Popular music is a dynamic cultural force. The acts of listening, playing, dancing, composing and recording are undertaken in a constant state of flux, further complicated by flows of space and time. This conference invites papers that consider popular music as a powerful social agent.

To inaugurate its new format, the review Filigrane. Musique, esthétique, sciences, société is launching a call for papers about Deleuze, the philosopher who has influenced so many musicians and musicologists over the last thirty years.

The Shakespeare and Popular Music Conference and Colloquium, in conjunction with the University of Guelph’s School of English and Theatre Studies, invites proposals for papers to be presented at our first annual interdisciplinary conference in Guelph. This year’s colloquium will take place on September 6, 2010, as part of the University of Guelph’s Orientation Week activities, and will bring together a wide range of scholars, performance artists, and members of the general public.

The Interactive Media and Performance (IMP) Labs, along with the Department of Media Production and Studies, and the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Regina are pleased to present a call for papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops on the theme of Spaces of Violence, Sites of Resistance: Music, Media and Performance, an international conference organized in collaboration with IASPM-Canada and the Canadian Society for Traditional Music (CSTM).