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Hinweise von der Redaktion
No full textPlease find 1) Announcements, 2) Call for Papers and 3) Call for Articles in separate sections (see below).
1. Announcements
Ludomusicology Conference, 12-13 April 2013, Liverpool University
The Ludomusicology research group will be hosting a two day conference on video game audio to take place on the 12th and 13th of April, 2013 at Liverpool University. Building upon the foundation of last year’s successful RMA Study Day, the conference will include research papers and discussion workshops.
Please read our Call for Papers (PDF) and help spread the word! (Further details on our website).
The theme of this year’s conference: \u27challenges and innovations\u27. We have chosen this theme to seek to investigate the challenges that face both game audio practitioners and analysts, and the innovations of technology and scholarship that seek to deal with these challenges.
You can contact us via our website at http://www.ludomusicology.org or by email at [email protected].
Organizers: James Barnaby, Jemima Cloud, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers, Mark Sweeney. Hosted by Anahid Kassabian, James and Constance Alsop Chair of Music, University of Liverpool.
Conference: Functional Sounds. Auditory Culture and Sound Concepts in Everyday Life, 4-6 October 2013, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
For further Information please visit the conference website.
Conference: Wagner World Wide:Reflections, 12-15 December 2013, Bayreuth/Thurnau and Nürnberg
In recognition of composer Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) bicentennial in 2013, the Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater (fimt) at the University of Bayreuth is organizing a multi-year series of events to take place around the world under the general heading WagnerWorldWide 2013 (WWW 2013). This will culminate in an international conference WagnerWorldWide: Reflections to be held at the Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater (Schloss Thurnau) and Staatstheater Nürnberg.
For more information, Anno Mungen\u27s introduction to the project:“WagnerWorldWide: An Introduction” or visit the Conference website.
2. Call for Papers
CfP: The Staging of Verdi and Wagner Operas, 13-15 September 2013,Pistoia (Italy)
The Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini of Lucca, the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française of Venice and the Association Amici di Groppoli are pleased to invite submissions of proposals for the symposium The Staging of Verdi & Wagner Operas, to be held in Pistoia, from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September 2013. For further information: http://www.luigiboccherini.org/staging.html.
Organized in conjunction with the bicenteray of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, this conference aims to deepen the existing understanding of opera staging through examination of the the works of these two composers, focusing on the economical, sociological and technological factors connected with opera production. The conference also welcomes studies on staging, with a particular focus on visual aspects and their relationship with theatrical space: the tradition of establishing each visual element in writing (like the livret de mise en scène in France or the disposizioni sceniche in Italy) reflects the importance that staging had acquired during the nineteenth century in the sphere of musical drama.
The official languages of the conference are English, French, German and Italian. Papers selected at the conference will be published in a miscellaneous volume. Papers are limited to twenty minutes in length, allowing time for questions and discussion. Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words and one page of biography.
All proposals should be submitted by email no later than Sunday 14 April 2013 to [email protected]. For any additional information, please contact: Dr. Roberto Illiano, [email protected], www.luigiboccherini.org
CfP: Audio Mostly 2013. On interaction with sound, 18-20 September 2013, Piteå (Sweden)
Audio in all its forms holds tremendous potential for interaction design. Sound can engage, inform, convey narrative, dramatize, create attention, affection and adventure. However, the abilities to interact with computer systems through and with sound are still not sufficiently explored. The Audio Mostly Conference provides a venue to explore and promote the untapped potential of audio for interaction design by bringing together audio experts, content creators, interaction designers, behavioural researchers and others.
The theme this year is "Sound for Information and Intuition". The theme covers ways sound can be used to play a different role in the future compared to now. How can sound for example be used in new ways and contexts to convey information and to put the listeners\u27/users\u27 intuition in play. How can we tap into users\u27 knowledge about and experience of how things sound to convey information in new ways? How can we design human-machine interfaces that can be used more effortlessly, interfaces that use sounds to convey information subtly, without demanding the users full conscious attention? Contributions addressing the use of sound and sonic interaction design in potential future fields are encouraged.
The Audio Mostly conference is interested in sound interaction design in general, is strongly interdisciplinary and provides a space for alternative creative approaches. Hence, prospective contributions are not limited to narrow themes.
Contact: Inger Ekman <[email protected]>; Deadline for paper submission - May 3, 2013; Notification of acceptance - June 14, 2013; Camera-ready paper submission - July 19
CfP: Symposion "Wagner and Us", 6–8 December 2013,Univ. of Melbourne
Scheduled to coincide with the performances of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in Melbourne, 18 November–13 December 2013, the symposium “Wagner and Us” will explore and critique Richard Wagner’s continuing cultural, political, and historical importance to contemporary society. The symposium, convened by Professor Kerry Murphy, is jointly hosted by The University of Melbourne, Monash University, and The Richard Wagner Society in Melbourne.
Topics to be covered include Wagner in Australia, Wagner and Anti-Semitism, Wagner in the Theatre, and the ‘Wagner Industry’, and others.
Invited Keynote Speakers include Slavoj Žižek (UK/Slovenia), Patrick Carnegy (UK), Eva Rieger (Germany), and Hans Vaget (USA).
Researchers are invited to submit proposals for papers of 20 minutes to be followed by 10 minutes discussion. Please note: as there are no parallel sessions only a limited number of papers will be accepted.
Proposals consisting of a title and abstract of no more than 250 words (in English) should be submitted by e-mail to the organising committee at [email protected] by 30 September 2012. Acceptance of papers will be advised by 30 November 2012. It is anticipated that a Conference Proceedings will be published.
3. Call for Articles
CfA (Reminder): Thurnauer Preis für Musiktheaterwissenschaft
Zum vierten Mal in der Geschichte des Forschungsinstituts für Musiktheater (fimt) an der Universität Bayreuth wird der Thurnauer Preis für Musiktheaterwissenschaft ausgelobt. Eingesandt werden können bereits veröffentlichte oder noch unveröffentlichte Aufsätze und Essays zu allen relevanten Themenbereichen: von der Oper zum Musical, vom Vaudeville oder der Revue zum Musik-Film und zur Filmmusik, vom Ballett über das Tanztheater zur Tanzperformance, von der Aufführungs-Analyse zur Analyse von Partituren oder Libretti (Einsendeschluss: 30. Mai 2013). Der Aufsatz sollte 18.000-27.000 Zeichen (ca. 10-15 Seiten) umfassen und nicht älter als zwei Jahre sein. Er kann auf Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch oder Italienisch verfasst sein. Der Preis besteht aus einem Geldpreis von 1500,- € und einer Einladung ins fimt zur offiziellen Preisverleihung.
Bei weiteren Fragen wenden Sie sich an: [email protected].
CfA (Reminder): Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies
Submissions are now being accepted for the Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies for young scholars which will be awarded the fourth time in 2013. We are looking for modern, creative and outstanding methodological approaches in music theatre studies, trying to encourage interesting topics in neglected fields of research. Please send in your stimulating academic article from 18.000-27.000 characters incl. blank spaces (10-15 pages) which can be written in English, German, French or Italian (Submission deadline: May 30th 2013). The essay may just be prepared for publication or already be published (not longer than 2 years ago). The Award consists of a cash gift of 1500,- € and of an invitation to the Thurnau Institute (fimt), where the award will be presented to the winner.
For further informations please contact: [email protected]
CfA - Gli spazi della musica 2013
Gli spazi della musica is a biannual online journal published by the Department of Humanities at the Università degli Studi di Torino (StudiUm); it is based on a process of blind peerreviewing (ISSN 2240-7944).
For further information: http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/spazidellamusica/index(please choose English Language)
It aims at studying the impact of music on other disciplines, exploring relationships and rethinking boundaries, in an interdisciplinary perspective. Main research fields are musicology, comparative studies, music dramaturgy, performance, and gender studies.
Gli spazi della musica is divided into two main sections: the first, called Saggi, comprises Ricercari, a series of free papers on basic topics of musicological research, and Variazioni, a series of papers on a given theme to examine a specific topic. The second section, called Strumenti, has a practical and teaching function.
The editorial board actively encourages authors to submit contributions for the upcoming issues, for both parts in the first section, the Ricercari on free themes, and the Variazioni on a given theme.
The theme for the Variazioni in the two issues of 2013 is Sounding bodies: spaces, identities, relationships.
Deadlines for all types of contributions (Ricercari and Variazioni), according to the Author guidelines on the website (Linee guida per gli autori) and provided with an abstract of 600 characters: 31 January 2013 for the first issue, 30 June 2013 for the second one.
Papers must be submitted to the address [email protected].
Supported languages are Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish
Hinweise von der Redaktion
No full textSchreibwerkstatt 2010
"die schreib:maschine" ist eine offene Bühne für deutschsprachiges Musical. Sie dient als Plattform zur Förderung der Vernetzung innerhalb der Musicalszene und zur Vorstellung von Ausschnitten aus oft noch unfertigen Werken.
In werkstatthaftem Rahmen werden stilistisch und thematisch weit gefasste Beiträge präsentiert, wodurch sich die Veranstaltung vom kommerziellen Bereich abhebt. Vertreten sind dabei sowohl etablierte als auch noch unbekannte Musicalschaffende. Im Anschluss besteht die Möglichkeit zum Austausch mit den Künstlern.
Das nächste Treffen findet am 11. Oktober im Ballhaus Rixdorf, Berlin statt.
Nähere Informationen unter: www.die-schreib-maschine.de.
W.WW 2013
Zum 200. Geburtstag Richard Wagners will das Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater (fimt) dem großen weltweiten Interesse und der Aktualität Wagners auf die Spur kommen: Was bedeutet Wagner als Phänomen mit großer gesellschaftlicher und globaler Beachtung für unsere Zeit heute?
In fünf Ringvorlesungen unter dem Titel Wagner.WorldWide soll an Universitäten der fünf Kontinente Amerika - Afrika - Asien - Australien - Europa von 2011 bis 2013 Wagners weltweiter Bedeutung für das 21. Jahrhundert nachgegangen werden. Die Universität Bayreuth wird mit ihrer Ringvorlesung im Wintersemester 2011/2012 die europäische Perspektive vertreten und Vorträge zu den genannten Themen präsentieren. Die Partnerinstitutionen werden derzeit ausgewählt. Es ist geplant, im Sommer 2013 alle WissenschaftlerInnen der Ringvorlesungen zu einer großen, das Projekt abschließenden Konferenz nach Bayreuth einzuladen.
Die Themenfelder für Wagner.WorldWide welche die Reflexion am Beispiel Wagner auf Probleme und Fragestellungen der Gesellschaft/en heute ermöglichen helfen, lauten: I. Umwelt und Natur, II. Geschlecht und Frauen, III. Medien und Film, IV. Geschichte und Nationalismus und V. Globalisierung und Märkte.
"Feiern – Singen – Schunkeln. Karnevals-Aufführungen vom Mittelalter bis heute" – Symposion vom 11. bis 13. 11. 2011 in Köln
Die von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für rheinische Musikgeschichte und mit der Unterstützung des fimt getragene Konferenz untersucht das Phänomen Karneval aus musikwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Der Karneval in seiner kulturgeschichtlichen und aktuellen Bedeutung soll hierbei vor allem aus der Perspektive seiner performativen Dimensionen heraus untersucht werden. Karneval konstituiert sich historisch und aktuell in seinen Aufführungen: von sorgfältig geplanten Inszenierungen von Theaterstücken oder Karnevalssitzungen über Umzüge bis hin zu mehr oder weniger spontan stattfindenden Ketten von \u27lockeren\u27 so genannten Everyday Performances auf der Straße, bei Bällen oder in Kneipen.
Die Titel gebenden Begriffe zu dieser Konferenz verweisen auf die Performativität des Phänomens. Sie sind sowohl theaterwissenschaftlich als auch aus Perspektive der Gender Studies bedeutend und auf musikwissenschaftliche Fragestellungen anzuwenden. Das Fest Karneval und das "Feiern" dieses Festes sind ohne Musik und die große persönliche Teilnahme des Einzelnen nicht denkbar; "Singen" und "Schunkeln" rekurrieren auf die große körperliche Teilhabe des Darstellers/Teilnehmers, an die sich wichtige generelle Themen des Karnevals wie Maskierung, Erotik, Rausch und soziale Aspekte etc. anschließen.
Die beiden zentralen Fragen, die das Symposion aufwirft, sind bisher kaum gestellt, geschweige denn beantwortet worden: Welche Rolle spielt die Musik im Karneval im Allgemeinen? Und: Wie sehr bestimmt das große Maß der Partizipation der Teilnehmer mit der Musikausübung das Phänomen des Karnevals im Besonderen?
\u27Raum – Körper – Stimme\u27 – DoktorandInnen Symposion des Promotionsstudiengangs \u27Musik und Performance\u27
Am 14. und 15. Juni 2011 findet im Theaterraum der Universität Bayreuth (U.G. Audimax) das musiktheaterwissenschaftliche Symposion \u27Raum – Körper – Stimme\u27 statt.
Die Veranstaltung, die von den Studierenden des Promotionsstudiengangs \u27Musik und Performance\u27 der Universität Bayreuth organisiert wird, will allen Interessierten einen Einblick in aktuelle musiktheaterwissenschaftliche Forschungsperspektiven bieten.
An beiden Tagen finden jeweils ab 10:00 Uhr die Vorträge der DoktorandInnen statt, die sich mit Aspekten von Raum, Körper und Stimme innerhalb eines musiktheatralen Rahmens befassen. Begleitet wird das Programm von einem Konzertabend am 14. Juli und einem Gastvortrag einer/s renommierten MusiktheaterwissenschaftlerIn am 15. Juli. Das genaue Programm wird noch bekannt gegeben
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Hinweise von der Redaktion
No full textPlease find 1) Announcements, 2) Call for Papers and 3) Call for Articles in separate sections (see below).
1. Annonuncements
Audio Mostly 2011. "A conference on interaction with sound" in co-operation with ACM – SIGCHI, 07.-09.09.2011, Coimbra, Portugal
Audio in all its forms – music, sound effects, or dialogue – holds tremendous potential to engage, convey narrative, inform, create attention and enthrall. However , in computer-based environments, for example games and virtual environments, the ability to interact through and with sound are still today underused. The Audio Mostly Conference provides a venue to explore and promote this untapped potential of audio by bringing together audio experts, content creators and designers, interaction designers, and behavioral researchers. The theme this year is "Sound and Context".
Further informations: www.audiomostly.com
5th DiGRA conference. THINK DESIGN PLAY. Hilversum – The Utrecht School of the Arts, 14.-17.09.2011
Join at a serious playground and participate in a meaningful dialogue between all players in the field of games and play. We seek to connect game research to the creative industries and society by fostering an integrated practice of research, design, engineering and entrepreneurship.
Further informations: http://gamesconference.hku.nl/
The Soundtrack of Conflict: The role of music in radio broadcasting in wartime and in conflict situations, 15.-17.09.2011, University of Göttingen
Since the advent of the mass medium radio, scholars from various disciplines have investigated both the positive and negative potential of radio broadcasting in conflict situations and in wartime, including as a channel of information warfare. The role of music in radio broadcasting in these contexts has however only rarely been addressed. This interdisciplinary conference aims to promote a global, historical and comparative approach to this issue, and we encourage scholars in the fields of musicology (all branches!), history, law, political science, social and cultural anthropology, sociology and other relevant disciplines as well as practitioners to submit abstracts for papers or posters relating to the general topic.
Further information: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/195842.html or [email protected]
5th Future and Reality of Gaming (FROG), Vienna, 21.10.-23.10.2011
Zum fünften Mal widmet sich die Vienna Games Konferenz "Future and Reality of Gaming" (FROG) der Zukunft und Wirklichkeit des Computerspielens. Die FROG11 bringt führende internationale Wissenschaftler/innen, Game Designer, Spielende, Lehrende, Sozialpädagog/innen und Erziehende nach Wien, um sich gemeinsam der Zukunft und der Realität des Computerspielens zu widmen. Ziel der dreitägigen Veranstaltung ist es, der Frage nach der Anwendung und Bedeutung von Spiel- und Medienkompetenz, Soziabilität und Medienkonvergenz des Computerspielens in unserer Gesellschaft und Kultur nachzugehen.
Weitere Informationen unter: http://www.ag-games.de/content/call-papers-5th-future-and-reality-gaming-frog-vienna
International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 26.-28.10.2011
Academics and practitioners interested in presence are invited to participate in the Annual International Conference on Presence, to be held in Edinburgh. The presence community comprises researchers in communication, computer science, psychology, entertainment, philosophy, the arts, education and other fields.
Further information: http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/ispr/presence-conferences/ispr2011/ or [email protected]
Liszt and the Arts. International Interdisciplinary Conference, 11.-14.11.2011, Budapest
The conference aims to bring together musicologists and researchers of various art disciplines, and to encourage research and co-operation on issues related to the following main topics: Liszt\u27s ideas about the interconnection of the different branches of the arts Liszt\u27s participation in the general artistic life of his time, his relations to artistic movements and individual artists Inspirations for Liszt\u27s music in literature and fine arts (concrete works, ideas and structures) Liszt\u27s person and music as a source of inspiration in works of art Conference languages: English, German, French. The preliminary summary (translated into these languages and Hungarian) will be available for the audience.
Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, H-1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty u. 35
Mária Eckhardt (Conference Secretary)
GameSoundCon 2011. The Premier Conference on Game Music and Sound, 11.-12.11.2011, San Francisco
GameSoundCon is for composers, sound designers, audio engineers and others who want to learn what it takes to work in the video game music and sound industry. Composing music for video games and video game sound design is more than just creating .wav files in ProTools and putting them on an FTP site. The most in-demand composers and sound designers understand the unique techical and creative apsects of doing sound for this unique medium. Join attendees from around the globe and learn the craft, technology and tools for composing game music and creating game sound effects from the leaders of the industry. Panels, and masterclass sessions include: Essential game audio technology, Composing, recording and implementing an interactive underscore, Game audio tools, Interactive Foley & game sound design, Making the transition from film/TV to games, Music composing and sound design for casual games, The state of the art in game audio and Business opportunities in game music and sound.
More information: www.gamesoundcon.com
2. Call for Papers
CfP: International Congress of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, 4.-8.09.2012, Göttingen "Music | Music. Structures and Processes"
Since around the mid-twentieth century, it has become increasingly common to use the word "musics", rather than "music", in order to do justice to the plurality of different phenomena to be captured under that term. This Congress will provide a forum for the discussion of research into musical structures, the structures that are necessary for music to happen at all, and the impact of the one on the other. It will promote the analysis of musical processes as well as the larger-scale historical, cultural and social processes in which musical structures in turn transform and adapt, just as the environment in which these occur is also in a state of constant transformation. Researchers are herewith invited to participate in this stimulating discussing by submitting proposals for symposia, round table, poster sessions and individual papers.
Deadline for applications: Free symposia, round table, poster sessions: 31.06.2011; Free papers/posters: 31.12.2011. Applicants for symposia, round tables and poster sessions will be informed of the decision by 15.11.2011, applicants for free papers/posters by 31.03.2012. Languages of the Congress: German, English. Applications may be submitted by e-mail (PDF format only please; the file name should include the surname of the applicant and the type of application, e.g. symposium, free paper) to [email protected] or by post to: Department of Musicology, Programme Committee GfM 2012, University of Göttingen, Kurze Geismarstraße 1, D-37073 Göttingen.
Further informations: gfm2012.uni-goettingen.de
The International Congress will host the CIM12: Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology 2012. HISTORY, Göttingen, 4.-5.09.2012
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 30.09.2011.
The CIM series exists to promote and facilitate innovative collaborations between different areas of music research, musical practise, and other academic disciplines. By insisting on a minimum two authors/disciplines per paper, and through a peer-review system for abstracts, CIM both actively promotes exchange between different methods and research epistemologies and encourages excellence in these interdisciplinary endeavours. In 2012, CIM will tackle the subject of History. Hosted by the University of Göttingen, whose one time music director Johann Nikolaus Forkel is widely regarded as one of the founders of music historiography, CIM12 aims to promote collaborations that provoke and explore new methods and methodologies for establishing, evaluating, preserving and communicating knowledge of music and musical practises of past societies and the factors implicated in both the preservation and transformation of such practices over time. The focus will be the particular potential offered by interdisciplinary contributions to extending our understanding of music of the past, of its role in other social, cultural and political processes, and of processes of transformation of musical cultures and practices.
Further information: gfm2012.uni-goettingen.de/cim12
3. Call for Articles
CfA: Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds
Papers from all areas associated with video/computer games and virtual environments are welcome.
Deadlines: 31 August 2011 for long articles; 15th September 2011 for short articles, conference/project reports, poster abstracts, interviews and reviews
Word limits: Long articles: 5000-8000 words; Short articles: 3000-5000 words; Conference and other reports: 1000-2000 words; Reviews, poster abstracts and interviews: 1500-3000 words.
Please send your submissions in anonymized (doc/x) form to Astrid Ensslin at [email protected]. Reviews should be submitted to the Reviews Editor, Matthew S.S. Johnson, at [email protected]. Machinima reviews should be submitted to Phylis Johnson at [email protected]. For informal inquiries and the Intellect styleguide, contact Isamar Carrillo Masso at [email protected]. For more information about the journal\u27s remit, previous issues and board of editors, visit ttp://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=164/view,page=2/
CfA: The Italian Journal of Game Studies: All of us Players. Pathways in the diffusion of digital gaming: relocations, pervasiveness, gamification.
For its first issue, G|A|M|E proposes an inquiry into the diffusion of the videogame medium outside of its established contexts: a phenomenon that leads us to reconsider the object of our research as part of a wider media ecology. Transformations in interface design make it difficult to map the boundaries of video gaming as a field, and, with the spread of a ludic paradigm, many other products are being turned into games. From the logic of gamification to geo-localization, and from mobile applications to the ludic sociability of Farmville, we are witnessing videogames\u27 invasion of the spaces and temporalities of everyday life. We are inviting scholars from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to tackle this subject, focusing on the issues specific to this new challenge in the field of game studies.
Submitting a proposal G|AM|E welcomes any proposals concerning the general theoretical issues of this CFP, as well as analyses of one or more significant texts (videogames, audio-visuals, books and graphic novels, etc.). Proposals may be submitted in both Italian and English. Abstracts should not exceed 800 (eight hundred) words, not including bibliography. Completed articles will be accepted for review. Final contributions should not exceed the limit of 5.000 (five thousand) words, or 30.000 characters. All proposals will undergo an anonymous peer review process. Send proposals to: [email protected]. Deadline for submission of peer-reviewed abstracts: July 10th, 2011 Deadline for submission of completed articles: September 10th, 2011
More informations: http://www.gamejournal.i
Hinweise von der Redaktion
No full textPlease find 1) Announcements, 2) Call for Papers and 3) Call for Articles in separate sections (see below).
1. Announcements
Richard Wagner\u27s Impact on His World and Ours, 30.5.-2.6.2013, University of Leeds
To mark the 200th anniversary on 22 May 2013 of the birth of Richard Wagner, the School of Music, University of Leeds, in collaboration with Opera North will host the international conference \u27Richard Wagner\u27s Impact on His World and Ours\u27 held on 30 May-2 June 2013.
Few aspects of late nineteenth-century and subsequent cultural developments remain untouched by Wagner\u27s influence. The conference seeks to place this influence in context, embracing the multitude of artistic and non-artistic disciplines that have felt the composer\u27s impact. The programme committee invites proposals for multi-disciplinary presentations and workshops that deal with any aspect of Wagner studies.
Further Information: http://goldenpages.jpehs.co.uk/2012/01/18/
Song, Stage and Screen VII: The Musical’s Global Conquest, 2.-5.7.2012, University of Groningen, Netherlands
In July there is the annual conference of the academic journal, Studies in Musical Theatre, which is published by Intellect Press.
The New York Times has frequently reported on the increasingly global musical theatre community. Broadway flops are finding success in Europe and China\u27s economic power is stimulating a musical theatre industry aspiring to enter the global market. This conference invites papers investigating the range of global contexts within which stage and film musicals are created, circulated and consumed. While much growth has occurred in recent decades, musicals have been circulated transnationally for more than a century, and forms such as the American musical developed out of a range of cultural influences.
Further Information: http://mith.umd.edu/sss/
VII. Symposion zur Filmmusikforschung, Schwerpunkt: Film Tanz Musik, 14.-16.6.2012, Universität Salzburg
Wenn im Sommer die Kieler Gesellschaft für Filmmusikforschung ihre Tagung in Zusammenarbeit mit der Abteilung Musik- und Tanzwissenschaft der Universität Salzburg durchführt, liegt es nahe, den Schwerpunkt auf das Dreieck Film-Tanz-Musik zu legen. Sowohl in der Tanzforschung hat der Film erstaunlicherweise fast ebenso wenig Beachtung gefunden wie der Tanz in der Filmmusikforschung. Wir erhoffen uns durch die Teilnahme von Film-, Tanz- und Musikforschern und Personen, die in der Praxis dieser Bereiche tätig sind, neue und wechselseitige fächerübergreifende Impulse und Fragestellungen.
Weitere Informationen: http://www.filmmusik.uni-kiel.de/aktuell.php
11. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft, "Sound und Performance", 4.-7.10.2012, Universität Bayreuth
Der Kongress zielt darauf ab, ein neues Spektrum der Fragen und Forschungsansätze unter dem Titel "Sound und Performance" erstmals zu versammeln und interdisziplinär zu diskutieren. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Annahme, dass \u27Sound\u27 und \u27Performance\u27 Begriffe sind, welche die Vorstellung dessen, was \u27Musik\u27 oder \u27Theater\u27 sei, grundsätzlich problematisieren. Sie sind also geeignet, dem Wandel und der Dynamik der akustischen Dimension von Aufführungen gerecht zu werden.
Mehr Informationen: www.sound2012.org.
2. Call for Papers
CfP: WagnerWorldWide:Reflections, 12.-15.12.2013, The Research Institute for Music Theater Studies (Schloss Thurnau), University of Bayreuth
The Research Institute of Music Theatre Studies (Schloss Thurnau), University of Bayreuth, in collaboration with the University of South Carolina (USA) and the University of Bern (Switzerland), is convening an international conference between 12-15 December 2013 to conclude the www2013: projects.
The Conference will also continue to explore the topics already elaborated during the 2011-12 lecture series WagnerWorldWide:Bayreuth that inaugurated the project (the complete lecture series is available on YouTube).
The organizers welcome unusual, unexpected, and/or creative proposals which offer new and refreshing approaches to Wagner and that address the concept WagnerWorldWide:Reflections. Please send abstracts (250 words) in English by 31 July 2012. The conference language is English.
Further information: http://www.cas.sc.edu/www2013/overview.
3. Call for Articles
CfA: Thurnauer Preis für Musiktheaterwissenschaft
Zum vierten Mal in der Geschichte des Forschungsinstituts für Musiktheater (fimt) an der Universität Bayreuth wird der Thurnauer Preis für Musiktheaterwissenschaft ausgelobt. Eingesandt werden können bereits veröffentlichte oder noch unveröffentlichte Aufsätze und Essays zu allen relevanten Themenbereichen: von der Oper zum Musical, vom Vaudeville oder der Revue zum Musik-Film und zur Filmmusik, vom Ballett über das Tanztheater zur Tanzperformance, von der Aufführungs-Analyse zur Analyse von Partituren oder Libretti (Einsendeschluss: 30. Mai 2013). Der Aufsatz sollte 18.000-27.000 Zeichen (ca. 10-15 Seiten) umfassen und nicht älter als zwei Jahre sein. Er kann auf Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch oder Italienisch verfasst sein. Der Preis besteht aus einem Geldpreis von 1500,- € und einer Einladung ins fimt zur offiziellen Preisverleihung.
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CfA: Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies
Submissions are now being accepted for the Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies for young scholars which will be awarded the fourth time in 2013. We are looking for modern, creative and outstanding methodological approaches in music theatre studies, trying to encourage interesting topics in neglected fields of research. Please send in your stimulating academic article from 18.000-27.000 characters incl. blank spaces (10-15 pages) which can be written in English, German, French or Italian (Submission deadline: May 30th 2013). The essay may just be prepared for publication or already be published (not longer than 2 years ago). The Award consists of a cash gift of 1500,- € and of an invitation to the Thurnau Institute (fimt), where the award will be presented to the winner.
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Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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