MACSEM

2011 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting and Pre-Conference Symposium on Romani/Gypsy Music

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 18-20 2011

Keynote Speaker: Peter Manuel, Professor of Ethnomusicology, CUNY Graduate Center

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (MACSEM) will hold its annual meeting March 19-20, 2011, with a pre-conference Symposium on Gypsy Music on March 18, 2011. MACSEM welcomes proposals from SEM members, students, teachers, and scholars working in related fields. Submissions from musicology, anthropology, media studies, folklore, performance studies, and popular culture studies are particularly welcomed. MACSEM strongly encourages graduate and undergraduate students to submit abstracts.  

Proposals on all topics pertaining to ethnomusicology are welcomed. Though there is no specific theme for the MACSEM 2011 conference, we especially encourage proposals relating to the following issues:

• Gender and Sexuality 
• Cultural Rights
  
• Global Music Industries
• Music and Postcolonialism

Submissions include scholarly papers (20-minute presentation, 10-minute discussion), organized panels of three or four papers, poster sessions, lecture-demonstrations, film/video screenings, and workshops. Paper proposals should include an abstract of no more than 250 words; panel proposals should include a 250-word abstract for each paper plus a 200-word panel abstract. Please include with your proposal: the name(s) of presenter(s), institutional affiliation, title of presentation, format of presentation (paper, panel, poster, workshop, etc.), A/V equipment requirements, e-mail address, and phone number. These should be sent by e-mail to: Adriana Helbig, MACSEM 2011 program committee and local arrangements committee chair with the subject line: MACSEM 2011 Proposal Submission.

Deadline: January 20, 2011  (Early submissions are strongly encouraged!)

The program committee will notify participants of acceptances by February 8, 2011.

Accomodations: A block of rooms has been reserved for MACSEM attendees at the Holiday Inn - University Center, one block from the Music Building in Oakland, Pittsburgh. The rate is $144.78 for double occupancy. The rooms will be held under the code "SEMMAC" until February 25, 2011.

Program Committee, MACSEM 2011: Adriana Helbig (Chair), Andrew Weintraub, Emily Pinkerton, Andrew Eisenberg, Sylvia Alajaji, Max Katz, Yoko Suzuki, Colter Harper, Marie Agatha Ozah, Atesh Sonneborn

Student Committee, MACSEM 2011: Benjamin Pachter, Colter Harper, Indra Ridwan, Yoko Suzuki, Yuko Eguchi, Alison Decker, Da Lin, Jungwon Kim, Meng Ren, Oyebade Ajibola Dosunmu, Charles Lwanga, Brandi Neal

For more information, please contact:

Adriana Helbig
Assistant Professor of Music
University of Pittsburgh
110 Music Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-4193
anh59@pitt.edu