[AMS-announce] CFP: Chinese-Western Musical Exchange from the 18th-20th Centuries, University of San Francisco, May 2008

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The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for "Chinese-Western Musical Exchange from the 18th - 20th Centuries" (Tentative Title).  The symposium will be held on Friday, May 9, 2008 at the University of San Francisco.  

A keynote public lecture/performance featuring Drs. Joyce Lindorff and Peter Allsop will be held, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.  The symposium will provide a venue for the discussion, performance, and examination of research on intercultural communication and exchange between China and the West during the 18th - 20th centuries via music.  

Suggested themes to be examined include:  musical exchange (textual and visual representations), performance and ritual, gift exchange, interaction between and collaboration among Chinese and Western musicians, use of music as a form of intercultural communication, composition, and education and music training.  The deadline for the receipt of proposals is Dec. 31, 2007.

Please submit a 250 word (maximum) abstract to:
Melissa Dale, PhD
Assistant Director for Research
The Ricci Institute
University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim
2130 Fulton Street, LM 280
San Francisco, CA  94117-1080
Fax (415) 422-2591
E-mail:  mdhuang at usfca.edu
Subject line:  Musical Exchange Proposal