ISGMA 2023
Artifacts – Images – Texts
Archaeology and the Historiography of Sound
12th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology
25-29 September 2023
Place: Residenz Würzburg, University of Würzburg (Germany),
Organisers: Andreas Haug, Florian Leitmeir, Dahlia Shehata, Oliver Wiener
Conference Management: Jasmin Hartmann
Schedule: 25 September: Arrival, welcome and key-note speeches; 26-29 September: Conference panels, workshops and concerts; 29/30 September: Departure.
Contact: isgma2023@uni-wuerzburg.de
Webpage: https://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-wuerzburg.de/isgma2023/
Drawing inspiration from the conference location in Würzburg, with its long academic tradition in diverse fields of research into music history, the 12th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology will focus on the multiple interdependencies between archaeology, philology, and historical musicology in both thematic and methodological terms. The foundations of music-archaeological research consist of the analysis and reconstruction of archaeological artefacts. This work provides a basis for narratives about the meaning and influence of sounds within their overall historical settings. Furthermore, the results of music-archeological research make a crucial contribution to multisensory approaches to ancient cultures. The investigation and evaluation of past music cultures relies equally on insights derived from archaeological as well as philological research focused on questions such as:
- What stories or histories can be uncovered through the analysis and reconstruction of past musical instruments?
- In what ways can interdisciplinary music-archaeological methods and theories break down the traditional boundaries between archaeology, philology, music history, and other disciplines involved in the field of reconstructing music-archeological artefacts?
- How do the materials, the building, playing and tuning of instruments, and the reception of sounds contribute to an advanced narrative of the ancient world’s music histories?
- In what ways can music and sound archeology be practiced as part of a culture of the senses?
Bearing in mind the conference's objective of to establishing links between the archaeological, philological, and historical disciplines, all contributions relating to any aspect of Music Archaeology, Music History, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethnomusicology, and Music Philology will be equally welcome.
We warmly invite scholars and students of the above fields to participate and contribute to the conference. Please send your title and abstract (100-150 words) in English or German by 30 September 30 2022 to: isgma2023@uni-wuerzburg.de. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes in length. Proposals for workshops as well as posters are also welcome. All proposals will be evaluated by a committee of ISGMA members.
ISGMA PROGRAM (PDF; v2023-09-20)
Abstracts, sorted alphabetically by name
Online participation
ISGMA 2023_University of Wuerzburg September 25-29
Join Zoom-Meeting
https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom-x.de/j/68631841089?pwd=M3VxWVdId1V4SEZITGhLQnRjTUFWQT09
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Map
Please find a map of the event and some lunch locations here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1e3rzSSyvQlQWn5mp3rxir-IAwsRfuS4&usp=sharing
Accomodation
Accomodation will be arranged by the conference organisers starting in November 2022.
Financial Support
Funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). Further financial support is provided by WAZ, Bayhost, and Bayerisch-Tschechische Hochschulagentur.
Further details concerning arrangements for the conference will follow in subsequent circulars. We look forward to a stimulating conference in Würzburg.
