[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Music and Power: Historical Problems and Perspectives in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Miami U, Oxford, OH, Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2013)

[Gonul Pultar]

from Serguei A. Oushakine <oushakin at princeton.edu>


CALL FOR PAPERS

Music and Power: Historical Problems and Perspectives in Russia, Eastern 
Europe and Eurasia

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio, USA)

February 28-March 2, 2013



Sponsored by the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, 
and the Departments of Music, the School of Fine Arts, and the Jewish 
Arts and Culture Series (Posen Foundation)

Organizers: Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, Dr. Ricardo Averbach and the 
Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies

 From the time of Plato if not before, the fraught relationship between 
music and power has attracted commentary, discussion and debate. 
Focusing primarily on the lands of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, 
this conference will unite scholars from across the disciplines to 
examine how power relations and musical expression have mutually 
informed and shaped each other over time. Those in positions of power 
have traditionally sought to control music’s communicative and 
transformative potential – either by directly limiting it (perhaps most 
noticeably when censors have declared a work or composer “unsuitable” 
for ideological reasons), or by harnessing it for their own ends. But 
music has also been employed as a means of resisting or undermining 
power relations of all kinds. Thus while music and power are clearly 
entwined within the public sphere, this relationship has also found 
expression in more subtle forms of human interaction and has shaped the 
expression of multiple politically relevant identities (national, 
ethnic, religious). This conference will address important questions 
regarding the multifaceted interrelationship between music and power, 
including but not limited to: Who decides what constitutes “suitable” 
music within a given social, political and historical context? What role 
has censorship played in shaping musical expression? How has music been 
implicated in abuses of power? How has music been used to advance 
imperialist ambitions? How did musical expressions of “national” unity 
support or undermine the political and social structures of multi-ethnic 
empires? What impact has musical nationalism had on the social and 
political contexts in which it emerged? How have identity politics 
shaped musical creativity? How has music been employed in resistance to 
social, cultural, national or hierarchical control?

We invite submissions from scholars interested in developing 
cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of music in human history and 
culture.

In addition to scholarly discussion and exchange among panelists, the 
conference will include two keynote speakers: Dr. Richard Taruskin 
(UC-Berkeley) and Dr. James Loeffler (University of Virginia). A 
symphonic performance, conducted by Dr. Ricardo Averbach, will be held 
the evening of March 1, 2013 in Oxford.

We encourage proposals both from young researchers who have completed 
their dissertation research (ABD) and from established scholars in any 
field of the humanities or social sciences. As we plan to publish a 
conference volume based on papers presented, all participants will be 
required to submit their completed paper one month prior to the conference.

All presenters will be provided with accommodations in Oxford, ground 
transportation to and from the airport, and partial travel funding (up 
to $400 for domestic travel, $800 for international travel).

To be considered for the conference, submit an abstract of approximately 
300 words and a short CV to mitcher3 at muohio.edu by September 1, 2012. 
Please include “2013 Music and Power Conference” in the subject line. 
Selected papers will be announced by October 1, 2012.

Inquiries may be directed to:
Dr. Rebecca Mitchell
The Havighurst Center
Harrison Hall Room 116
Miami University Oxford, Ohio, 45056-2816
USA

+1 (513) 529-0942
mitcher3 at muohio.edu www.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter


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