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 Peoples claiming to speak through music. From seventeenth century broadside ballads through 1960s protest songs to internet-borne anthems and celebrity endorsements of the twenty first century, music has provided a rallying ground for both radicals and reactionaries. In varied times and places, popular music has been used to carry messages, mobilise or manipulate crowds, to inspire or inhibit social change. [Read more →]

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 a single paragraph, and contain no tables, graphics, subheadings, nor references. Up to four keywords may be added as desired. [Read more →]

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

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
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 29 October 2012

Check the event website for more details.

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.

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. Administrative duties will be agreed upon in consultation with the Head of Department. [Read more →]

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 [Read more →]

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) [Read more →]

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). [Read more →]