Call For Papers
September 27-28, 2014
Centre For Philosophical Research & Department of the History of Art and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
We invite you to participate in the symposium A LABORATORY OF SPRING devoted to the research on contemporary music and dance, as well as to their socio-cultural context – in the age after “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky.
Research Areas: Musicology; Choreography and Dance Studies; Philosophy of Music; Cultural Studies; History of Art; History of Music; Psychology of Music; Sociology of Music; Ethnomusicology, Cognitive Science of Music; others related.
Key Speakers: Richard Taruskin (University of California, Berkeley), Pieter C. van den Toorn (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Thematic Section I:
- “The Rite of Spring”
- Igor Stravinsky
- Vaclav Nijinksy
Thematic Section II:
- creation and perception of contemporary music/dance
- cultural, social, and political context of music of last century
- empirical research on music and dance
- (new) philosophy of new music
- does music/dance express anything?
- others related
Deadlines
Abstract submission: June 30
Notification of acceptance: July 15
Registration fee: September 10
Booking the accommodation with organizers’ help: September 10
Language: English
Registration: http://avant.edu.pl/en/symposium
Organizers: Department of the History of Art and Culture, Nicolaus Copernicus University (local co-organizer), Centre For Philosophical Research (main organizer).
The symposium is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
The symposium website: http://avant.edu.pl/en/symposium