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Call for Papers
Popular Music Today: Objects, Practices, Approaches
The Bulgarian branch of the International Association for the Study of
Popular Music and the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences with the courteous cooperation of the British Council in Bulgaria
organize an interdisciplinary seminar on Popular Music Today:
Objects, Practices, Approaches to be held in Sofia, 23-24 June 2000. The
keynote speaker will be Dr. Philip Tagg, Institute of Popular Music -
Liverpool, UK. The seminar is open to all interested in the subject and
welcomes proposals oriented to changing cultural agendas in popular
music/studies in the information age. While keeping connection with basic
methodological perspectives identified in popular music studies, topics
include but are not limited to innovative aspects concerning issues of
globalization and cultural differences; aesthetics, identity and value
systems; technology, communication and media; methods of studying. Proposals
for twenty-minute papers and round table discussions are invited.
Official languages: English, Bulgarian. Translation will be provided.
Timely submission of the written papers which will facilitate the
translation process is highly encouraged. Seminar proceedings are
expected to be published in the academic journal Bulgarsko Muzikoznanie
[Bulgarian Musicology] – publication of the Institute of Art Studies.
Arrival: 22 June
Seminar days: 23-24 June
Departure: 25 June
Registration fee: USD 20
Accommodation: reservations will be made in the hotel of the Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences (50 “Shiptchenski prohod” blvd., Sofia), located
near the seminar place.
Single room: USD 38 (with breakfast)
Double room: USD 48 (USD 24 per person, with breakfast)
Note: The organizers expect a discount of the hotel prices which will be
additionally announced.
Please send paper abstracts (preferably via e-mail) of no more than 250
words or just formulated topic proposals for discussion to:
Dr. Claire Levy
E-mail: levy@bgcict.acad.bg
Fax: +3592 9433092
Address: Kv. Hadji Dimitar Bl. 140 Vh. 2, 1510 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: +3592 4709753 (for info in English)
or
Dr. Lubomir Kavaldjiev
E-mail: music@bgcict.acad.bg
Phone: +3592 667235 (for info in German)
Dr. Rossitca Draganova
E-mail: Draganova@imbm.bas.bg
Phone: +3592 554742 (for info in French)
Deadline for participation proposals: 21 April 2000
Notification to participants: 15 May 2000 (including any further
details).
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