The Enterprise of Musicology: Trends in our New Age

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

4-6 December 2015

(Submission Deadline: 10 April 2015, 21:00 (UTC+8))

 

Musical and musicological trends are ever changing with evolving sociological, economic, and political climates; at the same time, trends can also be geographic-specific. IMS East Asia 2015 sets out to examine current trends of musicological thoughts, and in particular, ‘Asian trends’ – if such a phenomenon could be discerned. Asian countries are some of the fastest growing in the world: in technology, in science, in cultural development, and in educational innovation. Are such elements influential factors in musicological trends in Asia and world-wide?    

 

IMSEA 2015 would like to call for papers to brainstorm themes associated with such thoughts; they could embrace:

 

• New approaches to music performance

• Interdisciplinary, and multi-disciplinary practices

• Concepts and histories of music theory

• Technology in music

• Science(s) of music and music-practice

• Practice as research/performance-based research

• Asian studies

• Orientalism

• Popular music in East Asia

• The musician as creative entrepreneur

 

 

DEADLINE: Friday, April 10, 21:00 (UTC+8). To avoid online problems, please submit at least 24 hours before the deadline.

 

AUTHOR NOTIFICATION: Friday, May 15, 2015.

 

PARTICIPATION: Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are all welcome.  An individual may submit no more than one proposal in each category. An individual may submit no more than one proposal (whether for an individual paper or as part of a session).

 

PANEL: Among the categories, panels are especially encouraged, in particular those with researchers from different regions/disciplines. The organizer of a panel should act as the corresponding author and submit the proposal as a package that includes the abstracts of each paper as well as a rationale of the whole.

 

LENGTH: Max. 250 words for each abstract or rationale.

 

LANGUAGE: English

 

ENCODING: Only plain text without any formatting.

 

SUBMISSION: Only online through the following links (accessible during the submission period stated above); submissions by post or by e-mail are not accepted. Each abstract should include its author's name, institutional affiliation, telephone number, and email address. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FORMS CAREFULLY.

 

Categories

1. Panel Session: 90-min./3-papers or 120-min./4-papers; panels with researchers from different regions or disciplines are encouraged.

2. Individual Paper: 20-minute report followed by 10-minute discussion.