Popular music in communist and post-communist Europe: state of research, perspectives
Posted: December 1st, 2016 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | Comments Off on Popular music in communist and post-communist Europe: state of research, perspectives28–29 March 2017
On 28–29 March 2017, the Department of Musicology, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic is holding an international and interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the presentation, summary and evaluation of existing research in the field of popular music in communist and post-communist Europe.
The conference provides a space for synthetically conceived contributions, as well as contributions focused on narrowly defined issues related to the topic. The meeting will be dedicated both to general reflections on the field of “Popular Music Studies” in particular national contexts, and to presentations discussing the current state of archival and other sources, new methodological approaches, institutional initiatives, projects, etc. Studies on different aspects of the history of popular music (jazz, rock, pop, etc.) in communist and post-communist Europe are welcome, as well as in-depth interpretation of the communist and post-communist historiography of popular music, with all its social, political, aesthetically evaluative and other attributes. Sufficient distance from the transformative era at the turn of the 1980’s and 1990’s, and also the current European experience of the 21st century, allow general issues such as totalitarianism and democratism in popular music to be opened.
Regarding the guests and keynote speakers, Rüdiger Ritter (University of Bremen/TU Chemnitz), Anna Szemere (Visiting Professor at Eötvös Loránd University) and Artemy Troitsky (freelance journalist and broadcaster) have already accepted invitations.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE:
Presentation suggestion (approximately 100 words + brief biography, contact and affiliation) should be sent no later than 20 January 2017 to email: [email protected]. (The lenght of each presentation will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.) The acceptance email will be sent by 25 January 2017.
For more details visit: http://popconference.upol.cz/call-for-papers/