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The Music of War, 18-19 April 2008, Stonehill College, Easton,
Massachusetts
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse musical
responses to war, ranging from the various types of traditional war
protest music to the music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms to patriotic
and nationalistic music from a global perspective. The conference will
cap a year-long study of war at the Martin Institute-its politics,
history, social and cultural effects-and will seek to analyze the
complex relationship between war and music. As an example of the Martin
Institute's commitment to the power of crossing disciplinary borders, we
welcome papers from a range of experts in fields such as music theory
and history, musical theater, sociology, history, anthropology,
political science, cultural studies, and literature.
The conference is particularly interested in the music of war from the
mid-nineteenth century through the early 21st. Topics may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
* Music as an expression of the justice or injustice of war
* The music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms
* The history and future of response music
* Popular music during wartime
* Studies of individual artists, composers, groups or musical
genres
* Musical censorship during wartime
Plenary Events:
"Symphonies of War: Music in the United States during the Second World
War," a lecture given by Annegret Fauser, Professor of Music and Adjunct
Professor of Women's Studies at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
"Music in Time of War: From Bunker Hill to Baghdad," a performance by
the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey conductor
"Machine Gun' Blues: Black Popular Music and War," a lecture given by
Kimberley Phillips, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Associate Professor
of History, College of William & Mary
Proposals for papers or panels may be sent to
Peter Ubertaccio, Director
The Joseph Martin Institute for Law and Society
Stonehill College
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Proposals for full panels are preferred, but individual paper proposals
are also welcome. Panel proposals should include a panel title, 200-word
abstracts of 3-4 papers and a brief CV for each person delivering a
paper. Individual proposals should include an abstract and brief CV.
Postgraduate students, as well as more senior scholars, are warmly
encouraged to submit proposals by 15 November 2007. Panels of and poster
presentations by undergraduate students are also welcome.
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Lecturer in Music
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, Great Britain
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/jpeh-s.html
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