Call for articles IASPM@Journal Open for general submissions IASPM@Journal is always open for new general submissions and we encourage you to submit research papers in all aspects of popular music studies. Spread the word to your IASPM branch. The CFP is now available in 9 languages. Further information: Authors Readers & Reviewers Librarians

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MA in Popular Music and Culture Western University London, Ontario, Canada The Faculty of Information and Media Studies and The Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) are now accepting applications for our joint MA program in Popular Music and Culture. The due date for applications is 1 February 2013. Complete [...]

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Australian Recording Sector Report Australia Council Associate Professor Shane Homan The Australia Council recently commissioned a report by IASPM member Associate Professor Shane Homan on the needs of the Australian recording sector, which you can find here.

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Call for papers Severn Pop Network Inaugural Conference The Small Economies of the ‘New’ Music Industry University of Bristol 25 March 2013 The music industry is in a well-publicised state of upheaval. The emergence of digital reproductive technologies (such as CD burners and MP3s), of digital distribution and consumption technologies (such as the iPod, iTunes [...]

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Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture Crowdfunding Initiative Perks Needed Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture needs your help.

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Professor/Associate Professor of Music Faculty of Creative Arts University of Wollongong, Australia Creative Arts at UOW offers programs that combine strong practice-based training with a distinctive theoretical component across the disciplines of Creative Writing, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Journalism, Performance, Theatre, Technical Theatre and Visual Arts.

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New publication Volume! Popular Music and Countercultures The first issue of the French edition of “Popular Music and Countercultures” is now out and online. Table of contents (with texts by Sheila Whiteley, Andy Bennett, Simon Warner, Giovanni Vacca, etc.): http://www.cairn.info/revue-volume-2012-1.htm To purchase/subscribe from beyond France: http://volume.revues.org/1643 An English version of this issue will be published, [...]

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Call for papers Music and Environment Symposium University of Technology, Sydney Friday 26 April 2013 (tbc) Music relates to different types of environmental transformations: social, economic, political, cultural or technological, while environmental changes can be heard in music and soundscapes. There has been an increase in academic discourse relating to the ecology of sound, or [...]

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Club Health Conference on Nightlife & Substance Use San Francisco 28-30 May 2013 The Club Health Conference on Nightlife & Substance Use will be invading San Francisco 28-30 May 2013. This will be the 8th annual gathering and the first time this event will take place in the United States. Come join us to present, [...]

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At the request of the International Federation of Musicians, LabourStart has today launched a new online campaign in defense of the hundreds of members of the Musicians Union of Cameroon who were savagely attacked by police as they peacefully marched. To learn more and to show your support for the musicians, please click here. Please [...]

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