Dear colleagues
It’s our pleasure to announce the 10th installment of the IASPM Benelux Pop Talks series. Once again, we have teamed up with Amsterdance, the Amsterdam Electronic Dance Music Research Group, to present to you…
Mark J. Butler (Humboldt University Berlin) who on February 9th, 2023, 15:30-17:00 CET will give a lecture entitled
Reimagining the Past, Envisioning the Future, from a New Center in Amsterdam that will also be streamed online.
Continue readingThe 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
Continue reading*** 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.
Continue readingDear 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
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.
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 readingMusic 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 readingDear colleagues,
The University of Huddersfield is offering a number of PhD scholarships, including some specifically focused on popular music.
Continue readingJournal of Global Pop Cultures
Call For Papers and Projects: The Natures of Pop
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.
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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.
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