CFP: The Music of War: 1914-1918, British Library, London, Aug 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Music of War: 1914–1918

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 30 November 2013

30–31 August 2014
British Library, London

Conference website: www.themusicofwar.org
Conference email: themusicofwar at gmail.com

Held as part of the British Library's Centenary events programme, supported by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.

Papers are invited for a two-day international conference on the theme of music during the First World War. We welcome papers from scholars working in any discipline and which engage with any aspect of music-making during the war, whether on the home or fighting fronts, or in combatant or non-combatant countries.

Proposals are invited for individual papers of 20 minutes, to be followed by 10 minutes of discussion. We also encourage submissions for themed panel sessions of three related papers.

Proposals consisting of a title, abstract (max. 300 words), and short biographical note, should be submitted by e-mail to the organising committee at themusicofwar at gmail.com by 30 November 2013. For panel sessions, please include a 250-word (max.) summary of the session and up to 300 words for each session participant. Please include contact details and institutional affiliation (if any), along with details of anticipated AV requirements. Proposals should be in English only. The conference language will be English.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr Kate McLoughlin (Birkbeck, London)

OTHER CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Professor Rachel Cowgill (Cardiff University)
Professor Annette Becker (Universite Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense)

Conference Organisers:
Jane Angell (Royal Holloway)
Dr Rachel Moore (University of Oxford)

Programme Committee:
Jane Angell (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Dr Daniel Grimley (University of Oxford)
Professor Barbara Kelly (University of Keele)
Dr Stefan Manz (Aston University)
Dr Rachel Moore (University of Oxford)
Dr Rupert Ridgewell (British Library)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 30 November 2013
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS NOTIFIED: 31 January 2014

For more details, see the conference website: www.themusicofwar.org