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Hawkins and the British Pop Dandy

In the past, Stan Hawkins has produced worthwhile work for researchers in popular music interested in gender, masculinities and the singing voice, particularly in the
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The Last Professors

As an undergraduate, how many of your classes were taught by professors, how many by graduate students, and how many by adjunct lecturers? The answer
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In Praise of Fish

I’ve just finished a short book by Stanley Fish worth recommending to everyone aspiring to or currently living an academic life. Save the World on
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David Byrne Strikes Again

This post responds to David Byrne’s recent TED talk. True to TED’s mandate, Byrne has given us an idea worth sharing. His central thesis is
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Kelly Best Reflects on Spaces of Violence, Sites of Resistance

Kelly Best, a PhD candidate at Memorial University offers her reflections on the 2010 meeting of the IASPM Canada chapter at the University of Regina’s
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Introducing Robin Attas

I wanted to get my thoughts on Regina out while they were fresh; now I’ll go back and introduce myself. I’m a Ph.D. candidate in
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Regina: Super condensed, extra fortified

Since I had a commitment back in Vancouver on Saturday, and was involved in the Canadian University Music Society (CUMS) conference on Friday, I had
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Tension and Resistance – A Review of Regina 2010

The joint conference of the Canadian branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and the Canadian Society for Traditional Music took
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[FILLED] Post-doctoral Fellow in Music

The Canadian Centre of Arts and Technology at the University of Waterloo is looking for a post-doctoral fellow in music for one year to begin
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Executive Election Results

Charity Marsh (President) and Christina Baade (Conference/Elections Coordinator) have been acclaimed as members of the IASPM-Canada Executive. Charity Marsh (Président) and Christina Baade (Coordonnateur/trice au colloque et aux élections) sont élus par acclamation au sein de l’exécutif de IASPM-Canada.

2010 Elections 2010 Elections

The current 2010 IASPM-Canada executive is pleased to announce the opening of nominations, beginning June 1, to fill the positions of / L’exécutif actuel de l’IASPM-Canada est heureux d’annoncer le début de la période de mise en candidature, le 1 juin prochain, afin de remplir les postes vacant de l’exécutif de l’IASPM-Canada:

President/Président
Conference/Elections Coordinator / Coordonnateur/trice au colloque et aux élections

Deadline Extended – Student Paper Prize

The deadline for the student paper prize has been extend to Friday May 14, 2010. IASPM-Canada is pleased to offer a prize for the best
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CFP: Computer Games and Music (deadline: September 1st)

Here’s a CFP for an online journal: Dear colleagues, With its first themed issue devoted to the topic “Computer Games and Music”, the new peer-reviewed
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CFP – 2011 EMP Pop Conference, UCLA

Cash Rules Everything Around Me: Music and Money 2011 EMP Pop Conference at UCLA Feb 24 – 27, 2011 Los Angeles, California Jointly sponsored by
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CFP: IASPM-US

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Chapter (IASPM-US) will hold its annual conference Mar. 9-13, 2011 in Cincinnati, OH, in a
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CFP – Journal of Music Research Online

The Journal of Music Research Online (JMRO) is a freely accessible, peer-reviewed journal for the publication of scholarly research in music. It has a distinguished international editorial
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Hawkins and the British Pop Dandy

In the past, Stan Hawkins has produced worthwhile work for researchers in popular music interested in gender, masculinities and the singing voice, particularly in the
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Volume ! La revue des musiques populaires: La Reprise / Covers

Volume ! La revue des musiques populaires La Reprise / Covers Éditions Mélanie Seteun Release : june 2010 ISBN: 978-2-913169-26-5 ISSN: 1634-5495 300 pages Format:
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The Last Professors

As an undergraduate, how many of your classes were taught by professors, how many by graduate students, and how many by adjunct lecturers? The answer
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She’s So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music – Laurie Stras, ed.

Stras, Laurie, ed. She’s So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music. Farnham: Ashgate, 2010. She’s So Fine explores the music,
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