Call for papers
The U2 Conference 2013
26-27 April 2013
Cleveland, Ohio
www.U2conference.com

The U2 Conference will hold its second meeting for an international gathering of scholars, critics, teachers, and fans in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, 26-27 April 2013. The keynote speaker is Ann Powers, popular music critic for National Public Radio. The inaugural 2009 meeting drew a multi-disciplinary group from seven countries and featured over 40 formal presentations, three films, and a weekend of networking opportunities. It also produced the edited collection of essays Exploring U2: Is This Rock ‘n’ Roll? (Scarecrow Press, 2011). Continue reading →

Call for papers
Heavy Metal and Popular Culture
4-7 April 2013
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio

The Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, in collaboration with Heavy Fundametalisms: Metal, Music and Politics and the International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS), announce the International Conference on Heavy Metal and Popular Culture. The Program Committee of the International Conference on Heavy Metal and Popular Culture invites proposals for papers, organized panels of 3-4 papers, and scholarly posters. The online submission deadline for all proposals is 1 December 2012. The conference will take place on the campus of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 4-7 April 2013. Continue reading →

International Reggae: Traditional and Emerging Expressions in Popular Music
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
14-16 February 2013

The Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona announce the third International Reggae Conference (formerly Global Reggae Conference) under the theme “Traditional and Emerging Expressions in Popular Music”. Continue reading →

42nd World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music
11-17 July 2013
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Deadline for all abstract submissions: 7 September 2012

The Program Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, and Secretariat for the 2013 ICTM World Conference have recently received a number of questions from potential participants concerning multiple presentations.

Simply put, a participant may have only one substantive role in the Conference, as a paper presenter, discussant, film presenter, or member of a roundtable. The only exception is that one may chair a panel or roundtable as well as make a presentation in that or another session. If you have already submitted more than one proposal, you will be asked to choose which proposal you wish to have evaluated by the Program Committee.

Please do not send your proposals (or requests to withdraw proposals) to the ICTM Secretariat or the Program Chair, but send them to the two email addresses listed under “Guidelines for Submission” on the conference website.

42nd World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music
11-17 July 2013
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Deadline for all abstract submissions: 7 September 2012

The conference themes are:
• Presentation and Representation in Minority Musics and Dance
• Rethinking, Reconstructing, and Reinventing Musical Pasts
• Ethnomusicology, Ethnochoreology, and Education
• Ritual, Religion, and the Performing Arts
• Screening Music and Dance
• New Research

Abstracts in all categories must be submitted through the conference website.

The website also contains full descriptions of the conference themes, guidelines for submissions, and information on Shanghai. Information on registration and accommodation will be added at a later date.