When we launched our CfP back in 2019, the world was a different place. 2020 is not what many of us hoped it would be, the global pandemic being one of the factors that impact us both as individuals and as a society. As you know, due to Corona countermeasures, we were forced to postpone the IASPM Benelux conference “RE-peat, please!,“ to be held in Antwerp in May 2020, to October 2020. Alas, also this cannot be…
IASPM Benelux conference (May, Antwerp) postponed! it is with deep regret that we announce that we have to postpone our IASPM Benelux conference. During the past week, the situation in Belgium has intensified, and yesterday, the Belgian government took a series of far-reaching measures in an effort to dam the further spread of the new Corona virus Covid-19.
We are pleased to announce the full abstracts of the presentations of our keynote speakers for the 2020 conference. On Friday 15 May from 14:00 to 15:00, Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt from the Universität Hildesheim in Germany will give a talk entitled The name ‘Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt’ is mentioned in a paper uploaded to Academia by a well-known author: Funky reflections on popular music studies’ most relevant ‘RE-‘: …
In issue 2 of volume 9 of the IASPM Journal (2019), our board member Melanie wrote a status quo (vadis) report on our branch. Using information gathered from past and current board members, she covers not only much of our history, but also the “current state of popular music studies and research in the Netherlands and Flanders as well as (outlining) some of its future challenges”
According to the online Cambridge Dictionary, the prefix ‘re-’ stands for “do again” or “returning something to its original state”. These two letters can be used in various combinations, many of which relate to core issues of pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, dance, and many other genres. Consider the centrality of the record, a technological tool that allows reproduction, recreation, and ultimately re-evaluation.
IASPM Benelux are pleased to announce this year’s winners for the annual IASPM Benelux VNPF Popular Music Thesis Prize. This year’s competition was adjudicated by three jury members: Dr. Leonieke Bolderman of the University of Groningen, music industry professional Marjan Wynia, and Dr. Matthias Heyman of the University of Antwerp. The winners were chosen according to the criteria of relevance and innovation of thesis topic, quality of research, argumentation, and the overall writing style and elegance of the thesis.
The Arts, Culture and Media programme of the University of Groningen is looking for a highly motivated full-time Assistant Professor (Dutch: Universitair Docent) in Narrativity and (Inter)mediality in the Arts, preferably with an expertise in popular music, sound studies, theater or performing arts: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0006V4P&cat=wp
We are pleased to invite you to the Fourth Annual Student Research in Music Conference taking place on May 27th, 2019 at the University of Utrecht and co-hosted by IASPM Benelux, University of Utrecht, HucBald and KVNM. This year the program features five panels and two keynotes by the MA winners of the IASPM Benelux VNPF Thesis Prize and the Hélène Nolthenius Prize for best MA thesis in popular music and musicology respectively.
On 27 May 2019, we will hold our fourth student conference on music research at the Utrecht University. This one-day event will offer a series of panels led and presented by students at all levels of their academic careers. At the end of the day, we will also award the prize for the winners of the BA and MA Popular Music Thesis Award, organized and presented by IASPM Benelux and VNPF and the Hélène Nothenius Prize for an outstanding master thesis on music history organized and presented by the KVNM.
