[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Leeds International Jazz Conference: Jazz Places and Spaces, Leeds College, UK, March 2008

[carlos palombini]

Leeds International Jazz Conference is an annual event focusing on jazz research, education and performance. It is the only conference of its kind in the UK. LIJC 2008 will take place at Leeds College of Music from Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 March. We are delighted to welcome Professor Ingrid Monson as the keynote speaker. The conference programme will encompass paper presentations, workshops, performances and discussions under the overarching theme of Jazz Places and Spaces. Whilst the classic triumvirate of places - New Orleans, Chicago and New York - has become well established through the construction of jazz history, jazz is now regarded as an integral part of society and community life in many locations across the globe. Within geographic areas, specific places have functioned as significant centres for jazz performance, from formal concert halls to informal domestic situations, leading to consideration of the various relationships negotiated amongst performers and audi
 ences
 and the positionality of jazz in cultural hierarchies. In a more abstract sense, various physical and virtual spaces for jazz can be created by elements as diverse as architecture, dance, film, social context, musical forms and performance practice.

The conference committee invites proposals for papers, lecture recitals, panels and roundtable discussions. We welcome presentations that seek to comment on advances within the field, including commentary on the emergence of cross-disciplinary thinking and the development of new jazz scholarship. Proposals are invited for papers on any area of jazz research. Individual presentations should be no more than twenty minutes in duration. There may be opportunities for longer slots for lecture recitals. Proposals for panels should include details of each presenter/paper to be included.  

Proposals should take the form of a title followed by an abstract of not more than 200 words. The deadline for submissions is Monday 26 November 2007, and decisions will be notified shortly after this date.  

Submissions should be addressed to: 
Amy Jagger
Research and Enterprise Administrator
Leeds College of Music
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD 
a.jagger at lcm.ac.uk

http://www.lcm.ac.uk/research-conference/leeds-international-jazz-conference.htm


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carlos palombini (dr p)
professor adjunto de musicologia
universidade federal de minas gerais
<cpalombini em gmail.com>

"Revolutionär wird der sein, der sich selbst revolutionieren kann" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Vermischte Bemerkungen)