Richard Wagner’s Impact on His World and Ours, Leeds, 2013

[Society for Music Theory]

To mark the 200th anniversary on 22 May 2013 of the birth of Richard
Wagner, the
School of Music, University of Leeds, in collaboration with Opera
North will
host the international conference ‘Richard Wagner’s Impact on His
World and
Ours’ held on 30 May-2 June 2013.

Few aspects of late nineteenth-century and subsequent cultural
developments
remain untouched by Wagner’s influence. The conference seeks to place
this
influence in context, embracing the multitude of artistic and non-
artistic
disciplines that have felt the composer’s impact. The programme
committee
invites proposals for multi-disciplinary presentations and workshops
that deal
with any aspect of Wagner studies. Proposals for sessions that
encourage
interaction between scholars and practitioners are particularly
welcome.

Proposals can cover the following themes, though any other submissions
will be
considered on their own merits:

• Wagner and Literature
• Wagner and the Theatre

• Wagner and the New World

• Wagner and Eastern Europe

• Wagner and Israel

• Wagner in Performance

• Wagner and Cinema

• Wagner and the Future

The keynote lectures will be delivered by Barry Millington, entitled
'200 Not
Out: Wagner the Ultimate All-rounder'; Michael Ewans, entitled
‘Vision and
Stagecraft in two ground-breaking productions of the Ring, by Patrice
Chéreau
and Francesca Zambello’; and Tony Palmer, the director of the feature
film
‘Wagner’ (topic TBC).

Proposals are invited for the following:

• Individual Papers (20-minutes long, plus 10 minutes for discussion)
• Themed Sessions (three or four papers, each 20 minutes long, with 10
minutes
for discussion)
• Roundtable Sessions (1 hour long, for up to four people, each
presenting for
5-10 minutes,
followed by a general 20-minute discussion)
• Performance workshops (30-40 minutes long)

Proposals should be prepared as follows:

• Individual papers: maximum 250 words
• Themed Sessions: 250-word summary outlining the aims of the session,
and
a
brief description of each paper
• Roundtable Sessions: 250-word summary outlining the aims of the
session,
and
a 100-150-word description of each paper
• Performance workshops: 250-word proposal outlining aims of the
workshop


Proposals and brief biographies of the participants should be sent by
email as
an MS Word or PDF attachment by 1 July 2012 to Dr Anastasia Belina-
Johnson,
a.be...@leeds.ac.uk



Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson
LUCOS (Leeds University Centre for Opera Studies)
School of Music
University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT
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