CFP: What is Auditory History, IMS Study Group Auditory History, Paris, 20–21 Mar 2026

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Call for Papers – “What is Auditory History?”
1st International Conference of the IMS Study Group Auditory History
University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris, 20–21 March 2026

The IMS Study Group Auditory History invites proposals for its inaugural conference, which asks how scholars might refine the “historical ear” and expand the methodological horizons of sound studies. We welcome contributions that engage with the diversity of listening practices across time and place; interrogate the hearing–listening dichotomy; and integrate multisensorial, global, and critical perspectives into the study of sonic experience.

Key themes include (but are not limited to):
- historical soundscapes, environments, and ecologies
- subjectivity, memory, affect, and sonic imagination
- marginalised auditory perspectives and non-elite sources
- theory and method (acoustemology, sensory history, digital tools)
- sonic heritage, preservation, and museology
- pedagogies of listening

Paper format: 20-minute presentation + 10 minutes discussion.
Submission: 250–300-word abstract + 100-word bio (single PDF) to auditoryhistory -at- musicology.org.
Deadline: 15 July 2025  
Notification: 15 August 2025

Working language: English.
A registration fee will apply.
Hybrid attendance is possible; speakers are encouraged to present in person.

Further details and updates: https://auditoryhistory.musicology.org/conference

Please circulate widely - everyone is welcome!

Contact: auditoryhistory -at- musicology.org