Call for Papers:
The Centre for Russian Music in conjunction with Goldsmiths Music Department, University of London and in association with BBC SO present an Interdisciplinary Symposium:
(M)other Russia: Revolution or Evolution?
This conference commemorates the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of communism within Europe - an event that has brought unprecedented political, social and cultural change worldwide during the last two decades.
Proposals relating to the recent changes in Russian politics, culture, art, music (both academic and popular) philosophy and literature are particularly welcome.
The symposium aims to invite interdisciplinary discussion and debate on:
- New concepts and styles developed after the fall of Communism;
- The legacy of Soviet ideology and its existence within the post-communist era;
- The issue of political pressure and whether its removal has been productive for Russian and/or East European cultures;
- The issues surrounding the Soviet Diaspora: to what extent large-scale emigration this has affected post-Soviet music, and/or whether Soviet émigré composers living/working abroad feel that this has affected their musical identity;
- Recent developments within the former Soviet Republics and their new
cultural identities.
The symposium will take place in London on Friday 27 April and Sunday 29 April 2012, in association with the BBC 'full immersion' day (28 April 2012) dedicated to the music of Arvo Part, arguably the most successful composer to have emerged from a former Soviet republic. The composer will be in attendance. The symposium itself will also include performances of New Russian Chamber music, talks given by notable post-Soviet composers as well as the showing of documentary films.
Further details to be announced in due course.
Abstracts (500 words + one biographical paragraph) to be submitted by email to:
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