Dear MSA members,

Some of you may have heard me mention at the Adelaide conference in December that Australia was very close to the required number of members of the International Musicological Society (IMS) that would give us a place on the IMS Directorium.

I was informed yesterday that the number of members is now 32 following a few new…[Read more]

Music, Society, Agency Musicologists have increasingly taken a wide-angled lens on the study of music in society, to explore how it can be intertwined with issues of politics, gender, religion, race, psychology, memory, and space. Recent studies of music in connection with society take in a variety of musical phenomena from diverse periods and…[Read more]

REMINDER – CFP

The interwar period in both Europe and Australia was a fascinating and crucial time for the re-building and reconsideration of national identity. Reeling from the trauma of the Great War, negotiating postwar transitions, surviving the Depression of the 1930s, and hurtling towards yet another world war, all had an impact on c…[Read more]

Dear colleagues

Applications are now open for the 2024 Elizabeth Wood Fellowships at The University of Adelaide:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/363068/the-elizabeth-wood-research-fellowship-in-musicology/

Note that this year two fellowships will be awarded.

Kind regards

Paul

From Leonora Saavadra:

Assistant Professor of Popular Music
University of California, Riverside

Anticipated start: July 1, 2024
Salary will be commensurate with education and experience and will be dependent on final placement at rank and step.
To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by Monday,…[Read more]

Musicology Australia is pleased to announce the publication of issue 45/1, available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmus20/current

Musicology Australia is open to new submissions at any time. Contributors are not required to write on Australian music or be Australian-based musicologists. For further information and instructions for potential…[Read more]

Congratulations to our new PMIG officers!

Chair: Emily Milius
Secretary: Madison Stepherson
Webmaster: Sophia Wetzel

Please use the link to vote for your PMIG officers for 2024:

VOTE

Voting will close Friday, 12/1 @5pm Eastern.

Musical Nationbuilding and Cultural Exchange in Interwar France and Europe
2-3 August 2024, Melbourne
 

The interwar period in both Europe and Australia was a fascinating and crucial time for the re-building and reconsideration of national identity. Reeling from the trauma of the Great War, negotiating postwar transitions, surviving the…[Read more]

If you missed our fantastic session in Denver, or would like a refresher, Cora Palfy and Jennifer Snodgrass have graciously agreed to share their presentation materials with us. Both can be found on our HC page under the “Files” section.

Thank you Cora and Jennifer!

For those wanting to diversify their music research, teaching, and recital programmes, do go and check out the MSA’s new Diversity Resource List. It includes sample syllabi, links to databases, co-design protocols, and repertoire lists arranged by instrument, among other useful resources.

Many thanks to all who have contributed so far!

If…[Read more]

Proposals for the 2024 IASPM-US conference, at Drexel University in Philidelphia, are due November 20th. You can find more details here.