Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] CfP: Circuits to Culture: Synthesizers as Instruments, Interfaces, and Ideas

Call for Participation

12-13 September 2026 | Townshend Studio | University of West London, UK 

SYNTHposium 26 will be an in-person only event this year.

We invite submissions for SYNTHposium '26, bringing together practitioners, researchers, engineers, musicians, and scholars – interested in synthesizers in all their forms – historical, technical, cultural, and creative. We welcome proposals for paper presentations, performance-demonstrations or other initiatives over a two-day event bringing together practitioners, researchers, engineers, musicians, and scholars. Presenters will also be invited to a distributed creativity event on the evening of 11 September for a unique chance to use the historic instruments in the collection.

Theme: From Circuits to Culture: Synthesizers as Instruments, Interfaces, and Ideas 

Proposal deadline: 5 May 2026 

Further details of themes, and how to submit to the call are available online here:

https://synthresearch.org/symposium/

Best regards,

Justin

Professor of Music Production

University of West London

SIMM seminars and publications

1. In 2026, we still plan the following 2 research seminars:

1.  For the 12th SIMM research seminar (7-9 September 2026) we will be invited in Luxemburg by the Institute of Musicology and Arts of the Department of Education and Social Work of the University of Luxemburg, to propose the 2nd edition of a 3-day research seminar which will again bring together socially engaged practice-researchers from diverse arts disciplines. Deadline for applications will be 15th April 2026. See info here.   

 

2.  For the 13th SIMM research seminar, (11-13 November 2026) we will be invited in Ghent by the Chair Jonet (University of Ghent). This SIMM research seminar will again – following the 1st such seminar in 2021 in Porto at CIPEM/INET-md (Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical) – focus on research on music programmes in detention centres and prisons. Deadline for applications will be 15th April 2026. See info here.

2. In 2026 we will also co-edit 2 special issues of academic journals:

1. The Italian Journal Musica e Storia prepares together with SIMM a special issue on historical research on music as resistance and as oppression. I am guest editor together with Janie Cole (University of Connecticut). Deadline for contributions was December 31, 2025. See info here.  

2. The International Journal of Music Mediation (IJMM) prepares together with SIMM a special issue (nr 5) on participatory opera and music theatre. Deadline for contributions: May 31 2026. Find info here.  

Fwd: [MUSICOLOGY-ALL] CfP - EUROVISIONS International Conference - Science Slam

*EUROVISIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – SCIENCE SLAM 2026 CALL FOR PAPERS*

Are you researching Eurovision—and ready to share your ideas with the world
in a fresh, engaging way?

The Eurovisions Science Slam 2026 invites scholars at all stages,
especially early-career researchers, to join a dynamic format where
academic insight meets creativity, storytelling, and public visibility. The
Science Slam is your chance to show how your work contributes to
understanding Eurovision's public value: its role in culture, media,
identity, fairness, participation, and community building. We are looking
for voices that communicate research clearly, boldly, and accessibly.



*Please submit*

• Short bio (max. 100 words)

• 1–2 photos

• Abstract of your talk (max. 300 words)

• After your proposal has been accepted: A 10-minute video introducing
yourself, your research, and your personal ESC story

Your video will be featured on our website, YouTube, and social
channels—helping you reach a broad international audience. Public voting
begins as soon as the videos go live.



*What happens on stage *

During the conference, you will:

• Give a 2-minute recap pitch of your research

• Join a 5-minute conversation with an established ESC scholar

• Take part in a lively Q&A with our audience, both on-site and online

No slides, no formal presentation - just you, your ideas, and a room full
of people excited to hear how your research connects to Eurovision and
public value.



*Why Participate?*

• Gain international visibility as an emerging voice in Eurovision studies

• Practice public-facing science communication in a supportive environment

• Engage with a community deeply invested in culture, media, and music
research

• Compete for the Eurovisions Special Prize for Outstanding Science
Communication

• Have fun, be creative, and inspire others



*How to Apply*

Send your materials by 31 March 2026 to wolther@phonos.de. And if you know
any other early career researchers and even students focusing on the
Eurovision Song Contest, do not hesitate to spread the word.

We are looking forward to your contributions.


Check our website: eurovisions.eu



Sofia Vieira Lopes
Doutorado | Investigador
PhD | Researcher

*INET-md | Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e
Dança*
*Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – NOVA FCSH*
Av. de Berna, 26 C | 1069-061 Lisboa | Portugal
*Tel.:* + 351 217 908 300 | Ext.: 1583
*E-mail: *sofialopes@fcsh.unl.pt <sofiavieiralopes@gmail.com>
*Web:*  www.inetmd.pt | www.fcsh.unl.pt
*https://www.inetmd.pt/equipa/sofia-vieira-lopes
<https://www.inetmd.pt/equipa/sofia-vieira-lopes>*


*Team Leader | EUROVISIONS International Conference*
https://eurovisions.eu  <https://eurovisions.eu/>
Facebook: @EurovisionsConference
<https://www.facebook.com/EurovisionsConference/>
Instagram: @eurovisionsconference
<https://www.instagram.com/eurovisionsconference/?hl=pt>
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR2dA5hhchcvfUebFfDPRg>

The Interdisciplinary Voice 2026

The Interdisciplinary Voice 2026
From Motor Control to Identity

https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/interdisciplinary-voice-2026/about

Attendees at the Interdisciplinary Voice Workshop 2025, Newnham College, Cambridge. Photo credit: Abbie Bradshaw.

A two-day meeting exploring the voice at the Guildhall, University of York
2-3 July 2026
We warmly invite you to the third Interdisciplinary Voice Workshop! Following on from the inspiring meetings in 2024 and 2025, the meeting moves to York for the first time.

Voice studies is an emerging area of research with numerous opportunities for cross- and interdisciplinary collaboration. Its areas of focus range from basic questions in auditory perception and motor control, to disability and identity, to the aesthetics and politics of vocality, and to advances in technological applications, such as automatic speech recognition. As we learn more about the lives and ecological contexts of non-human animals, it becomes increasingly clear that rich, complex, and varied vocal communication behaviours are far from limited to human speech.

Given the breadth and diversity of research taking place in this rapidly developing field, there is an exciting opportunity to form a cohesive community with shared interest in the voice and vocality, within and across species.

To encourage participation across career levels and background, we have established a tiered registration fee system.

We look forward to welcoming you to York,

Dr Amelia Gully, Dr Sophie Meekings and Dr Vincent Hughes (co-organisers), in collaboration with Dr Abbie Bradshaw and Dr Alexis Deighton MacIntyre

Fwd: [MUSICOLOGY-ALL] SOAS Public Music Research Seminar, Wednesday 4 March, 5–7pm

*With apologies for cross-posting*

SOAS Public Music Research Seminar
Semester 2


Wednesday 4 March, 5–7pm
SOAS Main Building, Room G52
Zoom (ID: 987 3135 9111 Password: MgmE808yH5)


Andrew J. Green (King's College, London)
Hearing Travel: Sonic Pathways through the Bosque del Agua, Mexico


Abstract
Many popular songs describe journeys to and through the Bosque del Agua, a forested mountainous region just south of Mexico City. The clean air and water produced by this region's forests are so vital to life in Mexico's capital that it is colloquially described as the city's 'lungs'. Songs about the Bosque del Agua sentimentally extol the region's colours and natural abundance, and describe journeys through this region. Indeed, their connection to place is so close that songs are frequently described as 'maps' or 'guides'. Yet these songs-as-maps are not merely representational: in a fast-changing region, they also produce the pathways that they describe. In this presentation, I explore songs-as-maps as palimpsestic, over-layered compositions of matter, meaning and sonority on the pathways traversed through this zone.

Speaker
Andrew J. Green is an anthropologist of music and sound, and Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music at King's College London. His work explores acoustic engagements with activism and the natural environment in Mexico City and southern Mexico. He has published work in peer-reviewed journals including Cultural Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Cultural Sociology, Cultural Studies, Twentieth-Century Music, Media, Culture and Society, and Ethnomusicology Forum, and is the author of Making Mexican Rock: Censorship, Journalism, and Popular Music After Avándaro (Vanderbilt University Press, 2024).
—
Dr Tom Peterson (he/him)
Postdoctoral Researcher
MANTRAMS, University of Tübingen

Honorary Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Music
SOAS, University of London
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/tom-peterson