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.
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Dear colleagues,
The University of Huddersfield is offering a number of PhD scholarships, including some specifically focused on popular music.
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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.
Continue readingcfp: Soundtracks of Our Lives: Music-Making and Musicians in Cinema of the MENA Region
Soundtracks of Our Lives: Music-Making and Musicians in Cinema of the MENA Region
Beirut
Organization: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
Categories: Popular Culture, Aesthetics, Cultural Studies, Film, TV, & Media, Mediterranean, Middle East
Event Date: 2023-02-15 Abstract Due: 2023-02-15
Full cfp with details: https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/37162
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Call for Papers
Music and Dance on East–West Axis: Correlations and Mobilities- International scientific symposium
Organizers: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Institute of Musicology – Department of Arts, Istanbul University State Conservatory
Location: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade (Serbia)
Dates: September 4–6th, 2023 The question of “Orient” in humanities gained significant attention, especially after the landmark work of Edward Said (1978). However, the issue of representation from the position of power was of a much older date, and the eurocentric perspective of the late 19th and 20th centuries influenced comparative musicology and then ethnomusicology to a certain extent, due to the fact that ethnomusicology as a discipline is rooted in the observation of music of “the Others”. Said’s work also affected academic discourse about questions of (Middle) East wars and the history and social reflections of the religions, and it was a necessary basis for postcolonial and deconialization studies in global terms, which occupy a significant position in contemporary ethnomusicology (and musicology). Perceived from the aspect of “the crossroads between East and West” and the attitude of abandonment of burdening synonym for conflicting nations, the Balkans, as the main focus area for this symposium, is observed as a field for research of correlations in music and dance heritage, as well as the space where/through music/dance and musicians/dancers are migrating and moving.
Continue readingcfp: Low End Theories: Bass Culture, Sound Systems, and Popular Music
Call for papers
Bass and Afro-diasporic sound system culture are defining elements of many popular musics today. Dub-reggae practices are embedded in the pop industry as well as mainstay genres such as hip-hop, dancehall, and jungle/drum ‘n’ bass, while sound system-powered subcultures proliferate in scenes such as footwork, Miami bass, and beyond. ‘Bass music’ is an established, and contested, category of electronic dance music culture. Sound system events have persisted through and adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite its impact on night life industries worldwide.
Continue readingCall For Papers: Practice Research in 21st Century Music
The 21st Century Music Practice Research Network’s 2023 One Day Conference on Saturday 20th May 2023 at the University of West London, St. Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF
The C21MP network is relaunching its ‘in-person’ events with a one day conference looking for common themes in pedagogy and practice research in performance, composition, record production, music technology, music business and arts administration.
Continue readingcall for articles: MUSICultures
MUSICultures Special Issue Call for Papers
MUSICultures solicits articles for publication in a special theme issue: Sustainable Futures in Popular Music: The Pandemic and Beyond, guest edited by Dr. Alexandra Boutros (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Dr. Brian Fauteux (University of Alberta).
Contemporary discourse is fraught with concerns about sustainability as we reckon globally with climate change, resource depletion, and more. How can we think about sustainability in intersection with popular music? Sustainability is often associated with ecological discourse, where concerns about waste and the depletion of natural resources may shape how we understand everything from music festivals and music related travel, to streaming services. However, sustainability is also implicated in the social dimensions of musical life. A discussion about music and sustainability may ask; What is the role of popular music and musicians in the cultural shifts made necessary by climate change? But may equally query how claims of sustainability figure alongside local music production and consumption framed by ephemeral archives and sometimes fragile cultural memories? Labour, venues, teaching and pedagogy, live performance, production and dissemination, capital and funding, and a host of other music related practices, systems, and infrastructures impact the sustainability or unsustainability of music.
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