[AMS-announce] CFP: "Viewing Mendelssohn, Viewing Eligah: Assimilation, Interpretation, and Culture, " Arizona State Univ., Tempe AZ, Apr-May 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the Department of Religious Studies, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Herberger College School of Music at Arizona State University plan a research conference entitled, "Viewing Mendelssohn, Viewing Elijah:  Assimilation, Interpretation, and Culture," to be held on April 29 – May 1, 2009. Both Mendelssohn and Elijah have been viewed through a variety of cultural and ideological lenses, with often contradictory outcomes.  The conference explores this variety of interpretive perspectives.

Individual papers are hereby solicited on the following themes:
 
Mendelssohn in German and English Cultures
Mendelssohn's Significance in Music History
The Figure of Elijah in Jewish and Christian Thought

Abstracts (approximately 500 words) of papers together with c.v. should be sent to:

Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Director of Jewish Studies (Hava.Samuelson at asu.edu)

Deadline:  September 30, 2008

Authors of papers will be notified by October 30, 2008. 

Presenters of selected papers will receive accommodation and meals during the conference and up to $500 for travel to Phoenix.  Accepted papers will be submitted for an edited volume two months after the conference and the edited volume will be submitted for publication by a university press.  The conference presentation should be approximately 30 minutes, plus time for questions.  The published version may be somewhat more substantial. 

For further information contact one of the conference organizers:
Hava Tirosh-Samuleson, Director of Jewish Studies
Joel Gereboff, Chair, Religious Studies (Joel.Gereboff at asu.edu)
David Schildkret, Chair, Choral Program, ASU School of Music (David.Schildkret at asu.edu)