East Asian Popular Music

Call for Papers for Popular Music Special Issue

Popular Music announces a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on East Asian Popular Music. We are particularly interested in submissions which address the transnational production and circulation of East Asian Popular Music both within and outside the East Asian region as a result of processes of globalisation and digitalisation; the new ways that popular music is being configured in relation to politics, society and technology under the legacy of Anglo-American political and cultural hegemony; the rise and decline of globalism; and (post)colonialism. These themes might include, for example, the impact of Japanese pop culture since the 1990s, the advancement of the Korean Wave (Hanryu) phenomenon in the 2000s, and the rise of pop culture in China. We wish to prioritise research which is exploring the way music is crossing existing borders and blurring previous musical and cultural boundaries.

This issue will be the first special collection concerned with East Asian Popular Music since the Special Issue in 1991 (vol. 10/3) which focused on Japanese popular music. In the first instance, we invite abstracts (max. 150 words) outlining the proposed paper’s content, to reach us by 1 July 2010 (please send to homey81@gmail.com).

All submissions will need to be in English. We will publish a maximum of eight papers and we therefore request that submitted papers are between 5,000 to 8,000 words in length.

An accepted abstract does not guarantee that a paper will definitely be published because all submissions will go through the usual refereeing procedures. We would ask you to please pass this information on to others who might be interested.

Editors: Sarah Hill (for Popular Music editorial board): Hyunjoon Shin (Guest Editor, South Korea): Tunghung Ho (Guest Editor, Taiwan); Yoshitaka Mori (Guest Editor, Japan)

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Red Strains: Music and Communism outside the Communist Bloc after 1945

The British Academy, London

Thursday 13 January – Saturday 15 January 2011

Proposals are invited for this conference, to be held at the British Academy in London, in conjunction with the University of Nottingham.

The relationship between state communism and music behind the Iron Curtain has been the subject of much scholarly interest. The importance of communism for musicians outside the communist bloc, by contrast, has received little sustained attention. This conference aims to examine:

–     the nature and extent of individual musicians’ involvement with communist organisations and parties;

–     the appeal and reach of different strands of communist thought (e.g. Trotskyist; Castroist; Maoist);

–     the significance of music for communist parties and groups (e.g. groups’ cultural policies; use of music in rallies and meetings);

–     the consequences of communist involvement for composition and music-making;

–     how this involvement affected musicians’ careers and performance opportunities in different countries.

Further details on conference themes, keynote speakers and format of proposals: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/music/communism

DEADLINE for proposals: Friday 18 June 2010.

Programme announced and registration open: Monday 19 July 2010.

Dr Robert Adlington (Conference Organiser) Department of Music, University of Nottingham Robert.Adlington@nottingham.ac.uk.

Instruments of Change

24-26 November 2010
Monash Conference Centre
Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
School of English, Communications and Performance Studies / School of Music
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Conference Theme

Popular music is a dynamic cultural force. The acts of listening, playing, dancing, composing and recording are undertaken in a constant state of flux, further complicated by flows of space and time. This conference invites papers that consider popular music as a powerful social agent. This may include analysis of current or past uses of music instruments as the sound-producing objects of change, or particular uses of technologies and human voices of change. The conference also welcomes investigations of the institutions and discourses within which the sound, the event and the experience are created, and their relationships to social change.

Proposals are invited across (but not necessarily exclusive to) the following areas:

• Popular music and political action
• Popular music and education
• Popular music within the Asia-Pacific
• Popular music and cultural governance
• Heritage and history
• Organology
• Popular music technologies
• Popular music scenes and communities

Abstract Submission

Abstracts (no more than 250 words) should be emailed to Dr Shane Homan (Shane.Homan@arts.monash.edu.au) as a Word document by 3 May 2010. Please use your surname as the title of your Word document. The abstract must include:

• Name of presenter(s)
• Title of paper
• Institution
• Contact phone numbers and email address
• Abstract (250 words or less)
• Consideration for 2010 IASPM ANZ postgraduate prize (Yes/No)

NOTE: all conference delegates must be current financial members of IASPM.

IASPM-ANZ Postgraduate Prize

Each year, IASPM-ANZ awards one postgraduate presenter with the IASPM-ANZ Postgraduate Prize for the best paper. An independent panel of established members determines the AUD$100 prize. To be considered for this prize, you must be currently enrolled as a postgraduate student. Please indicate your interest in being considered for this prize when submitting your abstract.

Conference Grants for Postgraduates

A grant of AUD$100 to assist with conference travel and related expenses is available to:
1. Postgraduate students
2. Indigenous performers assisting with the presentation of a paper

Eligibility

• The conference committee must have accepted the presenter’s paper
• Students and indigenous performers who live in the city where the conference is being held are ineligible
• All postgraduate students must be IASPM-ANZ members, or willing to join, to be eligible for the travel grant
• Applicants are ineligible for this subsidy if they have already secured, or intend to secure, funding of more than $500 for conference travel from an alternative source (e.g. institutional support)

Applicants for the Postgraduate Student Travel Grant OR Indigenous Assistant Travel Grant should provide:

• A short letter of application, including their name, address and paper title
• A copy of all paid travel documents (e.g. airline tickets)
• For postgraduate students, proof of current student status (e.g. a copy/scan of ID or letter from supervisor)

Successful applicants will be reimbursed upon receipt of these documents. Please contact IASPM-ANZ Treasurer Jennifer Cattermole to discuss your eligibility or to ask for further information: jennifer.cattermole@gmail.com.

Conference Registration

Full program (Early Bird Rate*)
• Waged members: $AUD160.00
• Unwaged/students: $AUD120.00

*Early Bird Rate ends 4 October 2010.

Full program (Normal Rate*)
• Waged members: $AUD200.00
• Unwaged/students: $AUD160.00

*Normal Rate is charged from 4 October 2010.

Single Day
Waged members: $AUD70.00
Unwaged/students: $AUD40.00

Registration forms and payment will be organised through the Monash website shortly.

For further information or queries, please contact the conference organisers:

Dr Graeme Smith
Graeme.Smith@arts.monash.edu.au
Phone: 61-3-99053233

Dr Shane Homan
Shane.Homan@arts.monash.edu.au
Phone: 61-3-99032309

Dr Jen Cattermole
jennifer.cattermole@gmail.com
Phone: 61-3-99032326