Posted: August 31st, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Fourth Performance Studies Network International Conference
Bath Spa University, 14–17 July 2016
The international Performance Studies Network comprises professional and amateur musicians, scholars working in a range of musicological disciplines (including music history, analysis, psychology, pedagogy, ethnomusicology and composition), and colleagues from the creative industries. The fourth international conference of the Performance Studies Network will be held at Bath Spa University, Newton Park campus, from 14 to 17 July 2016. The aim is to debate theories, methodologies and practices of performance, and to engage with increasingly diverse, interdisciplinary developments in the field in order to encourage a more global perspective on performance studies.
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Posted: August 31st, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on No Business like Show Business! Popular Song around the World during the First World War
Call for chapters in English for a new book project
No Business like Show Business! Popular Song around the World during the First World War
Initiator : John Mullen, Université de Rouen, France, research team ERIAC
Key words : Cultural history, Popular song, performance, First World War
A considerable bibliography exists on nineteenth century popular song, and somewhat less on song from the first two decades of the twentieth century. The years of the First World War have been little studied, though in some countries this work has begun[1]. This book will go further towards filling this gap, working on the assumption that popular song of the time, often presented on the variety theatre stage and distributed by the sale of sheet music, expressed the joys, fears and fantasies of millions, and constituted a significant part of their history.
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Posted: August 11th, 2015 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Second International Conference of The Progect Network for the study of progressive rock
After the success of the first initiative in Dijon (2014), The Progect is organizing its second international conference on the 25th, 26th and 27th May 2016 in Edinburgh, UK. This will be another opportunity to cover different aspects of progressive rock and promote awareness of current research around the world.
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