Call for papers: Amplification and Everyday Life conference, University of Huddersfield, 4-5 June 2026.

Submission deadline 15 December 2025.

makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...

Call for papers: Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era

An in-person conference of the International Musicological Society at University College Dublin, 11-12 June 2026.

Submit a proposal 5 December 2025.

www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...

AI company Anthropic has settled a copyright case & must pay $1.5B to publishers & authors. If your work was stolen, you could claim $3k/book. Popular music scholars are known to have been affected. Learn more via the Textbook and Academic Authors Association: www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Taylor Swift

What do the many creative languages of Swift's work reveal about identity, power, and society?

Submit a brief CV and 350–500 word abstract for a feature-length research article by 1 Oct.

More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Well done to all the speakers at our Postgraduate Research Conference, held last Friday at Leeds on the theme of 'music and crisis'. Thank you especially to the organising team and volunteers. We heard excellent talks on topics from DIY internet radio to the challenges faced by women tour managers.

Understanding REF Impact in Music: Half Day Workshop, 19 Nov 2025

- Online and at City St George’s, University of London
- Free, travel bursaries available for PGRs & ECRs
- Topics will include working with non-academic partners; writing an impact case study; assessment of impact in REF.

wildpop conference call for proposals: "underground, DIY & fringe cultures have the grassroots spontaneous intensity that challenge corporate dominance. Don’t they?"

6-8 November 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Submit to wildpop@newcastle.ac.uk by 31 Aug.

iaspm.org.uk/wildpop-2025/

Applying for an RMA Small Research Grant, 7 July - Excellent funding for students, or scholars without institutional support. Catherine Tackley & Katherine Williams will explain the purpose & evaluation process and how to finesse an application, followed by Q&A. Register: forms.gle/cb5QUMAhogp6...

The joint British Forum for Ethnomusicology & RMA conference for Research Students will be in-person next year, at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 6–8 Jan 2026. Keynote by Dr Owen Coggins. Submit by 18 Sep. www.bfe.org.uk/conf/bfe-rma...

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The full programme for the IASPM 2025 international conference "Recording Popular Music" in Paris, 7-11 July is now online: iaspmbfe.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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