Posted: July 9th, 2019 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | No Comments »
In previous issues, the Journal of Festive Studies explored the emerging academic sub-field of festive studies (broadly defined) and the politics of carnival. For this issue, we follow Peter-Paul Verbeek’s advice and look at “the things themselves,” i.e. at the material culture in which carnivals and other festivities are rooted (Verbeek, 2005).
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Posted: July 8th, 2019 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | No Comments »
16-19 April 2020
Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath, UK
Keynote speaker: Dr Angela Impey (SOAS, University of London)
As with all BFE Annual Conferences we welcome papers and panels on any aspect of current ethnomusicological research.
The 2020 theme will be Music, Culture and Nature.
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Posted: July 3rd, 2019 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | No Comments »
A two-day international conference hosted by The School of Arts and Media, University of Salford, United Kingdom and the Department of Recording Industry, Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
June 3 & 4, 2020, The Robert E. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, University of Minnesota, 2001 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Organising Committee:
Dr Mike Alleyne, Dept. of Recording Industry, College of Media & Entertainment, Middle Tennessee State University.
Dr Kirsty Fairclough, School of Arts and Media, University of Salford, UK.
Kristen Zschomler, Minneapolis-based historian and writer, Sound History, LLC.
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Posted: July 2nd, 2019 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | No Comments »
AAC – SPHM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020
June 4th to 6th, 2020 University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
This third edition of the SPHM International Conference is organised by the Society for Media History (la Société pour l’histoire des Médias, http://www.histoiredesmedias.com) and by the Centre for the Historical Sciences of Culture of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne (le Centre des Sciences historiques de la culture de la Faculté des Lettres, https://www.unil.ch/shc), with the support of several research laboratories based in Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, and Québec1, including the National Audiovisual Institute (Institut national de l’audiovisuel) and the Historical Committee of the Audiovisual and Digital Observatory (Comité d’histoire de l’Observatoire de l’audiovisuel et du numérique).
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