[AMS-announce] CFP: AMS South-Central Chapter, March 2008

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CALL FOR PAPERS

South-Central Chapter of the American Musicological Society, March 14-15
Deadline for Submissions: Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The South-Central Chapter of the American Musicological Society (AMS-SC) is pleased to announce its 2008 Annual Meeting, to be hosted by the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The meeting will begin on the morning of Friday, March 14, and will conclude by noon on Saturday, March 15. Proposals for presentations, special sessions, papers with a performance component, and panel discussions are solicited on any topic related to historical musicology. Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes with an additional ten minutes allotted for questions and discussion.

Submissions should include the following:

An abstract with a maximum limit of 250 words, suitable for publication. Abstracts should be concise but thorough, and should indicate clearly the scope of research, methods, and conclusions. Please include the proposal=92s title at the top of the page and the author=92s name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, institutional affiliation or place of residence, and AV equipment needs at the bottom of the page. A letter from an adviser or other faculty member verifying student status should accompany each abstract submitted by a student. Student members of the AMS-SC whose abstracts are selected by the program committee will be eligible to compete in the Rey M. Longyear Student Paper Competition. This award, given in memory of Professor Longyear, will be announced at the chapter meeting.

Submission Instructions:

Electronic submission:
E-mail attachment in Microsoft Word format is the preferred method of receipt. The filename should be your last name. All abstracts submitted by email should be sent no later than midnight January 2, 2008. Your submission will be acknowledged via an email reply.

Email proposals to:
m.lowe at vanderbilt.edu

Surface Mail Submission: All submissions submitted by surface mail should be postmarked by Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Please submit four copies if submitting by surface mail.

Mail proposals to:

Melanie Lowe, Program Chair
South-Central Chapter, AMS
Blair School of Music
Vanderbilt University
2400 Blakemore Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212