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Call for papers: 3rd International Conference of Students of Systematic 
Musicology (SysMus10)

SysMus10
Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge
13th-15th September
 
Deadline for abstracts: 15th April 2010
 
SysMus10 will bring together advanced students working in the field of 
systematic musicology, with particular focus on the ongoing research 
developed by those studying for PhDs or completing Masters’ degrees. The 
conference will include the publication and presentation of peer-reviewed 
papers and posters, keynote speeches from top researchers in the field, 
workshops and social activities.SysMus10 will be held in the historic and 
beautiful surroundings of the University of Cambridge, UK, and is being 
organised by PhD students at the Centre for Music and Science in the 
University’s Faculty of Music. SysMus10 aims to build on the successes of the 
first SysMus conference, held two years ago at the University of Graz, 
Austria, and SysMus09, held last year in Ghent, Belgium.

All research involving meaning, description, and technological mediation of 
music can be related to musicology. However, the complexity of musical 
engagement in socio-cultural contexts engenders different networks of 
research and knowledge, with distinct interdisciplinary configurations, methods 
and specializations. Systematic musicology specifically deploys this 
methodological diversity so as to approach each musicological question with a 
specific configuration of methods. In doing so, systematic musicology often 
bridges methodological foundations of sciences with critical analysis from the 
humanities. It promotes the study of aesthetics, semiotics, and cultural 
studies by incorporating empirical and data-oriented methods into the 
methodological framework. It relies on paradigms from different disciplines as 
diverse as the philosophy of aesthetics, theoretical sociology, semiotics, and 
music criticism, combined with strategies derived from empirical psychology, 
acoustics, physiology, neurosciences, cognitive sciences, computing, and 
others.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Short papers in English (max. 2 pages) must be presented in one of the two 
formats: oral presentations or posters. The template required for formatting 
papers and posters is available on the website 
(http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/CMS/sysmus10/). There will be a double-blind 
review process organised by a committee composed of advanced PhD 
students. Accepted papers and posters may be extended to a maximum length 
of 6 pages, and will be published in our conference proceedings.

Submissions are solicited for spoken research papers or posters related to any 
sub-discipline of systematic musicology. 
 
Suggested topic areas include, but are not limited to:

Acoustics and psychoacoustics 
Cognitive musicology 
Composition and improvisation 
Computer Music 
Cross-cultural studies of music 
Mediation technology 
Memory and music 
Multimodal Interfaces 
Music and emotion 
Music and evolution 
Music and language 
Music and Meaning 
Music and movement 
Music and neuroscience 
Music education 
Music performance 
Music therapy 
Musical development 
Musical timbre 
Pitch and tonal perception 
Rhythm, meter, and timing 
Social psychology of music 
More details on the submission process will be available soon.

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Conference Awards

The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) will be 
offering conference awards to help students/non-wage earners who are 
presenting papers or posters cover the costs of attending SysMus10. These 
awards will be granted on the basis of need. Application for an award will form 
part of the registration process. See http://www.sempre.org.uk/awards.html 
for eligibility and further details.