CFP: IASPM-US 2011 conference

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Date: August 13th 2010

International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Chapter –

Call for Papers.

Time Keeps on Slipping: Popular Music Histories

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S.

Chapter (IASPM-US) will hold its annual conference Mar. 9-13, 2011 in

Cincinnati, OH, in a joint meeting with the Society for American Music.

We invite proposals for individual papers or panels of three or four

presenters. Alternate presentation formats, such as

lecture/performances and roundtable panels, will also be considered.

We welcome proposals concerning all facets of popular music in the U.S.

and abroad, but especially encourage submissions that address the

following themes:

Canonical Histories: What aspects of the popular music past have

assumed greatest authority, and why? What sort of power do canons (of

music, of scholarship, of criticism) exert over the writing of popular

music history?

Alternative Histories: What parts of popular musicâ•˙s past have gone

unrecognized? How can we re-imagine popular music history through the

lenses of:

- Race and ethnicity?

- Gender and sexuality?

- Nationality and colonialism?

- Cultural hierarchy (high, low, middlebrow)?

- Bodily ability and disability?

Conversely, how can the study of popular music in historical perspective

help to shed new light on these critical subjects?

Archival Approaches: What sources can we use to uncover popular musicâ•˙s

many pasts, and where can we find them? How are musical archives

changing in the digital age?

Historical Methods: What counts as â•˛history,â•ˇ and what role does

history play, in the various disciplines and sub-disciplines that

comprise the field of popular music studies?

Local Histories: How can we decipher popular musicâ•˙s connection to

specific places at specific points in time? How can we use the location

of this yearâ•˙s conference – Cincinnati, Ohio – as as a starting point for

reflection on aspects of popular music history?

The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010. Proposals should be

submitted electronically to Steve Waksman, chair of the program

committee, at iaspmus2011@gmail.com. Individual presenters should

submit a paper title, 250-word abstract, and author information

including full name, institutional affiliation, email address and a

one-page c.v. Please send abstract and c.v. as separate MSWord

attachments. Panel proposals should also include a panel title and

abstract for the whole session.

All presenters at the conference are required to be current members of

IASPM-US. For membership information, go to www.iaspm-us.net. For

conference information, go to http://iaspm-us-2011.blogspot.com.

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