A Symposium is being held on Friday 28th June 2024 at Bournemouth University (BH12 5BB) organised by the Literature and Music Research Group at The Open University, in partnership with University Music Bournemouth.
The day will conclude with a lecture recital exploring words, music, silence and disability given by the concert pianist Duncan Honeybourne whose career has been shaped by his autism.
The topic ‘Words, Music and Silence’ is conceived to allow investigation of how these elements are co-dependent, particularly in musical and verbal performance, but also in the silent practices of reading, writing and imagined listening.
Paper proposals are invited that investigate how these elements, in combination, engage and matter to audiences (including public audiences, readers, creative writers and academic researchers).
We invite panel proposals for papers of 15-20 minutes and proposals for digital lightning talks of 800 words.
Abstracts of 200 words are requested for panel papers. Please also provide a short biography (100 words) including any institutional affiliation and email address.
For lightning talks, please send us a very brief abstract (50 words) and include a note of your affiliation, if any, and email and web-page addresses.
Abstracts should be sent by Monday 29 April 2024 to fass.open.ac.uk/events/FASS-ArtsHum-English@open.ac.uk
For more information, visit our website Literature & Music Research Group.
Deadline: Monday 29 April 2024