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CONFERENCES AND EVENTSThe 31st National Conference of the Musicological Society of AustraliaConference Committee
Program Committee
Call for PapersThe Musicological Society of Australia is pleased to announce that paper proposals are now being accepted for this year's National Conference. Proposals on all music and music-related topics will be considered. The conference does not have a central theme, participants are however warmly encouraged to offer theme-based panels/sessions. Proposals for individual papers should consist of
A list of equipment required for the presentation (eg. CD Player, Data Projector) should accompany the proposal. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length, allowing for 10 minutes of questions. Submission of AbstractsPlease send all abstracts and informal questions to msa-2008@unimelb.edu.au by 16 May 2008. It is expected that the conference program will be confirmed by the middle of August. Updates will be posted on the Conferences Page. Please note that all paper-givers are required to be financial members of the Musicological Society of Australia. Proposals for Themed SessionsProposals for themed sessions should consist of
Group sessions should normally last no more than 90 mins, and should allow for at least 10 min per paper for questions, although the program committee will consider alternative formats and timings if requested. Proposals for lecture-recitals or other forms of presentations should be addressed informally in the first instance to the Program Committee for further consideration. Contact Dr Peter Tregear Keynote SpeakerProfessor Philip V. Bohlman, University of ChicagoMusic before the Nation, Music after Nationalism In the wake of the Enlightenment and the spread of colonialism, nationalism emerged as a discourse of modernity and shaped - and was shaped by - the aesthetic and social meanings of music. Professor Bolhman's talk for the Musicological Society of Australia examines the longue durée of modern nationalism as a complex and shifting form of discourse and social practice, constituted of fragments and contradictions rather than a single set of centralized policy and power. Professor Bolhman is concerned with a metaphysics that begins with music before the nation. The larger historical process that he follows begins in the second half of the eighteenth century with Johann Gottfried Herder, and it stretches to the twenty-first century and the globalization of music, particularly popular world musics. Anchoring that historical arc will be Herder’s Volkslieder at one end and national song movements, particularly the Eurovision Song Contest, at the other. Professor Bolhman's focus will be on specific shifts in ontological discourse about music as acts of inventing music by giving it names that invoke the nation. Herder, for example, proposed a vast array of genres and repertories in his writings, posing questions about whether folk songs, hymnody, and listening subjectivity could connect people to places. In the nineteenth century, the search for national musical essences turned to vast collection projects, many effectively generating metaphors that stood in for the nation, and yielding power to projects that socially redeployed borders and colonies in the twentieth century. Professor Bolhman will conclude by asking whether music has become so fully embedded in and with nationalist meaning that it survives after nationalism within a dramatically new metaphysics. ProgramA preliminary program will be published in August. RegistrationRegistration details will be available soon. Conference VenueThe conference will be held at the Faculty of Music, Conservatorium Building on Royal Parade (map reference number 141) and at the Medical building, corner of Grattan St and Royal Parade (map reference number 181). These map references are visible on the campus map available here (PDF file, 367Kb).
Social and cultural eventsDinnerThe Conference Dinner will be held at Trinity College. If you intend to attend the dinner, we would be grateful if you could send your expression of interest to MSA-2008@unimelb.edu.au. This does not constitute a commitment at this stage but would help us organise the booking. ConcertsA concert will be held at Trinity College Chapel on Thursday 4 December. General InformationTransport from Melbourne Airport Shuttle bus: Taxis
Post Visas Public transport Visiting Melbourne Other essential information AccommodationThe MSA has negotiated accommodation at competitive rates at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne. Trinity College is located in the grounds of the University of Melbourne and within an 10-minute tram ride of the city centre. Bed & Breakfast (including cooked breakfast, linen & towels, GST) $63 per night. More information and images can be viewed at www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/conference Other accommodation is also available. Graduate House University College Academic Apartments The Travel Inn Hotel Hotel Downtowner on Lygon Marriott Hotel Rydges on Swanston (formerly Ridges Carlton) Jasper Hotel Vibe Hotel Carlton The Nunnery Mebourne Metro YHA Melbourne Oasis YHA The Stork Hotel Apartments |
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