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Central and Eastern European Music: Musical Crossroads?
Conference venue: Oxford (United Kingdom)
Period: June 26, 2010
Deadline for submitting abstracts: April 10, 2010
Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2010
Description of the conference
The conference aims to underline the role of Central and Eastern European music. In particular the importance of music in shaping identities and its various definitions depending on the different contexts analysed will focused.
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Eligible topics for the conference
Papers should deal with:
- musical relationships between Central and Eastern European countries;
- musical relationships between above-mentioned countries and countries from other regions of Europe: Western and Southern Europe, Scandinavia and the Nordic lands, Russia;
- how Central and Eastern European music may be defined in various ways depending on the context analysed (political, historical, cultural, geographical);
- the analysis of music’s particular role in shaping and negotiating various European identities;
- ethnomusicological approaches.
Guidelines for submission
Abstracts of no more than 400 words and short biographical notes of no more than 200 words, should be sent to reemstudygroup@googlemail.com.
Organization
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), Study Group for Russian and Eastern European Music
BASEES Study Group for Russian and Eastern European Music
PECOB: Portal on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe - University of Bologna - 117, c.so della Repubblica - Italy
