IASPM D-A-CH Annual International Newsletter

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Dear IASPMites,

The members of D-A-CH’s executive committee and advisory board are most

delighted to announce the publication of our annual International

Newsletter 2020(+). Like every year, the newsletter reports on recent

D-A-CH-events and provides you with an overview of ongoing projects as

well as upcoming events regarding popular music studies from the German

speaking regions.

You can find the newsletter on our website:

https://www.iaspm-dach.net/blog/2021/10/13/iaspm-d-a-ch-annual-newsletter-2020

Best wishes,

Steffen Just – General Secretary of IASPM D-A-CH

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Liebe D-A-CH-Mitglieder,

Vorstand und Beirat von D-A-CH möchten Sie und euch auf unseren frisch

erschienenen International Newsletter 2020(+) aufmerksam machen. Darin

finden Sie/ findet ihr, wie gewohnt, Berichte über Ereignisse der

jüngeren Vergangenheit, inklusive Ausblicke auf sich bereits anbahnende

Projekte und Events der nahen Zukunft im Kontext von D-A-CH und beyond.

Der Newsletter kann auf unserer Website eingesehen werden. Für die

Nostalgiker*innen unter Ihnen/euch gibt’s hier auch alle anderen

Jahrgänge noch einmal zum angucken:

https://www.iaspm-dach.net/blog/2021/10/13/iaspm-d-a-ch-annual-newsletter-2020

Schöne Grüße,

Steffen Just – Generalsekretär von IASPM D-A-CH

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cfp: 1st International Music Livelihoods Symposium

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The Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre and/of the Creative Arts Research Institute will be holding the 1st International Music Livelihoods Symposium (online), December 6&7, 2021. https://musiclivelihoods.com/ Keynote speakers include Dr Nicole Canham (Monash University) author of recently-released Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work (Routledge).

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Yves Montand 100 Years Webinar

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Yves Montand (born as Ivo Livi, 1921-1991) was a celebrated singer and actor whose fame reached different continents and even transcended the borders of the Cold War.

On 13 October 2021 at 1.00-2.30pm EEST (at 11 am in London, 12 am in Paris and 1pm in Moscow) we will celebrate Yves Montand’s 100th birthday by organizing an online seminar. The event is based on the book Yves Montand in the USSR. Cultural Diplomacy and Mixed Messages (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2021).

Link to the meeting: https://utu.zoom.us/j/62310938407

Programme

  *   Yves Montand: Film Star, Singing Star – Ginette Vincendeau, Professor, King’s College

  *   Yves Montand in the USSR: The Book – Hannu Salmi, Professor, University of Turku

  *   Montand and Jazz – Bruce Johnson, Professor, University of Turku & University of Technology Sydney

  *   The Interview Project: The Inspiration of Oral History – Ekaterina Lapina-Kratasyuk, Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics in Moscow

  *   Montand and the Soviet Audiences – Mila Oiva, Senior Research Fellow, Tallinn University

  *   Q&A, discussion

Warmly welcome!

https://sites.utu.fi/montand/webinar/

Organized together with the International Institute for Popular Culture at the University of Turku and CUDAN Open Lab and Tallinn University.

Invitation: “Empowering Through Rhythm: The Impositions of Women’s Bodies and the Drum Kit”, 14.10.21

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The Center for Gender and Diversity Research and the University of Tübingen’s alumni relations team are very happy to invite you to the next session of the seminar series “Bodies, Power, Norms”. Beatriz Medeiros (Universidade Federal Fluminense Brazil, University of Tübingen) will be introducing “Empowering Through Rhythm: The Impositions of Women’s Bodies and the Drum Kit”.

The session will be taking place virtually over zoom Thursday, 14 October 2021, 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. CEST. To attend, please send an email to alumni@uni-tuebingen.de at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

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cfp: Popular Music, Populism and Nationalism in Contemporary Europe

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Call for Papers: Popular Music, Populism and Nationalism in Contemporary Europe

University of Oldenburg (Germany), 07–09 April 2022

Organisation: Prof. Dr. Mario Dunkel, Reinhard Kopanski, Simon Wehber (University of Oldenburg; Faculty III; Department of Music). 

Deadline for submitting proposals: 15thNovember 2021

It is undisputed that the recent rise of populist-nationalist and far-right parties poses a challenge to democracies, not exclusively, but also in the European Union. However, “populism’s toxic embrace of nationalism,” as Lawrence Rosenthal calls it, is more than a party-political or economic phenomenon. It also has a cultural dimension, which remains largely unexplored. Regarding music as a ubiquitous cultural practice, this conference addresses this cultural dimension from three music-oriented perspectives: 

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Assistant Professor of Teaching in Popular Music

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Assistant Professor of Teaching in Popular Music:
Creation and Production

The Department of Music at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Teaching (LPSOE) in Popular Music: Creation and Production for the Department of Music with an expected starting date of July 1, 2022. This position is equivalent in level to other Assistant Professor positions, but with emphasis placed on excellence in teaching and instruction-related activities. Appointment requires: (1) The demonstration and maintenance of teaching excellence, (2) Professional and/or scholarly achievement and activity (research in pedagogy and/or music) and (3) University and public service. Applicants are expected to have demonstrated commitment to high-quality and innovative teaching. An Assistant Professor of Teaching is a member of the academic senate.

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Music and Racism in Europe 20.-22.10.2021

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Music and Racism in Europe

Online Symposium, 20—22 October 2021

Registration for the Music and Racism in Europe online symposium has been extended to October 10. For more info visit: https://www.suoni.fi/registration

We are also happy to announce the full line-up of our music industries panel, which is organized as part of the symposium:

Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité, Musician, Sweden
Renaz Ehbrahimi, Journalist, Finland
Lena Midtveit, CEO, Sony Music Norway
Moderator: Anthony Kwame Harrison, Professor, Virginia Tech

Keynote speakers:

Kira Thurman, University of Michigan
Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta, University of Birmingham

For more info about the panel and keynote speakers: https://www.suoni.fi/music-and-racism

Full programme: https://www.suoni.fi/programme-abstracts

The symposium is organised by Research Association Suoni and the Kone Foundation funded research project ”Music researchers in society: Advancing social justice through activist music research” in collaboration with University of Helsinki (Musicology), CEMFOR — Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism at Uppsala University, IASPM-Norden (International Association for the Study of Popular Music and Music Finland.

Symposium conveners: Kim Ramstedt (Suoni) and Jasmine Kelekay (CEMFOR)

Contact: kim.ramstedt[at]gmail.com / jasminekelekay@ucsb.edu