Dear colleagues,
Please spread the following information to researchers who have
obtained their doctoral degree no more than seven years prior to
December 15th 2013.
To further strengthen the research at Örebro university some 15
career-building research positions aimed at promising researchers and
future research leaders are now announced. Within the area of
responsibility of each faculty there is a possibility to appoint up to
five postdoctoral research fellows. National as well as international
advertisement of the fellowships will commence early November and
application deadline is December 15th. Appointments are due in spring
2014.
Full-length advertisements including important information on the
fellowships are found at:
http://www.oru.se/English/About-the-University/Vacancies/
One of the postdoctoral positions within Humanities and Social
Sciences may be in musicology and our research environment "Music and
Human Beings".
For further information, please contact eva.georgii-hemming@oru.se
Warm regards,
Eva
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Eva Georgii-Hemming,
Professor
Subject representative, musicology
Örebro University
School of Music, Theater and Art
SE-701 82 Sweden
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Music SIG - Tuesday 26 November, 1-2pm, Room 826
Music Education Special Interest Group
Research Seminar Announcement
Imperatives and Challenges for Popular Music Education in Mainland China
Professor Wai-Chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Tuesday 26th November 2013
1-2pm
Room 826
Further details from Lucy Green, l.green2@ioe.ac.uk
All are welcome
Since the 1990s mainland China's modernisation and globalisation, together with its transition to a market economy, have created new imperatives for, and challenges to the school curriculum. Many reforms have been initiated to improve the quality of basic education in China, including areas such as the school curriculum, material incentives, teachers' professional development, and students' personal interests. As a result, the 2011 reform of the Curriculum Standards for Primary Education and Junior Secondary Education mark the first time that the school curriculum has officially included popular songs. With particular reference to Beijing and Shanghai, this empirical study explores Chinese adolescents' popular music preferences in their daily lives, and to what extent and in what ways they prefer learning popular music, rather than more traditional music curricula, in schools. Data were drawn from questionnaires completed by 2,971 students in Beijing, 1,730 secondary students in Shanghai, interviews with 55 students in Beijing and 60 Shanghai students between 2011 and 2012. The findings can be interpreted as indicating that music and music education, whether in formal or informal settings, are complex cultural constructs that are reinvented through the intertwined interplay between different actors' preferred musical styles in their multileveled cultural world. This study examines the challenges that mainland China faces concerning the promotion of popular music in school music education, by moving beyond oppositions between culture and power, tradition and modernity, the global and the national, and the pedagogical issues resulting from the introduction of popular music in contemporary China's education.
Wai-Chung Ho completed her PhD in music education at the Institute of Education, University of London, in 1996. She is a professor in the Department of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests are the sociology of music, school music education, and the comparative study of East Asian music education. Her research has focused on inter-linked areas of development, education policy and reform in school education, as well as values in education across school curricula in Chinese countries, including mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Wai-Chung is a frequent contributor to leading international research journals in education, music education and cultural studies, and has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Music Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, International Journal of Music Education, and Music Education Research. Her book, School Music Education and Social Change in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (Brill, 2011) examines recent reforms and innovations in school music education within these changing Chinese societies, and compares, from a sociopolitical perspective, how music education in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei has adjusted to the forces of globalisation, localization and Sinofication. In addition, Wai-Chung has examined pedagogical issues concerning the introduction of popular music in contemporary education, as well as the unique challenges facing mainland China's promotion of popular music in school music education.
Live Coding in Music Education – A call for papers
We are excited to announce a call for papers for a special issue of The Journal of Music, Technology & Education (http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=152/), with a deadline of 28 February 2014, for likely publication in July/August 2014. The issue will be guest edited by Professor Andrew R. Brown (Griffith University, Australia), and will address epistemological themes and pedagogical practices related to the use of live coding in formal and informal music education settings.
Live coding involves programming a computer as an explicit onstage performance. In such circumstance, the computer system is the musical instrument, and the practice is often improvisational. Live coding techniques can also be used as a musical prototyping (composition and production) tool with immediate feedback. Live coding can be solo or collaborative and can involve networked performances with other live coders, instrumentalists or vocalists.
Live coding music involves the notation of sonic and musical processes in code. These can describe sound synthesis, rhythmic and harmonic organization, themes and gestures, and control of musical form and structure. Live coding also extends out beyond pure music and sound to the general digital arts, including audiovisual systems, robotics and more.
While live coding can be a virtuosic practice, it is increasingly being used in educational and community arts contexts. In these settings, its focus on immediacy, generative creativity, computational and design thinking, and collaboration are being exploited to engage people with music in a non-traditional way. The inherently digital nature of live coding practices presents opportunities for networked collaborations and online leaning.
This special edition of JMTE will showcase research in live coding activities in educational and community arts settings, to inspire music educators about the possibilities of live coding, to interrogate the epistemological and pedagogical opportunities and challenges.
Topic suggestions include, but are not limited to:
- Live coding ensembles
- Bridging art-science boundaries through live coding
- Exploring music concepts as algorithmic processes
- The blending of composition and performance in live coding practices
- Combining instrument design and use
- Coding as music notational literacy
- Informal learning with live coding
- Integrating live coding practices into formal music educational structures
- Online learning with live coding
Contributors should follow all JMTE author guidelines
(URL http://tinyurl.com/jmte-info) paying particular attention to the word count of between 5,000 and 8,000 words for an article. In addition, please read carefully the information concerning the submission of images.
Submissions should be received by 28 February 2014. All submissions and queries should be addressed to andrew.r.brown@griffith.edu.au
Monday, October 28, 2013
Live Algorithms
CFP: Live Algorithms 2014
A symposium of the AISB-50 annual convention to be held at Goldsmiths,
University of London, on April 2nd, 2014 (tbc)
http://www.aisb.org.uk/events/aisb14
The convention is organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial
Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)
http://www.aisb.org.uk/
OVERVIEW
LAM is an inter-disciplinary nexus for musicians (computer and
acoustic), computer and cognitive scientists, interaction specialists,
philosophers, psychologists and all others who are intent on pursuing
and contributing to the goal of an autonomous machine improvisor.
The live algorithm interacts with human performers by listening to
contributions in its musical environment, preparing musical material
that has at least an element of originality and appropriateness, and
delivering this material back into the environment. The intention is
to (a) provide a meaningful experience of interacting with a machine
intelligence and (b) explore novel musical spaces. The aim is not to
simulate the role of human musicians but to find new possibilities for
musical expression. The quest is driven by algorithmic processes and
models of cognition, creativity and interaction.
The symposium will take place in a single day during the AISB
symposium and will consist of a session of presentations of papers, a
demonstration session, and an evening concert.
Further details are available at the LAM 2014 website:
https://sites.google.com/site/livealgorithms/
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Any research topic that contributes to the Live Algorithm agenda is
welcome; for example
Machine listening/analysis
Sound synthesis
Generative music
Music Information Retrieval
Human/Computer interaction
Theory and practice of improvisation
Models of human communication
Computational creativity
Machine consciousness
Interaction design
SUBMISSION, PUBLICATION AND PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Submission must be sent via EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=lam2014
Templates are available here:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/download.html
We request that full papers are limited to eight pages. An extended
abstract of up to four pages and a link to online examples are
required for the demonstration session. Performance notes of up to
four pages, links to online examples and a list of technical
requirements are required for performance applications (you can also
provide details of any relevant partnership with a particular
musician).
Each application will receive at least two reviews. Selected papers,
extended abstracts and performance notes will be published in the
general proceedings of the AISB convention (with an ISBN) and with the
proviso that at least ONE author attends the symposium in order to
present the paper and participate in general symposium activities.
Applicants are welcome to participate in more than one session; please
let us know if this is the case.
IMPORTANT DATES
i Submission deadline: 3rd January 2014
ii Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions: 3rd February 2014
iii Final version of accepted papers/abstracts/performance notes
(camera ready copy): 24th February 2014
iv Convention: 1-4 April 2014 (confirmation of LAM 2014 symposium tbc)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that there will be separate proceedings for each
symposium, produced before the convention. Each delegate will receive
a memory stick containing the proceedings of all the symposia. In
previous years there have been awards for the best student paper, and
limited student bursaries. These details will be circulated as and
when they become available. Authors of a selection of the best papers
will be invited to submit an extended version of the work to a journal
special issue.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANISERS
Tim Blackwell
Department of Computing
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
t.blackwell@gold.ac.uk
Michael Young
Department of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
m.young@gold.ac.uk
LAM 2014 WEBSITE
https://sites.google.com/site/livealgorithms/
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Gerard Assayag, IRCAM France
Oliver Bown, University of Sydney, Australia
Nick Collins, Durham University
Roger Dean, MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney
Bill Hsu, San Fransisco State University, USA
Alex McLean, University of Leeds
Eduardo Miranda, Plymouth University
Francois Pachet, SONY, France
Philipe Pasquier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Andrew Robertson, Queen Mary, University of London
Diemo Shwarz, IRCAM France
Dan Stowell, Queen Mary, University of London
Atau Tanaka, Goldsmiths, University London
A symposium of the AISB-50 annual convention to be held at Goldsmiths,
University of London, on April 2nd, 2014 (tbc)
http://www.aisb.org.uk/events/aisb14
The convention is organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial
Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)
http://www.aisb.org.uk/
OVERVIEW
LAM is an inter-disciplinary nexus for musicians (computer and
acoustic), computer and cognitive scientists, interaction specialists,
philosophers, psychologists and all others who are intent on pursuing
and contributing to the goal of an autonomous machine improvisor.
The live algorithm interacts with human performers by listening to
contributions in its musical environment, preparing musical material
that has at least an element of originality and appropriateness, and
delivering this material back into the environment. The intention is
to (a) provide a meaningful experience of interacting with a machine
intelligence and (b) explore novel musical spaces. The aim is not to
simulate the role of human musicians but to find new possibilities for
musical expression. The quest is driven by algorithmic processes and
models of cognition, creativity and interaction.
The symposium will take place in a single day during the AISB
symposium and will consist of a session of presentations of papers, a
demonstration session, and an evening concert.
Further details are available at the LAM 2014 website:
https://sites.google.com/site/livealgorithms/
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Any research topic that contributes to the Live Algorithm agenda is
welcome; for example
Machine listening/analysis
Sound synthesis
Generative music
Music Information Retrieval
Human/Computer interaction
Theory and practice of improvisation
Models of human communication
Computational creativity
Machine consciousness
Interaction design
SUBMISSION, PUBLICATION AND PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Submission must be sent via EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=lam2014
Templates are available here:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/download.html
We request that full papers are limited to eight pages. An extended
abstract of up to four pages and a link to online examples are
required for the demonstration session. Performance notes of up to
four pages, links to online examples and a list of technical
requirements are required for performance applications (you can also
provide details of any relevant partnership with a particular
musician).
Each application will receive at least two reviews. Selected papers,
extended abstracts and performance notes will be published in the
general proceedings of the AISB convention (with an ISBN) and with the
proviso that at least ONE author attends the symposium in order to
present the paper and participate in general symposium activities.
Applicants are welcome to participate in more than one session; please
let us know if this is the case.
IMPORTANT DATES
i Submission deadline: 3rd January 2014
ii Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions: 3rd February 2014
iii Final version of accepted papers/abstracts/performance notes
(camera ready copy): 24th February 2014
iv Convention: 1-4 April 2014 (confirmation of LAM 2014 symposium tbc)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that there will be separate proceedings for each
symposium, produced before the convention. Each delegate will receive
a memory stick containing the proceedings of all the symposia. In
previous years there have been awards for the best student paper, and
limited student bursaries. These details will be circulated as and
when they become available. Authors of a selection of the best papers
will be invited to submit an extended version of the work to a journal
special issue.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANISERS
Tim Blackwell
Department of Computing
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
t.blackwell@gold.ac.uk
Michael Young
Department of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
m.young@gold.ac.uk
LAM 2014 WEBSITE
https://sites.google.com/site/livealgorithms/
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Gerard Assayag, IRCAM France
Oliver Bown, University of Sydney, Australia
Nick Collins, Durham University
Roger Dean, MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney
Bill Hsu, San Fransisco State University, USA
Alex McLean, University of Leeds
Eduardo Miranda, Plymouth University
Francois Pachet, SONY, France
Philipe Pasquier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Andrew Robertson, Queen Mary, University of London
Diemo Shwarz, IRCAM France
Dan Stowell, Queen Mary, University of London
Atau Tanaka, Goldsmiths, University London
Friday, October 25, 2013
Sonic Signatures Symposium deadline Nov 1st
Sonic Signatures Symposium
Aalborg University hosts the Sonic Signatures Symposium for PhD
students and postdoctoral researchers 9th – 11th of April 2014.
Registration is FREE. Deadline for applications to participate is Nov.
1st 2013. ATTENDANCE IS FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY - you can only attend if
you apply before the deadline.
The symposium will look at the way the sound of gesture, character,
space and the environment can define a musical personality or genre in
recorded popular music. This will include:
Presentations by each of the invited speakers where they discuss some
aspect of their research or practice and answer questions from the
participants
Participants give a short description of their PhD / current research
in which they can flag up any issues that they would like advice,
discussion and feedback on
The event will bring together practice led research and theoretical /
analytical research to find common ground and approaches
Workshops by the keynote speakers in which participants examine some
selected musical examples and work through some of the concepts
presented by the keynotes
Industry panel discussion where the practicalities of the issues and
the ways in which the theory relates to practice can be explored
Classic tracks presentation where the sonic characteristics - both in
relation to performances and technological mediation - will be
examined through some close scrutiny of multitrack master recordings.
Continual networking opportunities throughout the days and evenings
where participants will mix socially with the keynotes and panelists
Speakers include:
Richard James Burgess: has worked as a producer, performer and remixer
with artists as varied as Adam Ant, Tony Visconti, Lou Reed, Trevor
Horn, Kate Bush, Youssou N'Dour and Spandau Ballet
Anne Danielsen: (professor at the University of Oslo) will address the
sonically distinctive character of digital mediation. She will have a
particular focus on microrhythmic manipulation and autotuning.
Martin Knakkergaard: (associate professor at Aalborg University)
Tore Simonsen: (professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music)
Simon Zagorski-Thomas: (reader at the London College of Music) will
examine how theories of ecological perception, embodied cognition and
the social construction of technology can be used to understand the
kinds of invariant properties that may characterise sonic signatures.
These sonic cartoons, schematic musical representations of gesture,
character and space, will be examined in relation to the people,
technologies, institutions and places that produce them.
Industry Panel Chaired by Katia Isakoff: will include Richard James
Burgess, Karsten Dahlgaard (Delgado) and others.
Further information at: http://www.sss.musik.aau.dk/
Aalborg University hosts the Sonic Signatures Symposium for PhD
students and postdoctoral researchers 9th – 11th of April 2014.
Registration is FREE. Deadline for applications to participate is Nov.
1st 2013. ATTENDANCE IS FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY - you can only attend if
you apply before the deadline.
The symposium will look at the way the sound of gesture, character,
space and the environment can define a musical personality or genre in
recorded popular music. This will include:
Presentations by each of the invited speakers where they discuss some
aspect of their research or practice and answer questions from the
participants
Participants give a short description of their PhD / current research
in which they can flag up any issues that they would like advice,
discussion and feedback on
The event will bring together practice led research and theoretical /
analytical research to find common ground and approaches
Workshops by the keynote speakers in which participants examine some
selected musical examples and work through some of the concepts
presented by the keynotes
Industry panel discussion where the practicalities of the issues and
the ways in which the theory relates to practice can be explored
Classic tracks presentation where the sonic characteristics - both in
relation to performances and technological mediation - will be
examined through some close scrutiny of multitrack master recordings.
Continual networking opportunities throughout the days and evenings
where participants will mix socially with the keynotes and panelists
Speakers include:
Richard James Burgess: has worked as a producer, performer and remixer
with artists as varied as Adam Ant, Tony Visconti, Lou Reed, Trevor
Horn, Kate Bush, Youssou N'Dour and Spandau Ballet
Anne Danielsen: (professor at the University of Oslo) will address the
sonically distinctive character of digital mediation. She will have a
particular focus on microrhythmic manipulation and autotuning.
Martin Knakkergaard: (associate professor at Aalborg University)
Tore Simonsen: (professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music)
Simon Zagorski-Thomas: (reader at the London College of Music) will
examine how theories of ecological perception, embodied cognition and
the social construction of technology can be used to understand the
kinds of invariant properties that may characterise sonic signatures.
These sonic cartoons, schematic musical representations of gesture,
character and space, will be examined in relation to the people,
technologies, institutions and places that produce them.
Industry Panel Chaired by Katia Isakoff: will include Richard James
Burgess, Karsten Dahlgaard (Delgado) and others.
Further information at: http://www.sss.musik.aau.dk/
Thursday, October 17, 2013
26 PhD studentships - CogNovo
14 Marie-Curie funded Research Fellowships and 12 Plymouth University funded PhD studentships are available for positions in the Marie Curie Initial training Network "CogNovo" www.cognovo.eu
New projects have now been posted: http://www.cognovo.eu/projects2/
Marie Curie Early Career Research Fellowships (PhD): 14 positions Cognition Institute | Plymouth University Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2013
Fixed term 36 months, starting 1st April 2014
The CogNovo project is offering fourteen early career research fellowships.
CogNovo is an Innovative Doctoral Programme funded by the EU Marie Curie initiative and Plymouth University to foster research in the emerging field of Cognitive Innovation. CogNovo offers transdisciplinary research training that combines scientific studies of the neural correlates and mechanisms of creativity, with investigations into the role of creativity in human cognition, and their application in sustainable technological and social innovation.
Selected candidates will be registered for a comprehensive PhD programme that includes specialised research on specific topics, as well as training workshops covering experimental methods, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, humanities and human values, experimental psychology, creative arts, cognitive robotics and entrepreneurship. CogNovo also offers secondment opportunities to academic and commercial partners across the world.
Candidates should apply for specific projects, indicating their top 3 choices.
For further details of CogNovo and the research projects available, please see: www.cognovo.eu. Application forms are available for download from the website.
Eligibility: Marie Curie funding is intended to promote mobility of early career researchers within the research community; candidates must: a) have received a degree (Bachelor or Master's) that qualifies them for PhD training (project-specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages), b) should not have undertaken more than 4 years of fulltime research subsequent to that degree, and c) should not have been resident within the UK for more than 12 months within the 3 years prior to 1 April 2014. For a full description of the eligibility conditions see: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/
An excellent 1st degree, good verbal and written communication skills in English, and an interest in multi-disciplinary research are essential. Specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages. More information on individual projects can be found on the CogNovo Projects Page.
Salary: from £35,000, including living and mobility allowance.
Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship, C.V. and 2 academic references to Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, Room A425, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk.
Plymouth University Research Studentships (PhD): 12 positions Cognition Institute | Plymouth University Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2013
Fixed term 36 months, starting 1st April 2014
Twelve University-funded PhD positions are available on the CogNovo project.
CogNovo is an Innovative Doctoral Programme funded by the EU Marie Curie initiative and Plymouth University to foster research in the emerging field of Cognitive Innovation. CogNovo offers transdisciplinary research training that combines scientific studies of the neural correlates and mechanisms of creativity, with investigations into the role of creativity in human cognition, and their application in sustainable technological and social innovation.
Selected candidates will be registered for a comprehensive PhD programme that includes specialised research on specific topics, as well as training workshops covering experimental methods, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, humanities and human values, experimental psychology, creative arts, cognitive robotics and entrepreneurship. CogNovo also offers secondment possibilities to academic and commercial partners across the world.
Candidates should apply for specific projects, indicating their top 3 choices.
For further details of CogNovo and the research projects available, please see: www.cognovo.eu. Application forms are available for download from the website.
Eligibility: An excellent 1st degree, good verbal and written communication skills in English, and an interest in multi-disciplinary research are essential. Specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages. More information on individual projects can be found on the CogNovo Projects Page.
These positions are open to all UK and EU citizens with appropriate qualifications. Applicants who are normally required to pay overseas fees may also apply, but will have to cover the difference between the Home/EU and the overseas tuition fee rates (approximately £9,790 per annum). For more details on university studentships, please visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/postgraduate.
University studentships include full Home/EU tuition fees plus a stipend of £13,726 per annum.
Submitting an application: Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship, C.V. and 2 academic references to Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, Room A425, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in January/February 2014. We regret that we may not be able to respond to all applications. Applicants who have not received an offer of a place by March 2014 should consider their application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
New projects have now been posted: http://www.cognovo.eu/projects2/
Marie Curie Early Career Research Fellowships (PhD): 14 positions Cognition Institute | Plymouth University Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2013
Fixed term 36 months, starting 1st April 2014
The CogNovo project is offering fourteen early career research fellowships.
CogNovo is an Innovative Doctoral Programme funded by the EU Marie Curie initiative and Plymouth University to foster research in the emerging field of Cognitive Innovation. CogNovo offers transdisciplinary research training that combines scientific studies of the neural correlates and mechanisms of creativity, with investigations into the role of creativity in human cognition, and their application in sustainable technological and social innovation.
Selected candidates will be registered for a comprehensive PhD programme that includes specialised research on specific topics, as well as training workshops covering experimental methods, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, humanities and human values, experimental psychology, creative arts, cognitive robotics and entrepreneurship. CogNovo also offers secondment opportunities to academic and commercial partners across the world.
Candidates should apply for specific projects, indicating their top 3 choices.
For further details of CogNovo and the research projects available, please see: www.cognovo.eu. Application forms are available for download from the website.
Eligibility: Marie Curie funding is intended to promote mobility of early career researchers within the research community; candidates must: a) have received a degree (Bachelor or Master's) that qualifies them for PhD training (project-specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages), b) should not have undertaken more than 4 years of fulltime research subsequent to that degree, and c) should not have been resident within the UK for more than 12 months within the 3 years prior to 1 April 2014. For a full description of the eligibility conditions see: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/
An excellent 1st degree, good verbal and written communication skills in English, and an interest in multi-disciplinary research are essential. Specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages. More information on individual projects can be found on the CogNovo Projects Page.
Salary: from £35,000, including living and mobility allowance.
Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship, C.V. and 2 academic references to Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, Room A425, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk.
Plymouth University Research Studentships (PhD): 12 positions Cognition Institute | Plymouth University Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2013
Fixed term 36 months, starting 1st April 2014
Twelve University-funded PhD positions are available on the CogNovo project.
CogNovo is an Innovative Doctoral Programme funded by the EU Marie Curie initiative and Plymouth University to foster research in the emerging field of Cognitive Innovation. CogNovo offers transdisciplinary research training that combines scientific studies of the neural correlates and mechanisms of creativity, with investigations into the role of creativity in human cognition, and their application in sustainable technological and social innovation.
Selected candidates will be registered for a comprehensive PhD programme that includes specialised research on specific topics, as well as training workshops covering experimental methods, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, humanities and human values, experimental psychology, creative arts, cognitive robotics and entrepreneurship. CogNovo also offers secondment possibilities to academic and commercial partners across the world.
Candidates should apply for specific projects, indicating their top 3 choices.
For further details of CogNovo and the research projects available, please see: www.cognovo.eu. Application forms are available for download from the website.
Eligibility: An excellent 1st degree, good verbal and written communication skills in English, and an interest in multi-disciplinary research are essential. Specific educational prerequisites vary and are indicated in the project web-pages. More information on individual projects can be found on the CogNovo Projects Page.
These positions are open to all UK and EU citizens with appropriate qualifications. Applicants who are normally required to pay overseas fees may also apply, but will have to cover the difference between the Home/EU and the overseas tuition fee rates (approximately £9,790 per annum). For more details on university studentships, please visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/postgraduate.
University studentships include full Home/EU tuition fees plus a stipend of £13,726 per annum.
Submitting an application: Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship, C.V. and 2 academic references to Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, Room A425, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in January/February 2014. We regret that we may not be able to respond to all applications. Applicants who have not received an offer of a place by March 2014 should consider their application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Monday, October 14, 2013
SIG Notice: I Could Be Anyone - Performance Ethnography
The University of Malta Faculty for Social Wellbeing would like to invite you to this auto-ethnographic performance – I COULD BE ANYONE, performed by Mr Matthew Scurfield and actress Clare Agius. Both Matthew and Clare have had long and varied careers in theatre, television and film. This performance targets the general public and professionals, practitioners and students in the fields of counselling, psychology, education, health sciences and other helping professions as well as Drama and Theatre studies. The one-hour performance starkly brings out the frustrations and realities of the experience of dyslexia, and will be followed by a discussion.We believe that this theatre event helps raise awareness and sensitivity not only with regard to people with a profile of dyslexia but also with regard to education for all and the experiences of students who find challenges in school and academic learning. We believe in the project so much that we are now presenting this performance in collaboration with AchieveAbility (UK) and a number of other universities and colleges in the UK. Please see link below and the attached PDF for more info.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/161610406/I-COULD-BE-ANYONE
We hope to see you in the UK.
Best regards,
Dr Ruth Falzon, Member, Department of Counselling
Dr Dione Mifsud, Head Department of Counselling
Faculty for Social Wellbeing
University of Malta
Regional Business Centre Level 1
Achille Ferris St.
University Heights
Tal-Qroqq Msida
MSD 1751
Malta
Tel (+356) 2340 3518
Other Music / Other Movie Lugano, Svizzera - 24.10.2013
Grazie della Vostra attenzione!
Merci de votre attention!
Thank you for your attention!
Danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Postdoctoral opportunity in Brasília
The Music Graduate Program of the University of Brasília is receiving until October 25th, 2013 submissions from applicants interested in participating in the selective process for a Postdoctoral Fellowship, as part of the National Postdoctoral Program (PNPD / CAPES) pursuant to CAPES' Notice No. 086 of July 3rd, 2013.
I - Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must:
1. hold a PhD or Doctoral degree;
2. not be retired;
3. not be recipient of any other fellowship or grant of any nature; 4. The applicant may submit his/her application as:
a) a Brazilian national or legal foreign resident in Brazil (temporary visa required), with no formal employment;
b) a Foreign National residing abroad with no formal employment;
c) a Professor or researcher in Brazil employed in higher education or public research institutions.
II - Submittals:
The applicant is required to email the documents listed below (in pdf format) to ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
1. Copy of the PhD or Doctoral degree;
2. Curriculum Vitae filled according to the attached form; (please email to the above address to get the form) 3. Research Proposal to be developed at the Music Graduate Program of the University of Brasília. The proposal should fall in one of the following fields:
a) Music Education;
b) Musicology;
c) Music theory;
d) Ethnomusicology;
e) Music Cognition.
III - Selection process
The Commission in charge to evaluate the proposals will take into account the criteria below. Online interviews may be required to complete the evaluation process. The criteria are:
a) Research proposal in compliance with one area of research developed at the Music Graduate Program of the University of Brasília;
b) Applicant's scientific, technological and artistic production;
c) Applicant's research experience;
d) Applicant's availability to reside in Brasília.
IV - Further Information
Funding: monthly stipend of R$ 4.100,00 (about U$2,000).
Duration: 6 to 60 months.
Detailed information on the National Postdoctoral Program (PNPD / CAPES) is available at:
http://www.capes.gov.br/bolsas/bolsas-no-pais/pnpd-capes
http://www.capes.gov.br/images/stories/download/legislacao/Portaria_86_2013_Regulamento_PN PD.pdf<http://www.capes.gov.br/images/stories/download/legislacao/Portaria_86_2013_Regulamento_PN%20PD.pdf>
Deadline for submissions: October 25th, 2013.
Submissions should be sent to: ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
For further information, contact us:
On: (+55 61) 3107-1113
Or at: ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
antenorferreira@yahoo.com.br<mailto:antenorferreira@yahoo.com.br>
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I - Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must:
1. hold a PhD or Doctoral degree;
2. not be retired;
3. not be recipient of any other fellowship or grant of any nature; 4. The applicant may submit his/her application as:
a) a Brazilian national or legal foreign resident in Brazil (temporary visa required), with no formal employment;
b) a Foreign National residing abroad with no formal employment;
c) a Professor or researcher in Brazil employed in higher education or public research institutions.
II - Submittals:
The applicant is required to email the documents listed below (in pdf format) to ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
1. Copy of the PhD or Doctoral degree;
2. Curriculum Vitae filled according to the attached form; (please email to the above address to get the form) 3. Research Proposal to be developed at the Music Graduate Program of the University of Brasília. The proposal should fall in one of the following fields:
a) Music Education;
b) Musicology;
c) Music theory;
d) Ethnomusicology;
e) Music Cognition.
III - Selection process
The Commission in charge to evaluate the proposals will take into account the criteria below. Online interviews may be required to complete the evaluation process. The criteria are:
a) Research proposal in compliance with one area of research developed at the Music Graduate Program of the University of Brasília;
b) Applicant's scientific, technological and artistic production;
c) Applicant's research experience;
d) Applicant's availability to reside in Brasília.
IV - Further Information
Funding: monthly stipend of R$ 4.100,00 (about U$2,000).
Duration: 6 to 60 months.
Detailed information on the National Postdoctoral Program (PNPD / CAPES) is available at:
http://www.capes.gov.br/bolsas/bolsas-no-pais/pnpd-capes
http://www.capes.gov.br/images/stories/download/legislacao/Portaria_86_2013_Regulamento_PN PD.pdf<http://www.capes.gov.br/images/stories/download/legislacao/Portaria_86_2013_Regulamento_PN%20PD.pdf>
Deadline for submissions: October 25th, 2013.
Submissions should be sent to: ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
For further information, contact us:
On: (+55 61) 3107-1113
Or at: ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com<mailto:ppgmusicaemcontexto@gmail.com>
antenorferreira@yahoo.com.br<mailto:antenorferreira@yahoo.com.br>
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Vacancy: Research Associate in Performance Science
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From: Aaron Williamon <aaron.williamon@RCM.AC.UK>
Date: 04/10/2013 18:30 (GMT+00:00)
To: MUSIC-AND-SCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Vacancy: Research Associate in Performance Science
** The Music and Science list is managed by the Institute of Musical Research (www.music.sas.ac.uk) as a bulletin board and discussion forum for researchers working at the shared boundaries of science and music. ** MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
Research Associate in Performance Science (fixed-term for 10 months)
The Royal College of Music is one of Britain's leading conservatoires. It provides specialised musical education and professional training at the highest international level for performers and composers.
This maternity cover fixed-term post (ten months) sits within the RCM's Centre for Performance Science (CPS), an internationally distinctive centre for research, teaching and knowledge exchange in music performance science. The post-holder will undertake teaching and research within the CPS, with particular responsibility for (1) undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision, (2) research and project coordination for a large multi-centre project investigating musicians' health and wellbeing, and (3) research and project coordination for an interdisciplinary project investigating creative practice and psychological wellbeing.
You should be an active researcher, preferably within music performance science, with a proven ability to teach effectively in higher education contexts.
The successful applicant should be available to start no later than 9 December 2013, or 2 January 2014 with an agreed hand-over schedule in early December 2013.
For further details and an application form, please visit the 'Jobs and Opportunities' section of our website at www.rcm.ac.uk.
Completed application forms should be returned to Tim Rounding at tim.rounding@rcm.ac.uk or Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 18 October 2013
Interviews will be held on Thursday 31 October 2013
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Sharing Good Vibrations
Sharing Good Vibrations - 17–20 October 2013
There are still discounted tickets and bursaries available for the
Sharing Good Vibrations event which is being held at the Southbank
Centre 17-20 October to mark 10 years of Good Vibrations, the charity
that runs gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion) workshops in prisons,
secure hospitals and in the community.
Four days of workshops, presentations, debates and performances will
highlight the creative, important and inspiring work done with gamelan
- and other artforms - in criminal justice and the community. The
three main themes are:
· The psychological and social benefits of gamelan and other artforms.
· The realities and challenges of running arts projects in criminal
justice settings.
· The practicalities of facilitating gamelan workshops and other
arts with challenging client groups, and celebrating the art created.
Confirmed speakers include:
· Nick Hardwick (Chief Inspector of Prisons)
· Michael Spurr (Chief Executive of the Prison Service)
· Professor Alison Liebling (Cambridge University's Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice)
· Alan Davey (Chief Executive of Arts Council England)
· Mark Williamson, Director of Action for Happiness
· Dr Tamara Russell, Director of Centre for Excellence in Mindfulness
· Kirk Turner, NOMS Personality Disorder Strategy Team
· Peter Wright, Governor of Lincoln Prison
· Gary Monaghan, Governor of Pentonville Prison
· Steve Turner, Head of Reducing Reoffending at HMP Whatton
· Jess Haskins, Evidence Lead, Commissioning Strategies Group, NOMS
· Dr Jennie Henley, Lecturer in Music Education, Institute of Education
· James King, Head of Learning & Skills, Scottish Prison Service
· Steve Sutton, Curriculum Development Manager, OCN (Open College
Network) London
· Gerard Lemos, Director of Lemos and Crane
· plus prison officers, prison education staff, mental health staff,
academics... and workshops from Clean Break, The Koestler Trust, Music
In Prisons, Geese Theatre, Streetwise Opera, British Gospel Arts,
Dance United, and of course Good Vibrations!
It's a really exciting line-up! The full programme and tickets are
available online at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/sharinggoodvibrations .
Good Vibrations are offering some half price tickets: email
info@good-vibrations.org.uk for more info. Also they still have some
Bursaries available to cover 80% of the ticket costs for people who
can't afford it - criminal justice workers are particularly encouraged
to apply for these. Please spread the word about these Bursaries as
Good Vibrations don't want anyone to be deterred from attending for
financial reasons.
There are still discounted tickets and bursaries available for the
Sharing Good Vibrations event which is being held at the Southbank
Centre 17-20 October to mark 10 years of Good Vibrations, the charity
that runs gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion) workshops in prisons,
secure hospitals and in the community.
Four days of workshops, presentations, debates and performances will
highlight the creative, important and inspiring work done with gamelan
- and other artforms - in criminal justice and the community. The
three main themes are:
· The psychological and social benefits of gamelan and other artforms.
· The realities and challenges of running arts projects in criminal
justice settings.
· The practicalities of facilitating gamelan workshops and other
arts with challenging client groups, and celebrating the art created.
Confirmed speakers include:
· Nick Hardwick (Chief Inspector of Prisons)
· Michael Spurr (Chief Executive of the Prison Service)
· Professor Alison Liebling (Cambridge University's Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice)
· Alan Davey (Chief Executive of Arts Council England)
· Mark Williamson, Director of Action for Happiness
· Dr Tamara Russell, Director of Centre for Excellence in Mindfulness
· Kirk Turner, NOMS Personality Disorder Strategy Team
· Peter Wright, Governor of Lincoln Prison
· Gary Monaghan, Governor of Pentonville Prison
· Steve Turner, Head of Reducing Reoffending at HMP Whatton
· Jess Haskins, Evidence Lead, Commissioning Strategies Group, NOMS
· Dr Jennie Henley, Lecturer in Music Education, Institute of Education
· James King, Head of Learning & Skills, Scottish Prison Service
· Steve Sutton, Curriculum Development Manager, OCN (Open College
Network) London
· Gerard Lemos, Director of Lemos and Crane
· plus prison officers, prison education staff, mental health staff,
academics... and workshops from Clean Break, The Koestler Trust, Music
In Prisons, Geese Theatre, Streetwise Opera, British Gospel Arts,
Dance United, and of course Good Vibrations!
It's a really exciting line-up! The full programme and tickets are
available online at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/sharinggoodvibrations .
Good Vibrations are offering some half price tickets: email
info@good-vibrations.org.uk for more info. Also they still have some
Bursaries available to cover 80% of the ticket costs for people who
can't afford it - criminal justice workers are particularly encouraged
to apply for these. Please spread the word about these Bursaries as
Good Vibrations don't want anyone to be deterred from attending for
financial reasons.
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