Date sent: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:06:12 -0400 (EDT) Send reply to: [log in to unmask] (Subscribers of iaspm-list) From: dbrack <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] (Subscribers of iaspm-list) Subject: [IASPM-LIST] Toronto 2000: call for papers CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Canadian and United States chapters of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) will hold a special conference 1-5 November 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, as one of fifteen music scholarly societies participating in *Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections.* Proposals for papers, concerts, lecture-performances, and full sessions are invited, as are proposals for presentations in innovative and imaginative formats. We invite truly cross-disciplinary papers and welcome proposals on any aspect of popular music. Individual presentations of all types normally are limited to twenty minutes in length, and full sessions typically consist of three individual twenty-minute presentations. However, if the material warrants and if sufficient justification is provided, the Committee will also entertain proposals for longer presentations, especially if they include performances and/or are truly interdisciplinary. Submissions for proposals consist of a 250-word abstract suitable for publication in the conference program. SUBMISSIONS BY E-MAIL ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. If this is not possible, mail six copies of the abstract and other materials related to the proposal, along with two stamped self-addressed envelopes. For formal sessions, panels, or proposals involving unusual formats, the proposer(s) should include an additional statement explaining the format and overall rationale for the session, the importance of the topic, and the significance of the proposed grouping of papers. The organizer of the session should gather the proper number of individual proposals and abstracts from session members, and submit them in a single e-mail message or envelope. Formal session proposals are welcome, but each abstract will be evaluated individually, and the Committee reserves the right to reconfigure the organization and makeup of such proposed sessions, or to accept individually any of the proposed papers. Proposals for panel sessions that deal with issues of general interest are also solicited; these should be clearly labeled as panel sessions. The sessions should consist of brief position papers (of not more than 10 minutes duration) by each of the participants in order to leave ample time for discussion. Organizers of panel discussions should include a one-page prospectus that provides an outline of the proposed topic, describes the significance of the panel, and explains why each panelist has been chosen. Panel proposals will be accepted or rejected as intact entities. Proposers must also indicate special needs such as audio-visual equipment, music stands, rehearsal space, etc. Presenters must register for the full conference. Any music scholars must be members of at least one of the societies represented at the conference. No individual may appear more than twice. Appearances include delivering a paper, participating in a daytime, programmatic panel, giving a lecture-demonstration, or functioning as a chair-organizer of or respondent to a session. (Not counting as an appearance are such extra-programmatic offerings as unofficial interest-group meetings, standing committee presentations, non-programmatic concert performances, or serving as an appointed chair of a session.) All proposals must be postmarked by 15 January 2000. Fifteen music-scholarly societies will meet at the Toronto 2000 conference, including (in addition to IASPM), the American Musicological Society, College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society for American Music, the American Musical Instrument Society, Historic Brass Society, Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relationships, Canadian University Music Society, Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres, and Canadian Society for Traditional Music. Paper and session materials should be sent to: Prof. David Brackett, Chair IASPM-US/Canada Program Committee for Toronto 2000 e-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Mailing address: Department of Music Box 6000 SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 U. S. A. +++++++++++++++ Dr Tom Cheesman (Lecturer in German / Dozent fuer Germanistik) Department of German University of Wales Swansea Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, GB T: 00 44 1792 295170 F: 00 44 1792 295710 E: [log in to unmask] http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/homepage.htm 'Axial Writing' Research Project on diaspora literary/media cultures (Transnational Communities Programme, ESRC/Oxford University) See: http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/axial/ http://www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%