[Historyoftheory] CALL FOR PAPERS: Music and Sciences Symposium, Istanbul April 17th-19th 2019

[Ozan Baysal]

Call For Papers

International “Music and Sciences” Symposium

April 17th-19th 2019, Istanbul/TURKEY

Music, musiki, musica, mousike... The inspirational endeavors of the Muses; the grandchildren of Kronos – the time - and the daughters of Mnemosyne – the memory… Yet the endavours are not only of poetry and song, but span all the intellectual activities ranging from tragedy and dance to history, and astronomy. For some people, a poetic activity of creating the “new”, for others, an “unfolding” of what is hidden, though always present. For some, it is “movement”, for some, it is “tranquility”, and for some, the one and only tool that can bring together the opposites to a common ground and harmoniously blend them: shortly, music. The constant guide, the true companion and the joyful accompanist of our quests for physical, cognitional, social and ontological inquiries. Perhaps, the exact state of this quest itself...

Istanbul Technical University, Turkish Music State Conservatory, Musicology Department invites you to the “Music and Sciences” symposium. The symposium intends to bring together a wide array of different disciplines ranging from social sciences and humanites to engineering and natural sciences, reinforce and expand the interdisciplinary research fields that have intersections with music and allow inspirations for new musical quests.

Keynote Speakers: Thomas Christensen, Lydia Goehr, Ian Cross

We invite scholars to submit their proposals (oral/poster presentation, lecture recital, panel) by December 1st, 2018.

Website: http://www.musicandsciences.itu.edu.tr/en
Best regards,

“Music and Sciences” Organization Committee




Ozan Baysal, PhD
Associate Professor of MusicologyITU Turkish Music State Conservatory 
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