iMerc Newsletter #2 (2023_10)

Fwd: 8th SIMM-posium (Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November) - upcoming SIMM-research seminars in 2024 - upcoming SIMM-podcast-episodes

1. The programme of the 8th SIMM-posium - organised in and with the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre (Griffith University) in Brisbane, Australia, from 20 to 22 November 2023 - is really impressive! You can still register to attend it in person or online.  The programme and information on registrations can be found via this page of the SIMM website.

2. We plan our 7th research seminar from 15 to 17th April 2024 at the London based Guildhall School, organised in a close collaboration with both the Guildhall School and the Ghent University based Chair Jonet. The focus of this research seminar will be the role of composition (and composers) within participatory music projects.  Deadline for applications is 15th December 2023, and information of the small group of scholars selected (maximum 20) for this 3-day research seminar will be communicated before 15th January. You can find the call for applications here.

3. After a break of one year, we will these coming weeks broadcast several new episodes of the SIMM-podcast.  You will be able to find them on most podcast directories, and find an overview here.  The new podcast-episodes which are now finalised, are: 

(1) During the 16th episode of the SIMM-podcast we interview Barbara Hesser and Brydie-Leigh Bartleet who co-edited the Compendium on Music as a Global Resource. 

(2) Two more podcasts-episodes will be broadcast before the end of November on research on participatory opera and music theatre practice, following the June 2023 research seminar on this topic at the Barcelona Teatro de Liceu, and in preparation of the September 2024 research seminar we are planning with Chair Jonet and Guildhall School on this field of research. 

 

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] UWL PhD Scholarships in music/music technology

Hi all,

* apologies for cross posting*

Please forward to potentially interested parties in your networks.

The University of West London is a forward-thinking University with an appetite for innovative, rigorous and impactful research. As part of its research expansion strategy, the University is offering a number of opportunities for 3 year fully funded PhD Scholarships (fees plus an annual stipend of £22,000). These will be available for all eligible students (both home and international). PhD scholars will be expected to carry out teaching or research duties for a maximum of six hours per week. Enrolment will be in February 2024.

Within the University, London College of Music welcomes applications in areas within music, music technology and performing arts: https://www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/research-degrees-london-college-music Bespoke topics are welcome, and there is also a range of specific project already outlined, including some with industry links.

Applications via: www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/phd-opportunities

Particular attention will be paid to applications aligned with one (or more) of our research strategic priorities:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) – We encourage applications promoting and embedding EDI values throughout the whole research process. We also encourage original research addressing key EDI-related challenges.
• Interdisciplinarity – We encourage applications sitting across several UWL Schools/Colleges and demonstrating innovative research focus and/or methodologies.
• Impact – We encourage applications demonstrating effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia.

Successful applicants to the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship will join a vibrant and challenging academic environment where innovation, insight, and knowledge creation feeds into high quality research.  

Application deadline: Friday 3rd November 2023 (5.00 pm)
Interviews will take place: 4th and 5th of December 2023

Best regards,

Justin

Professor Justin Paterson

Course Leader

MA Advanced Music Technology

LCM Offices — PK.01.016

Park

University of West London

St. Mary's Rd

Ealing

London

W5 5RF

https://www.uwl.ac.uk/academic-schools/music

Fwd: Proposal/Abstracts Reminder: Sound Matters Virtual Symposium (Stellenbosch University)

Dear Colleagues, 

 

I hope that this email finds you in warm spirits. 

 

This is a warm reminder that the South African Research Chair in Science Communication, The Academic Citizen, and the South African Journal of Science, invite proposals/abstracts for the upcoming virtual symposium, Sound Matters: Interdisciplinary Explorations Into Audio Knowledge Production. This symposium brings together and explores interdisciplinary perspectives on how the mode of audio offers new possibilities in the formation, articulation, and dissemination of academic and/or scientific knowledge. We welcome proposals of individual or collaborative contributions, panels or showcases of audio scholarship from any discipline, with a focus on themes such as but not limited to: 

 

• The ways in which research praxis incorporates audio,
• How audio can be linked to principles of open access, transformation, and ethical research praxis,
• Data and its analysis in audio form,
• Presentation of new empirical findings in audio-recorded talking formats,
• The possibilities for designing peer-review and publishing modalities in audio.

 

To participate, please submit a 300-word proposal and a 100-word biography in one document to fumanim@sun.ac.za by 9 October 2023. For more information about the symposium, please view the full call here or listen here. We welcome proposals from all over the world and participation in the symposium is free. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

 

Thank you so much and we look forward to receiving your proposals.  

 

Enkosi | Thank You | Ke a Leboga | Dankie

Fumani Jwara (Mr.)

Communications Officer: SA Research Chair in Science Communication  

Social Media Coordinator: Stellenbosch Department of Journalism 

Stellenbosch Department of Journalism | 26 Crozier Road, Stellenbosch