Music, Politics and Dictatorships in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula During the 20th Century

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Call for articles
Music, Politics and Dictatorships in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula During the 20th Century
Resonancias – A music research journal
Deadline: 17 January 2014

Recently there has been an expanded interest in the connections between music making and the political life that Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries experienced under the authoritarian regimes of the 20th century. This concern has been expressed in a critical analysis of the topics and methodologies traditionally used to tackle the relationship between music and politics. Among the topics that have marked a turning point in the intersection between the social sciences, the humanities and music research are: the “industry’s” appropriation of music for political ends; the changes in the legal frameworks advanced by local cultural politics; the clandestine lives of politicized musicians, and the activities of resistance in which they participated. Furthermore, the connections between theatre, dance and film, and the role of television in legitimizing symbolic violence against political dissidence (as well as the social effects of such violence) have begun to be studied in order to understand the role of music in political contexts — not to mention how social memory and forgiveness have been currently addressed in ongoing post-dictatorial times. Continue reading →

Assistant Professor in Musicology

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Assistant Professor in Musicology
African American Studies Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Syracuse University

The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University seeks a scholar with training as a musicologist, centered in Black Studies, for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Candidates for the position must hold either a PhD or an equivalent terminal degree. Applicants must be grounded in the history, theory, practice and performance of African American musical heritages, including jazz, blues, spirituals, work songs, and hip-hop. Continue reading →

Developing Pedagogies of Punk‏

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Call for chapters
Developing Pedagogies of Punk
Deadline: 6 January 2014

Developing curriculums and pedagogical approaches to the teaching of punk music is a poorly investigated area within music in higher education. The growing capability for institutions to develop programmes in these popular music areas have led to an appropriation of traditional teaching methods in some areas and innovative ground-breaking processes in others. The aim of this edited volume is to capture the contemporary thinking and doing of teaching practitioners around the world exploring their practice as punk pedagogues. Continue reading →

UK Popular Music Pedagogy Workshop

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UK Popular Music Pedagogy Workshop
24 January 2014
University of Edinburgh

The Higher Education Academy and IASPM (UK and Ireland branch) are sponsoring a one day workshop on Popular Music Pedagogy. The workshop takes place at the University of Edinburgh on Friday 24 January 2014. Registration is free but space is limited so book now to avoid disappointment. A programme for the day and registration details are available here.

IASPM-Canada 31st Annual Conference

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Call for papers
IASPM-Canada 31st Annual Conference
Université Laval
, Québec
23-25 May 2014

This year’s conference will take place at Université Laval in Quebec City. Founded in 1663, Laval is the oldest francophone university in North America and one of Canada’s leading research institutions. The university provides easy access to Quebec City with its stimulating combination of historic architecture and a vibrant and diverse cultural life. Continue reading →

Louder Than Words: The Festival of Popular Music Writing

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Louder Than Words: The Festival of Popular Music Writing
The Palace Hotel, Manchester (opp. The Cornerhouse)
15-17 November 2013
http://louderthanwordsfest.com

The event celebrates popular music and the written word through books and magazines, histories and biographies, fanzines and blogs, plays and poetry, publishing and film, and explores the past, present and future of the field through panels, discussions, interviews and performances. Continue reading →

The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema‏

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Call for chapters
The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema‏
Diane Hughes & Mark Evans (Eds.)

The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema will be the seventh volume in the Genre, Music and Sound series (Equinox Publishing). Equinox’s Genre, Music and Sound series extends the discipline of screen soundtrack studies by addressing a series of popular international film genres as they have developed in the post-War era (1945-present); analyzing the variety and shared patterns of music and sound use that characterize each genre. This seventh volume will focus on the singing voice in contemporary cinema from 1945 to the present day, and rather than being restricted to one particular genre, will consider how the singing voice has helped define and/or confuse genre classification. Continue reading →