The Regional Association for East Asia of the International Musicological Society (IMS-EA) warmly invites all music researchers to submit proposals for our fifth biennial conference, to be hosted by the School of Music at Soochow University, China. We welcome all topics of musical scholarship, including those reflecting historical, ethnographic, analytical, sociological, and cognitive methods, and would especially like to encourage presentations of an inter-disciplinary and/or inter-regional character. Participants need not currently reside or work in East Asia.
Our region is one of the fastest growing in the discipline of musicology, and features diverse yet distinctive native musical traditions as well as rich histories of intercultural encounters and a strong international consciousness. We look forward to offering a rewarding environment for intellectual exchanges among scholars from a wide range of backgrounds.
Categories of proposal
1. Panel: Three papers of 90 minutes or four or five papers of 120 minutes. Panels involving researchers from different regions and/or areas of specialization are particularly encouraged. The organizer of a panel should act as the corresponding author and submit the proposal as a package that includes the abstracts of each paper as well as an overall description of the entire panel.
2. Individual Paper: 20 minutes in length.
3. Poster/Media Display: A0-size poster or desktop display.
The language for proposals, presented papers, and posters is English.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION (REVISED AND EXTENDED): 15 FEBRUARY 2019, 21:00 (UTC+8). To avoid online problems, please submit at least 24 hours before the deadline. Please download and complete the appropriate submission form according to the category of your proposal and e-mail it as an attachment to the following address: imsea2019@gmail.com
Maximum length of abstracts: 250 words for each individual abstract and panel description.
Notification of accepted submissions: around 1 May 2019.
Our region is one of the fastest growing in the discipline of musicology, and features diverse yet distinctive native musical traditions as well as rich histories of intercultural encounters and a strong international consciousness. We look forward to offering a rewarding environment for intellectual exchanges among scholars from a wide range of backgrounds.
Categories of proposal
1. Panel: Three papers of 90 minutes or four or five papers of 120 minutes. Panels involving researchers from different regions and/or areas of specialization are particularly encouraged. The organizer of a panel should act as the corresponding author and submit the proposal as a package that includes the abstracts of each paper as well as an overall description of the entire panel.
2. Individual Paper: 20 minutes in length.
3. Poster/Media Display: A0-size poster or desktop display.
The language for proposals, presented papers, and posters is English.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION (REVISED AND EXTENDED): 15 FEBRUARY 2019, 21:00 (UTC+8). To avoid online problems, please submit at least 24 hours before the deadline. Please download and complete the appropriate submission form according to the category of your proposal and e-mail it as an attachment to the following address: imsea2019@gmail.com
Maximum length of abstracts: 250 words for each individual abstract and panel description.
Notification of accepted submissions: around 1 May 2019.