the original CFP post for further details.

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Lecturer in Music Department of Music, Division of Humanities University of Otago, New Zealand Applications are invited for the confirmation path position of Lecturer in the Department of Music, Division of Humanities. The appointee will have expertise in popular music, in both practical keyboard tuition and academic papers related to popular music and world music. [...]

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Call for papers Music and Diplomacy Tufts University and Harvard University 1-2 March 2013 Keynote speakers include Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Associate Professor of Music at The Ohio State University

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Call for papers Modern Soundscapes Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Literature held in conjunction with the Centre for Modernism Studies in Australia University of New South Wales 10-13 July 2013 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Steven Connor (Cambridge) and Garrett Stewart (Iowa)

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New book Music’s Meanings – A Modern Musicology for Non-Musos Philip Tagg

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Call for articles MUSICultures: Atlantic Roots and Routes Deadline: 15 December 2012 MUSICultures solicits articles for publication in a special issue on Atlantic Roots and Routes, guest edited by Drs. Kati Szego (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Frances Wilkins (University of Aberdeen), and Heather Sparling (Cape Breton University).

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