Dear Colleagues,



The deadline of the CFP for the Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference 2018 in Maynooth has been extended to 18 December 2017.









Call for papers

The Music Department at Maynooth University is pleased to host the 2018 Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference. The Conference will take place from 5th to 8th July 2018.

We welcome papers and themed sessions on any relevant topic, from performing and recording early music in the twenty-first century, to madrigal studies, sources studies, analytical studies, medieval and renaissance music in Ireland, to mention only a few. In view of recent political events across the world, however, as a committee, we would like to suggest at least one topic and createspace to consider the politics around researching, teaching and performing Med & Ren music in a time when racists, white nationalists (not only in the US) and xenophobes feel emboldened. How do we teach Med & Ren music courses that do not appear to be safe havens for white supremacists? That challenge ahistorical views of Med & Ren as all white (male) and Christian? What resources do we need? What stories are we not telling? What does intersectional, postcolonial, and/or anti-racist research, teaching and music-making look like or sound like in our field? What are the structural barriers to inclusivity and diversity in our field, and what can we do to remove them? We feel this is an important topic for our research fields, but it is not intended as a conference theme in any restrictive way and we would like to stress of course, that all themes and topics will be considered with equal interest.



Possible formats of presentation include, but are not limited to:



  *   individual papers of 20 minutes

  *   paired papers (60 minutes including QA)

  *   themed sessions (120 minutes for 4 papers and 90 minutes for 3 papers, including QA)

  *   round tables

  *   workshops/ lecture-recitals

  *   posters

  *   short 10-minute presentations

  *

Conference languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish



All proposals should include:



  *   title

  *   indication of format

  *   proposer’s name

  *   proposer’s affiliation (if any)

  *   names and affiliations of any additional participants

  *   contact email

  *   AV requirements

  *   a short bio or bios of the participants (max. 15 lines; this has no bearing on the evaluation but simply for distribution to chairs)

Abstract :



  *   for individual contributions : c. 250 words

  *   for sessions with multiple participants: c. 200 words on the proposal as a whole, and c. 100 words on the contribution of each participant

  *

Notification of acceptance: by 31 January 2018.



Proposals to be submitted to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



General Information

The committee would like to support academic parenting. As such, a room with a fridge will be available as lactation room. The room is located on the first floor of Logic House (accessible via staircases),  the same building where the main sessions will take place.



Committee:

Antonio Cascelli (Maynooth University, Ireland)

Eleanor Giraud (University of Limerick, Ireland)

Frank Lawrence (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Melanie Marshall (University College Cork, Ireland)

Thomas Schmidt (University of Huddersfield)



For information contact: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>







Dr Antonio Cascelli

Lecturer in Music

Director of Postgraduate Studies

Performance Coordinator

Research Cluster Convenor - Performance, Practice & Interactivity

Maynooth University

+353 (0)1 708 6716



Committee Member of GATM (Gruppo di Analisi e Teoria Musicale)

Assistant Editor - RATM (Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale)