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REMINDER: 20th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music

2–4 July 2018
Creative Arts Building
University of Huddersfield, UK

Deadline for proposals: 19 January 2018

The conference will include a keynote from Professor Sarah Hibberd (University of Bristol) and performances by members of Boxwood & Brass and the Meiningen Ensemble.

The Programme Committee invites proposals relating to any aspect of music and musical cultures of the long nineteenth century, and welcomes contributions on the following themes in particular:
•       historicism and modernity
•       ruptures and continuities
•       intersectionalities
•       continentalism and transnationalism
•       digital musicologies
•       music and literature (including the melodramatic, the fantastic, the lyric)
•       nineteenth-century analytical methodologies/philosophies 
•       new approaches to analysing nineteenth-century music
•       responses to and understandings of notation
•       performing practices, reception, and criticism
•       popular and vernacular musics
•       music, embodiment, and dance

Proposals are invited for the following:
•       Individual papers (20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion)
•       Themed sessions (three or four papers, each 20 mins, with 10 mins of discussion)
•       Roundtable sessions (up to six presenters, each giving a brief position paper, followed by general discussion)
•       Performances and lecture/recitals (40 minutes in total)
•       Posters (no larger than A2, and laminated)

Proposals should take the following form:
•       Individual papers: maximum of 250 words
•       Themed sessions: 250-word summary outlining the aims of the session and giving a brief description of each paper (200 words each)
•       Roundtable sessions: 250-word summary outlining the aims of the session and giving a brief description of each position paper
•       Performances and lecture/recitals: 250-word summary outlining the aims (plus supporting materials, for example CV, recordings, and programme details)

Please send proposals as an attachment (preferably a Word document) to [log in to unmask]  Include your contact details in the body of the email, but please do not include your name in the proposal itself.  Proposers will be notified as soon as possible, and no later than early February. 

Conference website: https://research.hud.ac.uk/music/conferences/19thcenturymusic/

Conference Chair: 
Rachel Cowgill (University of Huddersfield)

Programme Committee:
Erica Buurman (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Joanne Cormac (University of Nottingham)
Rachel Cowgill (University of Huddersfield)
Steven Jan (University of Huddersfield)
David Milsom (University of Huddersfield)
Thomas Schmidt (University of Huddersfield)
Laura Tunbridge (University of Oxford)
Paul Watt (Monash University)

Travel
How to get to Huddersfield: https://www.hud.ac.uk/about/maps/
By air: the nearest airport is Leeds/Bradford (LBA), but it is easier to use Manchester Airport (MAN) – there is a direct train between Huddersfield and Manchester Airport (c55 mins) – https://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/manchester-airport-to-huddersfield  
By train: https://www.thetrainline.com/stations/huddersfield

Hotels (Huddersfield Town Centre)
Premier Inn (c5mins) – http://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/west-yorkshire/huddersfield/huddersfield-central.html
The Central Lodge Hotel (c10mins) – http://www.centrallodge.com/
The Cambridge Hotel – http://www.thecambridgehotel.com/ (c20mins, but 5mins from train station) 


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Professor Rachel Cowgill
Professor of Musicology and Head of Music & Drama
School of Music, Humanities & Media

Creative Arts Building (CAM 1/15)
University of Huddersfield, Queensgate
Huddersfield, West Yorks, UK, HD1 3DH
tel.: +44 (0)1484 471397
www.hud.ac.uk/music