On this site you find selected Calls for Papers that are of interest to the MPSG
9–12 November 2017 Rochester, New York (American Musicological Society annual conference) The AMS Ludomusicology Study Group will host a session at AMS Rochester 2017. We invite abstracts (250 words max) for 20-minute presentations on any aspect of ludomusicology. Proposals for complete panels or alternative formats (discussion, debate, demonstration, group activity) are also welcome. We are...
Get involved in the UK Live Music Census! This is a call for music lovers – audiences, musicians, venues, and promoters – to get involved in a new research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The first ever UK Live Music Census launched on 9th March with snapshot censuses taking place in cities across the country. We got fantastic coverage of the event...
1 September 2017 Senate House W1CE 7HU London UK Symposium for Digital Musicology is a one day event that aims to bring together scholars from various musicological fields and computer scientists in order to generate a discussion about digital musicology – an interdisciplinary field in which new technologies are applied to musicological research. Digital techniques have been used more often...
Bern, Switzerland 19-20 May 2017 Submission deadline: 30 November 2016 The Institute of Philosophy of University of Bern invites abstracts for papers to be presented at the two-day conference ‘Authenticity versus Improvisation in the Philosophy of Music?’, organized in collaboration with the Hochschule der Künste Bern. The Conference is part of the Project ‘Ontology of Musical...
‘Musicology after Postmodernism’: Critical Theory for Musicology Study Day Call for Papers In association with the Royal Musical Association and the Institute of Musical Research 2nd July 2016, Senate House, University of London Keynote Speaker: Professor James Currie (State University of New York at Buffalo) In recent decades, the postmodern turn in musicological scholarship has prompted a...
INTERNATIONAL MUSICOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Essence and Context: A Conference Between Music and Philosophy Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Tilto g. 16, Vilnius, LITHUANIA) 31st August — 3rd September 2016 Keynote speakers include: •Professor PAUL BOGHOSSIAN (New York University) •Professor VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS (Lithuania) •Professor JERROLD LEVINSON (University of Maryland) •Professor TAMARA...
Transpositions: Music/Image, XIII. International Conference of the Department of Musicology Faculty of Music of the University of Arts in Belgrade 12 to 15 October 2016 As always sensitive to the constantly moving and changing contemporary world, of which it is said to be dominated by images, yet also to be the world of ubiquitous musics, Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Music in...
2 July 2016, Bath Spa University with the support of the Centre for Musical Research at Bath Spa University This year the Music and/as Process study group extends its focus to collective working practices which involve group decision making as part of the composition process, rehearsal, or performance. The day will include practice-led presentations, workshops, and papers and will be based at...
1st Conference on Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity 17-19 June 2016 University of Huddersfield Submissions can cover both theoretical and/or practical aspects of computer simulation of musical creativity. Interdisciplinary proposals at the intersection of music, computer science, psychology and philosophy are welcome. Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:...
On 18 March 2016 this conference will celebrate the 50 years of philosopher of science, structural realist and rock guitarist extraordinaire Professor John Worrall at the London School of Economics. PhD candidates are invited to submit an unpublished essay to the 50 Years of Worrall Graduate Essay Competition. The winner will receive a copy of Proofs and Refutations and be invited to speak on the...