Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference
Little Rock, Arkansas
6 - 11 March 2013
Call for Conference Seminars
DEADLINE: February 27, 2012
2013 Program Committee: Steven Baur (Dalhousie University), chair; Marva Griffin Carter (Georgia State University), Beth Levy (University of California, Davis), Travis Stimeling (Milliken University), Chris Wilkinson (West Virginia University), Mina Yang (University of Southern California).
CALL FOR CONFERENCE SEMINAR TOPICS
The Society for American Music invites proposals for seminar topics for its 39 th Annual Conference to be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6-11, 2013. Seminar-format sessions are devoted principally to a moderated discussion of a specific theme or topic in American music that reflects a current preoccupation in the field, a recent hot-button issue, an important but neglected area of study, or a new field of research. Papers are read in advance to encourage in-depth investigation and to allow for themes and issues to be addressed extensively.
Topics and papers for seminars are selected in two stages. First, a coordinator proposes a topic. The program committee will vet the proposals (in consultation with the Board) and announce the two selected topics in advance of the annual conference in Charlotte in March, 2012. Second, the program committee will invite proposals for papers related to the chosen topics as part of the general call for papers (to be announced at the Charlotte meeting), for which the deadline this year will be in June.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Potential seminar coordinators should propose a broad topical theme in some area of American music. Topics, even those focusing on specific genres or regions, should ideally be issue-oriented and widely relevant. Topics from previous conferences may be found under Past Conferences at the SAM website: http://american-music.org/conferences/PastMeetingsAndConferences.php . Proposals should consist of a 500-word abstract describing the topic, a bibliography of pertinent scholarship (not included in the 500-word count), and a CV from the coordinator. The proposal should convey the breadth of the topic, with reference to relevant bibliographical sources. The coordinator submitting the proposal may identify or recommend to the program committee two or three potential panelists. If the topic is selected, the program committee will be under no obligation to accept papers identified or recommended by the coordinator. Each session will be 90 minutes long with no stated limit on the number of panelists. Submissions should be emailed to Steven Baur, chair of the 2013 program committee, at steven.baur@dal.ca on or before Monday, February 27, 2012 .