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CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline for abstracts is Friday 30th March. **If you have been impacted by strike action in the UK and will struggle to meet the deadline, please contact us as soon as possible to arrange an extension** Registration is now open: https://musicandliteratureconference.wordpress.com/registration/ Music and Literature: Innovations, Intersections and Interpretations Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh 14th - 15th June 2018 Supported by the Institute for Music Research As a rising academic field, scholars are exploring the relationship between music and literature through both traditional research and more contemporary practice-based analysis and interpretation. From exploring the links between text and music in opera or the rhythmical pulse of poetry, through to the subtler integration of musical structures in literature or the retelling of tales through music, the intertwining of the two disciplines crosses a wide variety of creative outputs. This conference therefore seeks to provide a platform for the exploration of the innovations, intersections and interpretations of the relationship between music and literature. We are inviting proposals for papers, or performance-presentations, of 20 minutes duration with 10 minutes for questions. Proposals for 3-paper panels (1.5hours including questions) are also welcomed. Postgraduates, ECRs and those without institutional affiliation are particularly encouraged to submit. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Music on the stage and its connection to the text * Role of music in literature / literature in music * Setting of literature to music * Structuring of music based on literary sources * Structuring of literature based on music * Historical relations between music and literature * Composer-authors * Literary responses to innovations in music and performance Abstracts of 300 words should be submitted by no later than Friday 30th March 2018. Decisions will be communicated by Friday 6th April 2018. There are eight bursaries of £50 each to assist with travel and attendance for postgraduate students or early career researchers without an academic affiliation. Please see the website for more information: musicandliteratureconference.wordpress.com Follow us on Twitter (@musicandlitconf) or Facebook (/musicandlitconf) This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373