Pascal Rudolph / Daniel Suer / Barbara Hornberger (Hrsg.), #Popmusik​forschung. Zehn Perspektiven auf #BillieEilish (via @transcript-verlag.bsky.social) #OpenAccess #PopularMusicStudies #Musikwissenschaft #Popkultur

Popmusikforschung
Popmusikforschung

Ein Song, zehn Perspektiven: Die Vielfalt der Popmusikforschung anhand von Billie Eilishs »Bad Guy«.

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CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
› Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: 12 October 2025

THE ARCHIVAL TURN IN MUSIC SOCIOLOGY
5-6 February 2026
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Keynote speakers:
› Kate Eichhorn (The New School, USA)
› Uchenna Ngwe (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Royal Academy of Music, UK)

Organisers:
Tianyu Jiang, Rainer Prokop, Rosa Reitsamer, Lis Vovka

More info: 👉 https://www.mdw.ac.at/ims/events/the-archival-turn-in-music-sociology

#musicsociology #culturalsociology #sociology #popularmusicstudies #culturalstudies #genderstudies #socialsciences #humanities #music #archives #archivalturn #socialinequalities #inequality #class #race #ethnicity #gender #feminist #queer #antiracist #migrant #postmigrant #histories #culturalmemory #culturalheritage #culturalidentity #identity #mdw #Vienna

Conference CfP »The Archival Turn in Music Sociology« 🗃️

📡 Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: 12 Oct 2025

Conference

🗓️ 5–6 February 2026
📍 mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Fanny Hensel-Hall, Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna 🇦🇹

🔗 for more information see https://www.mdw.ac.at/ims/events/the-archival-turn-in-music-sociology/

Keynotes

Kate Eichhorn (The New School, USA)
Uchenna Ngwe (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Royal Academy of Music, UK)

In the course of the 60th anniversary of the Dept. of Music Sociology in 2025, we propose this conference “The Archival Turn in Music Sociology” in order to acknowledge the contributions of female, feminist, queer and post-/decolonial scholars, musicians, activists, and archivists to the history of music sociology and to critically engage with the historiographies of music’s past. (…)

#music #academia #MusicSociology #MusicHistory #Sociology #PopularMusicStudies #CulturalStudies #MediaStudies #Vienna #mdw

🧵3/3
Over two days, the symposium will explore themes such as:

  • Cats in music history and music education
  • Feline metaphors in music
  • Music about cats, for cats, and even by cats
  • Multispecies soundscapes & bonds between musicians and their cats
  • Cats, gender, and politics
  • Cats in recording studios and digital meme culture👉 Attendance is free. Registration is now open via Eventbrite: https://musicandcats.eventbrite.dehttp://musicandcats.eventbrite.de/

📖 To access the book of abstracts, including the full program, click on the image/link: https://monikaschoop.paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODk8906038&v=3.1&p=1

#cats #music #MusicStudies #MusicHistory #MusicTheory #PopularmusicStudies #HumanAnimalStudies #psychology #BehavioralBiology #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies #ArtisticPractice

Music and Cats (Online Symposium)

Join us for the first ever symposium celebrating music and cats - it's going to be a meow-sical experience!

Eventbrite

🧵1/3  #LeuphanaUniversität is going to host a free two-day online symposium on November 28/29 2025 that promises to be

the first-ever comprehensive symposium dedicated to the intersection of music and cats.

See posts below for details …  

#cats #music #MusicStudies #MusicHistory #MusicTheory #PopularmusicStudies #HumanAnimalStudies #psychology #BehavioralBiology #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies #ArtisticPractice

Contract Faculty - Ethnomusicology / Popular Music Studies

Contract Faculty - Popular Music Studies / Ethnomusicology

Sad news: Philip #Tagg, probably one of the most important popular music scholars, passed away today 😥
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Tagg
#musicology
#PopularMusicStudies
@musicology
Philip Tagg - Wikipedia

#AcademicJob

Assistant Professor in Popular Music, Sound and Media Cultures (1.0 FTE)

@ University of Groningen (Netherlands)

"Candidates should have a demonstrable record of excellence in teaching, experience in researching popular music, and exhibit knowledge of a range of analytical perspectives including music/sound and intermediality, and critical theory."

Deadline: 03/03/2024

https://www.researchgate.net/job/1006162_Assistant_Professor_in_Popular_Music_Sound_and_Media_Cultures_10_FTE

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#MusicStudies #Musicology #PopularMusicStudies #soundstudies

Lecturer - Ethnomusicology - Department of Music

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Research Assistant

@ School of Music, University College Dublin

"The successful candidate will work under the direction of Dr Jaime Jones (Principal Investigator) on the research project 'Amplifying Resilience: Digital Sustainability in DIY Music Communities'"

Deadline: 05/02/2024

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/186204

#Ethnomusicology #Musicology #PopularMusicStudies #DIYMusic

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Research Assistant , School of Music, 5 months (0.3FTE)

Applications are invited for a temporary, part- time post of a Research Assistant within UCD School of Music.

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