cAIR – Call for Papers

cAIR is a new and unique opportunity for practitioners and researchers in all areas of interculturality and all countries to meet, join forces, and progress toward common goals. The conference combines the resources of research (universities, institutes) and practice (government, civil society, schools, media) to raise awareness about racism and xenophobia and to reduce its prevalence and impact.

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Call for Papers on Gypsy Lore: Young Scholar’s Prize in Romani Studies

The Gypsy Lore Society established the Gypsy Lore Society Young Scholar’s Prize in Romani Studies for the best unpublished paper by a young scholar on a topic in Gypsy and Traveler Studies. The prize is a cash award of $500. The winning paper will be published, after any necessary revisions, in an issue of the journal Romani Studies. Continue reading “Call for Papers on Gypsy Lore: Young Scholar’s Prize in Romani Studies”

Archival Sound Recordings: World and Traditional Music Online

Music without walls – world and traditional music online

From Indian ritual music to bawdy English pub songs to Ugandan court music to Nigerian Highlife, the British Library’s collections of world and traditional music are emerging from the shelves of the Sound Archive and appearing on the Archival Sound Recordings website.  Continue reading “Archival Sound Recordings: World and Traditional Music Online”

British Forum of Ethnomusicology ~ Annual One-Day Conference in November 2009

You are cordially invited to the annual One-Day Conference of the British Forum of Ethnomusicology, which will be held on Saturday 7 November 2009, at King’s College London in the Strand.
Please see the Call for Papers pasted in below. Do feel free to circulate this further to any potentially interested parties.

Further details will be posted on the conference website as they become available – see http://bfe2009.net/4.html

British Forum for Ethnomusicology ~ Annual One-Day Conference
King’s College London, Saturday 7 November 2009
Contact: katherine.r.brown@kcl.ac.uk

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Ethnomusicological Research Today – An International Doctoral Workshop

Call for Papers

The Ethnomusicology Department of the University for Music and Drama at Hanover, Germany, is organising an international workshop for Ph.D. candidates in ethnomusicology and its sister disciplines. The workshop will be directed by Prof. Dr. Raimund Vogels (Hanover) and Prof. Dr. Philip V. Bohlman (Chicago/Hanover).
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