14 Jul 2020 to 16 Jul 2020 Liverpool John Moores University
The history of the senses and the emotions has become a rapidly expanding field in recent years; in early modern studies, these developments segue with a growing interest in how sounds shaped everyday life. The experience of sound may be ephemeral, but its very transience highlights how acoustic ecology is relational, phenomenological and specific to its environment. Which sounds are made, how they are made, what spaces these sounds occupy, how they are listened to, and how they are heard, connect to wider questions about agency, identity and interaction. This interdisciplinary conference, the last in a series of events organised by the Soundscapes in the Early Modern World AHRC-funded research network, brings together scholars working in the fields of sound studies and early modern studies to interrogate historic sounds and agency.
We invite abstracts of 200-250 words for individual papers of twenty minutes, or of up to 850 words for panels comprising no more than three papers. In addition to the conventional panel sessions, we are also keen to explore other forms of presenting scholarly research. These might include pre-circulated papers for discussion in a seminar group, workshops and round-tables. If you would like to propose a session in an alternative format that will not last more than ninety minutes, please submit an outline of up to 600 words.
The deadline for submissions is 20th December 2019. For further details about the soundscapes network, and information on how to sub-mit, please see the project website https://emsoundscapes.co.uk/