The journal Contracampo: Brazilian Journal of Communication has just launched the CFP “Products, creation and media consumption for children and young people in digital culture”. Deadline is April/2023
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IASPM Canada 2023 – CFP – Appel à communications
*** Deadline is extended to January 31st ***
*** La date limite pour l’envoi des propositions est le 31 janvier ***
Hi all!
Just a friendly reminder from the Canadian branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-Ca) about the CFP for the next annual conference, held in Québec city, May 17 to May 21 2023.
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Dear colleagues,
I am writing on behalf of the IASPM Executive and the IASPM Ethics Committee to provide the organisation with an update regarding the investigation into allegations of sexual assault against members of IASPM. The investigation is ongoing.
Continue readingAssistant/Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, College-Conservatory of Music
Assistant/Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, College-Conservatory of Music
Job Overview
The Division of Musicology, Composition and Theory at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, seeks an outstanding candidate with a research specialization in African, African Diasporic, Latinx, and/or Indigenous music(s) to augment our current program strengths and support relationships with allied departments and local communities. The tenure-track position in ethnomusicology at the Associate or Assistant professor level starts in August 2023. Candidates with an established record in teaching, research, and service may accelerate their tenure review process.
cfp: Mediations of music and power in online music cultures
Call for Papers
Mediations of music and power in online music cultures
21–22 September 2023, Division of Gender Studies, School of Culture and Education, Södertörn University, Sweden
Music cultures in the twenty-first century are strongly shaped by online media. Music streaming, social media, video sharing sites as well as internet-based music production software, radio stations, and music magazines have variously affected the formatting, curation, and consumption of music. Largely centralized around a small number of privatized companies, where human and automated processes intersect, online music cultures are sites of mediations of power.
Continue reading*REMINDER* Call for Articles: Music Research Forum Volume 37
Music Research Forum is currently accepting scholarly articles in the field of music from outstanding graduate students and young professionals. The deadline for submissions for Volume 37 (to be published in late summer 2023) is Wednesday, January 18, 2023.
Continue readingPopular Music PhD Scholarships at the University of Huddersfield
Dear colleagues,
The University of Huddersfield is offering a number of PhD scholarships, including some specifically focused on popular music.
Continue readingCall for contributions: The Natures of Pop (Journal of Global Pop Cultures)
Journal of Global Pop Cultures
Call For Papers and Projects: The Natures of Pop
Second Issue of the Journal of Global Pop Cultures (September 2023)
Submission deadline: March 31, 2023
See also: https://www.journalofglobalpopcultures.com
Pop is artificial by definition. Of course, all forms of culture are artificial. But this is especially true of pop. Unlike older concepts, such as folk culture, folklore, or popular culture, the concept of “pop” emerged only in the 1950s and referred to the specific cultural forms of postmodern, highly technologized liberal consumer societies.
Continue readingcfp: Diversity and Inclusivity in the British Music Industry Conference
Call Fall Papers
Diversity and Inclusivity in the British Music Industry Conference
Tuesday 6 June 2023 @ the Media Factory University of Central Lancashire
The music industry, like many industries, has historically been dominated by certain groups and has not always been inclusive or representative of the diversity of the population.
Research has shown that people of colour, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with disabilities, are often underrepresented in the music industry, particularly in leadership roles. There are also issues of unequal pay and opportunities for marginalised groups.
Continue readingcfp: Popular Song in Europe in the 1920s (Extended dl 15 January, 2023)
University of Rouen-Normandie, France, 8-9 June 2023
Organizer : John Mullen
Popular Song in Europe in the 1920s
The 1920s was a key period for popular song. The slow rise of recorded music, and the arrival of radio, brought to the end that era when live performance was at the centre of the music industries. Meanwhile, ongoing urbanization in many countries continually changed the relationship between song, everyday life, fantasy and identity.
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