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We are delighted to announce our key note speakers for our upcoming conference in Dublin!

Prof Salomé VoegelinProfessor of Sound at London College of CommunicationDr Nicole GrimesAssociate Professor of Music at Trinity College DublinProf Simone MahrenholzProfessor of Philosophy at the University of Manitoba.

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Liminal Musicking: Dreams, Imagination, Thought Session convenorsDr Christine Dysers & Dr Malte Kobel liminalmusicking@gmail.com What is ‘musical thought’? Can music be considered a form of thinking? How to think in, with or through music? In times of planetary crises, traditional modes of thinking and being in the world increasingly fall short. Music, by definition engaged with sociality...

Recession Pop:Music in the Ruins of Neoliberalism Session convenorDr Jacob Downsjacob.downs@music.ox.ac.uk What happens to commercial music when economies collapse? To speak of music ‘in the ruins of neoliberalism’ (Brown 2019) is to register a contemporary world in which the economic and cultural project of neoliberal capitalism has buckled but not fallen. While the 2008 financial crash and its...

Music and Philosophy Studies in Contemporary China Session convenorProfessor Luna Sun sunyue@shcmusic.edu.cn In recent decades, the field of music and philosophy has undergone significant expansion worldwide, and China has become an increasingly dynamic participant in these conversations. The session “Music and Philosophy Studies in Contemporary China: Dialogue between West and East” seeks to...

On Mediation and Dialogue: MPSG 2024 Conference Report by Rafael Echevarria Conferences are impossible to review. Spoilt for choice by up to four parallel sessions, no single person could possibly cover everything at the RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group’s 2024 conference, held on July 11 and 12 2024 at King’s College London. This review, therefore, necessarily comes from my individual...

MPSG 2024 | Department of Music, King’s College London | Thursday and Friday, 11–12 July 2024

Early Bird registration ends on 1 May 2024

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