[AMS-announce] CFP: AMS Capital Chapter, St. Mary's College, MD, 12 Apr 2008

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Abstracts are being accepted for the Spring Meeting of the Capital Chapter of the American Musicological Society, which will be held on Saturday, April 12 on the beautiful campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland in historic St. Mary's City, Maryland.  Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words to Andrew H. Weaver, chair of the chapter, via email at weavera at cua.edu, preferably as an attachment in Microsoft Word.  The deadline for abstracts is Friday, March 7.
 
Following AMS guidelines, papers should not exceed 30 minutes.  The abstract should summarize the argument and line of reasoning to be presented in the paper and explain how the research findings contribute to or change current scholarly thinking.
 
The AMS Capital Chapter encompasses the District of Columbia, Maryland, and parts of Virginia and West Virginia.  However, members of the American Musicological Society who live outside the geographical boundaries of the Chapter can submit papers for our meetings provided that they also submit an application for Chapter membership and pay dues before they present at the meeting.  More information about membership is available on the Chapter website: http://www.ams-net.org/chapters/capital/