Music and Migration

Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 2009

Jointly organised by the Centre for Transnational Studies (Modern Languages) and the department of Music, in collaboration with the Turner Sims Concert Hall.

The conference will explore the relationship between music and migration by providing new insights into the creative practices and life-stories of migrant artists across the globe. A core theme of the conference will be the motivations and experiences of migrant musicians who leave, return, stay or move beyond their localities. Through the focus on such specific groups of migrants the conference aims to throw light on their identifications in their artistic and every-day lives.
Patterns of migration are clearly linked to transnational networks. By focusing on the role of migrant musicians within such networks, this conference seeks to analyse and understand the extent to which musicians’ networks may or may not be special cases within migration studies. The conference aims to widen the scope from 'bi-focal', ethnically and spatially defined communities in sending and originating countries to more complex flows and the networking of individuals.
The conference will provide an international forum for interdisciplinary debate, including keynote lectures from musicological and social science perspectives and 40 cutting-edge research papers from colleagues working across the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Keynote speakers:

On Thursday October 15, the conference will be officially opened with a unique concert, which will bring together Malagasy and North African musicians in a one-off public performance at the Turner Sims Concert Hall.

For further information on this Conference, see
Diaspora, Migration, Identities: Diaspora as Social and Cultural Practice: a Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and Africa 

Venue

The conference is hosted by the Turner Sims Concert Hall, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, UK.

Registration

Registration includes Friday and Saturday lunches and refreshments, plus Thursday Concert entrance and Friday Conference dinner.

  • Full price: £150  (Early birds £130 - before June 15, 2009)
  • Day Delegate price: £60 (incl. tea/coffee breaks and Thursday's concert ticket)
  • Students Concessions: £130 (£110 Students Early birds)
  • Conference dinner  £20

Conference booking details 

Accommodation

Registration does not include accommodation, however we have arranged
concessionary rates at two hotels within reasonable distance of the
Highfield Campus.

In order to beneficiate from these special rates, please book directly to
the hotel and quote "Music and Migration Conference" when booking.
Please book early to guarantee these rates (offer ends August 15)

Scientific and Artistic Committee

  • Prof Ulrike Meinhof (Cultural Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, Sociolinguistics), School of Humanities, Centre for Transnational Studies, Modern Languages, University of Southampton
  • Dr Nadia Kiwan (Sociology and Francophone Cultural Studies), School of Language and Literature, French Studies, University of Aberdeen
  • Dr Marie-Pierre Gibert (Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology), School of Humanities, Centre for Transnational Studies, Modern Languages, University of Southampton
  • Ben Piekut (Lecturer in Music), School of Humanities, Music, University of Southampton
  • Prof Taieb Belghazi (Cultural Studies, Sociology and Literature), University Mohamed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
  • Dama Mahaleo (Musician and cultural consultant), Antananarivo, Madagascar

For further information or any queries, please contact:

Dr Marie-Pierre Gibert
E-mail: marie.gibert@soton.ac.uk

Natacha Borrel
E-mail: N.Borrel@soton.ac.uk

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University of Southampton
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