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IASPM- UK & Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2015: Popular Music Futures

Posted: April 21st, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers, IASPM Conferences | Comments Off on IASPM- UK & Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2015: Popular Music Futures

Cardiff University School of Music
10-11 September 2015, Cardiff University School of Music

This conference seeks to be an open forum for new and innovative approaches to all aspects of Popular Music Studies as well as an opportunity for the next generation of academics to present to peers.
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Gender and Music: Practices, Performances, Politics

Posted: April 13th, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Gender and Music: Practices, Performances, Politics

16th-18th March 2016
School of Music, Theatre and Art, Örebro University, Sweden

From challenging the idea that music is an inherently democratic medium, to observing how we should approach music as a political tool, musicians, activists and feminist theorists have done a great deal to change the way people think about music. At the same time, the way in which gender has often been challenged and subverted through music has also fuelled political discussion about gender as performative, malleable and diverse.

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Sacred Songs: Religion, Spirituality and the Divine in Popular Music Culture

Posted: April 2nd, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Sacred Songs: Religion, Spirituality and the Divine in Popular Music Culture

The University of Central Lancashire, the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and the University of Chichester are pleased to invite submissions of proposals for the symposium The Sacred in Popular Music that will take place at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance on Thursday 30th July 2015.

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