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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Ciaran Carson: A Memorial Tribute (10 October 2019) in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThis memorial tribute for the late Ciaran Carson (1948-2019), Irish creative writer extraordinaire, was commissioned three years ago for inclusion in a special number of “Reading Ireland” which has not yet materialised. It is now archived in and by Humanities Common on the third anniversary of his funeral rites and burial in Belfast, Northern…[Read more]
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Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Papers African American Literature and Culture in the discussion
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 3 years, 4 months agoThe non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture. We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]
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Tekla Babyak deposited Teaching Music and Disability Through Disclosure-Oriented Pedagogy in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoIn this paper, presented at the 2022 H-Net Teaching Conference, I describe how I teach undergraduate students about disability in music through what I call disclosure-oriented pedagogy. This practice involves demonstrating cross-historical comparisons between my lived experiences of disability and the representations of disability in 19th-century…[Read more]
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Gavin Holman deposited A fanfare of orphans – the brass band of the St-Georges-de-l’Isle orphanage in Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoAn example of the brass bands established by various children’s homes, orphanages and similar institutions, around the world in the early 20th century. This French orphanage fanfare band was founded on charitable principles, to give the children musical training and discipline, and to help raise funds for the home.
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Arun Luthra started the topic Songs of the India independence movement in the Carnatic music tradition in the discussion
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoHello, Everyone–
My video file is too large to attach to this post, so here is the link to my social media post: https://twitter.com/ArunLuthra/status/1559252306738049026.
Can anyone point me in the direction of recordings, oral histories, writing, etc. on the type of songs which V. Sriram is talking about in this interview? The video is an ex…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic PMIG 2022 Awards Nominations are Open! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoNominations are officially open for the Popular Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award —click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the pub…[Read more]
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Amel Abbady deposited Afghanistan’s “Bacha Posh”: Gender-Crossing in Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl That Broke Its Shell in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThis article explores the tradition of Bacha Posh in Afghan culture as depicted in Afghan-American Nadia Hashimiʼs debut novel The Pearl that Broke its Shell (2014). In this novel, Hashimi shows how Afghan girls are obliged to cross-dress and live dual lives as boys for several years to lay claim for their rights to education and freedom of…[Read more]
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Amel Abbady deposited “‘You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts’ : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman” in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIn The Night Watchman (2020), Louise Erdrich continues to blur the lines between history and fiction as she has done in several of her novels. Erdrich introduces the reader to several magical elements that appear to be entirely real: two ghosts, a dog that talks, and an unearthly powwow with Jesus as one of the dancers. The main objective of this…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino replied to the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThank you all for your input, our topic will be on timbre and production! Below is the CFP:
AMS/SEM/SMT New Orleans 2022:
Call for Papers hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest GroupInterpreting and Analyzing Timbre and Production in Popular MusicIn recent years, scholars such as Victoria Maleway, Megan Lavengood, and…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino replied to the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoHi All!
We’ve narrowed down our choices for our 2022 session to three topics! Please fill out this Google Form by Monday, June 13.
https://docs.google.com/forms/<wbr />d/e/<wbr />1FAIpQLSc4J6vWy6sqkaUMtRUjUFSQ<wbr />MiAQ5Lnl6INjpEJMVD0wbtbwIQ/<wbr />viewform?usp=pp_url
Thanks!
-Matt
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Frans Wiering replied to the topic What Do Musicologists Do All Day? Please participate in our survey in the discussion
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoFriendly reminder: we will close the survey on Thursday 26 May. If you haven’t participated yet, please consider doing so now!
many thanks,
Frans Wiering
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Sean Lorre started the topic CFP: Journal of Jazz Studies in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoGreetings!
Have a paper, speculative essay, media review or creative work in need of an outlet? Looking for a fast and efficient editorial process? The Journal of Jazz Studies is actively seeking submissions for issues to be published in 2022 (and beyond) and would love to work with you!
The Institute of Jazz Studies seeks manuscript s…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoHi Everyone!
We are currently accepting informal proposals and ideas for the topic and format of our Fall meeting. We will be back in person for SMT in November, which is being held jointly with AMS and SEM. In the past, formats that included some element of interactivity with attendees beyond the typical Q&A have been particularly successful, so…[Read more]
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Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Essays on African American Literature and Culture in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThe non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.
We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]
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Frans Wiering started the topic What Do Musicologists Do All Day? Please participate in our survey in the discussion
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago[apologies for multiple postings]
In What Do Musicologists Do All Day (WDMDAD) we are investigating the use of technology in the work of music researchers in the widest sense. Building on our 2014-2015 survey, we’re now seeking insight in how your views on and use of technology have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. To participate in our…[Read more]
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Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Atmospheric citizenship: Sonic movement and public religion in Shi‘i Mumbai in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoIn Mumbai the sonic dimensions of place‐making and religious life are deeply connected to the right to the city. For Twelver Shi‘i Muslims, who are marginal to both the city and the nation, public religious rituals and processions have long played very important roles in staging claims to the city. Investigating the sonic aspects of urban pla…[Read more]
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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited The Correspondence of E M Forster and Forrest Reid: Content and Implications of a New Literary Archive in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThis essay/ article examines the provenance and the implications of a literary archive acquired by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of Queen’s University Belfast and now fully catalogued by Brian Caraher and Emma Hegarty under the auspices of the British Academy. The state-of-the-art. fully annotated, online catalogue establishes the…[Read more]
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for Redisigning Modernities Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of the w…[Read more]
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Gavin Holman deposited Mauston Ladies’ Ideal Band in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoA look at the brief history of this band from central Wisconsin in the 1880’s
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