Ionian University, Music Department

International Conference entitled "Romanticism and Nationalism in Music"

17-19 October 2003, Corfu, Greece

CALL FOR PAPERS

The international conference entitled Romanticism and Nationalism in Music will be hosted by the Music Department of Ionian University, and will be held in Corfu, Greece, 17-19 October 2003. The conference's languages will be both Greek and English. Conference delegates will also be able to attend a number of performances by music ensembles of Ionian University.

Key-note speakers: Prof. David Charlton, Prof. Konstantinos Floros, Prof. Leon Plantinga, Prof. Katherine Preston, Prof. Jim Samson, Prof. Charis Xanthoudakis Head of the Music Department, Ionian University and Prof. Martin Zenck,.

The overall aim of the conference is to investigate sites of interaction between nationalism and romanticism as related to music. In more detail, this conference proposes to place works of music, 'attached' to romanticism, at the center of their European national contexts to explore (and re-read) the collaborative political, social or cultural endeavors in which they have engaged or which they have rejected. Encouraged are interdisciplinary contributions that involve (a) political agendas such as "racial" purity and the constructs of homogeneity, and (b) theoretical investigations of ideology and music.

General themes of the conference might include:

•   re-reading interactions of the notions of "romantisicm" and "nationalism",

•   elements contributing to the emergence of (a) national music at the romantic era,

•   philosophical tenets of romanticism and nationalism as depicted in music,

• · ways by which composers express and symbolize national identity at the era of romanticism,

• · participation of romantic music, by means of its performance and reception, in constructing and re-constructing national identity. 

Individual papers, written in Greek or in English on these or any other aspect of nationalism and romanticism in music, should last no more than 20 minutes. Abstracts (ca. 250 words) should be submitted by mail or by e-mail to Anastasia Siopsi, Conference Director, at the address below, by 31 May 2003. Abstracts will be either in Greek or in English. The conference's programme will be announced by the end of June. The selected participants will be asked to submit a full manuscript of their paper by the 30^th of September. Conference papers will be published.

Further information can be obtained from Anastasia Siopsi, Assistant Professor in Musicology, Ionian University, Music Department, Old Fortress, Corfu 49100, Greece. Τel. and fax: (+)30-2661-087569, e- mail:[email protected]