Everyone is warmly invited to the launch of the Musicology and Ethnomusicology Hub at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide, on 5 May at 4.30 pm (Adelaide time).

The Hub was established late last year. It aims to facilitate collaborative research in a collegial and nurturing environment, building on Adelaide’s long and s…[Read more]

Pre-conference seminar of the Asian-German Studies in Music Working Group

In association with the IMS Global Music History Study Group

The Asian-German Studies in Music working group** is holding a pre-conference seminar online on 8–9 August 2022, prior to the IMS2022 Congress in Athens. We invite interested researchers, teachers, and art pr…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members

On behalf of IMS member Kordula Knaus I would like to bring to your attention that the registration is now open for the conference 4th Transnational Opera Studies Conference, which will be hosted at the University of Bayreuth (DE) from June 23 to 26, 2022.

Visit…[Read more]

Kia ora koutou,

With the usual apologies for cross posting. I am pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a special issue of Popular Music History Journal on jazz and gender. Please see below for details:

Special Issue of Popular Music History (2023)

Title: Gender and Jazz: Histories and Scenes

From the latter half of the twentieth century…[Read more]

45th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia – 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

When: 1–3 December 2022

Where: online

Host: MSA National Executive

Deadline for Proposals: Monday 16 May

Proposal Outcome: Friday 1 July

Conference Organising Committee: Michael Hooper, Liz Kertesz, Fred Kiernan, Andrew Callaghan

Program com…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of Frans Wiering, co-chair of the IMS Study Group “Digital Musicology,” I would like to bring to your attention the following survey:

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.

Researchers frequently make us…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members

On behalf of IMS member David Ferreiro I would like to bring to your attention the CFP for the international conference Topics in Hispanic Music: 18th–21st Centuries, which will be held at the Universidad de Valladolid (ES) from October 20 to 22, 2022. The submission deadline is May 31, 2022.

See the attached PDF for f…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of IMS member Laura Moeckli I would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the international conference Transnational Networks of Operetta in Early Unified and Fin de Siècle Italy, which will take place in Bern (CH) from September 14 to 16, 2022. The new submission deadline is April 18,…[Read more]

Musicology Australia is pleased to announce the publication of issue 42/2, a special issue guest edited by Aaron Corn and Clint Bracknell on Indigenous Music and Dance. This issue marks the establishment of the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia (NRPIPA) as a Study Group of the Musicological Society of…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of IMS member Melanie Plesch I would like to bring to your attention the call for submissions for the Gerardo V. Huseby Memorial Award 2022. Deadline: May 15, 2022.

See the attached PDF for further details.

Best wishes,

FK.
Frederic Kiernan | Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow | PhD MMus
Melbourne Conservatorium of…[Read more]

I am very pleased to announce the publication of the most recent issue of MUSICultures (48), which features two special issues: “Queer Musicking,” guest edited by Craig Jennex and Charity Marsh, and “Stories of Emergence, Opportunity, and Challenge in Canada’s University Music Programs,” guest edited by Nathan Hesselink and me, as well as articl…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

On behalf of IMS member Cristina Fernandes I would like to bring to your attention the CFP for the international conference Music as a Profession: Status, Careers, and Organizations (18th–20th Centuries), which is organized by the research project PROFMUS (NOVA University Lisbon) and will take place in Lisbon (PT) from J…[Read more]

Dear MSA Forum members,

The Royal Musical Association (RMA) is seeking nominations for the 2022 Dent Medal award. The Dent Medal, struck in memory of the distinguished scholar and musician Edward J. Dent (1876–1957), is awarded annually to recipients selected for their outstanding contribution to musicology. The award holder is invited to r…[Read more]