CfP: Music and Dance on East--West Axis

[Stephen Hudson]

Dear AMS Music and Dance Study Group,

I wanted to pass on the conference announcement below, which may be of interest to you.

Best,

--Stephen

Stephen Hudson

MDSG Co-Chair

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:03:48 +0000

From: Marija Dumnic <marija...@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: CfP: Music and Dance on East--West Axis

[appologies for cross-posting]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a call for papers for the conference which will be held in Serbia in 2023. We encourage you to send a proposal and feel free to disseminate the call.

Call for Papers Music and Dance on East–West Axis:Correlations and Mobilities- Internationalscientific symposium - Organizers:Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Institute of Musicology – Department ofArts, Istanbul University State ConservatoryLocation:Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade (Serbia)Dates: September 4–6th, 2023 Thequestion of “Orient” inhumanities gained significant attention, especially after the landmark work ofEdward Said (1978). However, the issue of representation from the position ofpower was of a much older date, and the eurocentric perspective of the late 19th and 20th centuriesinfluenced comparative musicology and then ethnomusicology to a certain extent,due to the fact that ethnomusicology as a discipline isrooted in the observation of music of “theOthers”. Said’s work also affected academic discourse aboutquestions of (Middle) East wars and the history and social reflections of thereligions, and it was a necessary basis for postcolonial and deconializationstudies in global terms, which occupy a significant position in contemporaryethnomusicology (and musicology). Perceived from the aspect of“the crossroads between Eastand West” and the attitude of abandonment of burdening synonym forconflicting nations, the Balkans, as the main focus area for this symposium, isobserved as a field for research of correlations in music and dance heritage,as well as the space where/through music/dance and musicians/dancers aremigrating and moving.In the 21stcentury, the study of cultural relations through music and dance in theBalkans, with the idea of establishing historical and contemporary connections,has stimulated several international projects based on collaborativeethnomusicological, ethnochoreological and musicological research. The openingand growth of national “schools” for music and dance studies, as well as the interpretationof new primary sources, expanded the possibility of writing new histories of aregional character. The liminal position of the Balkans has inspired numerousdiscussions in global humanities about this region as a crossroads and a bridgebetween East and West, with a special emphasis on the spectrum of correlationsof Oriental, Mediterranean and Balkan cultures. On this occasion, a rethinkingof the East would be encouraged, with a special focus on establishing commonheritage, practices and tendencies in music and dance – from new applicationsand interpretations of the concepts of Orientalism and postcolonialism to thepresentation of the results of a structural analysis of presumed Easterninfluences in a broader sense.Thiscombination of joint research of international scholars and the fluidity of theEast–West axis points not only to comparative methods, but also to theexamination of current theoretical concepts. By following the process andconsequences of historical and contemporary migrations, the questions of musicand dance in multi-ethnic environments, transnational music and/or dance forms,mobility of musicians and dancers, music and dance in the diaspora are openedup; today they can be of interest to the musicological, ethnomusicological andethnochoreological research teams in the widest geographical frameworks. In thecontext of the investigations of music and dance in the Balkans, it would beparticularly important to build upon the previous studies of complex music anddance phenomena by focusing on the aforementioned aspects of movement.Thesymposium is planned as part of the TRackeRS bilateral cooperation project andselected papers will be published in an edited book in 2024 (editors: MarijaDumnić Vilotijević, Abdullah Akat; publisher: Institute of Musicology SASA).Thelist of topics of the symposium includes (but it is not limited to):- music anddance of the Slavic and Turkish people in the post-Ottoman context;- Pan-Balkanmusic and dance practices in the context of heritage;-scientific, artistic and performative interpretations of the Orient in musicand dance practices;- music anddance in the context of migration;- music anddance in the diaspora;-methodologies of collaborative research in musicology, ethnomusicology andethnochoreology. KeynoteSpeaker: Jim Samson,Fellow of the British Academy; author of Music in the Balkans(Leiden: Brill, 2013) and co-author of BlackSea Sketches: Music, Place and People (London: Routledge, 2021) Submission guidelines:Eachproposal (sent as .DOC or .DOCX file) should include: the author’s name andaffiliation, e-mail address; an abstract (no more than 300 words); a shortbiography (no more than 100 words). The proposal should be submitted to: music.danc...@gmail.comby the deadline of April 1st, 2023. All authors will be notifiedabout acceptance by May 1st, 2023.Preliminary program will beannounced by June 1st, 2023, and the book of abstracts will be publishedby August 15th, 2023.Conferencehall is equipped with computer, internet, and sound and projection facilities.Theofficial language of the conference is English.Moreinformation about organizational details will be announced in 2023. Program Committee:AbdullahAkat (Istanbul University State Conservatory, Türkiye)VencislavDimov (Institute of Art Studies BAS, Bulgaria)MarijaDumnić Vilotijević (Institute of Musicology SASA, Serbia)AleksandarFotić (Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade, Serbia)MehmetHacısalihoğlu(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany)JelenaJovanović (Department of Arts SASA, Serbia)MarkoKölbl(University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria)DankaLajić Mihajlović (Institute of Musicology SASA, Serbia)IreneMarkoff (York University, Canada)BiljanaMilanović (Institute of Musicology SASA, Serbia)IvanaMedić (Institute of Musicology SASA, Serbia)MehmetÖcal Özbilgin (State Turkish Music Conservatory of Ege University, Türkiye)ZdravkoRanisavljević (Faculty of Music of the University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia)JimSamson (British Academy, United Kingdom)KatarinaTomašević (Institute of Musicology SASA, Serbia)SonjaZdravkova Đeparoska (Faculty of Music of “St.Cyril and Methodius” University, North Macedonia)Sanja Zlatanović (Institute of Ethnography SASA,Serbia)

Kind regards,

---Dr Marija Dumnić VilotijevićEtnomuzikolog / EthnomusicologistBeograd / Belgradehttps://sacu.academia.edu/MarijaDumnicVilotijevic