Monday, 3 November 2008

CFP: The Songs that Saved Your Life (Again) - Symposium on Morrissey (Limerick)

THE SONGS THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE (AGAIN): A SYMPOSIUM ON MORRISEY
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, IRELAND
1 MAY 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Department of Sociology and The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick are convening a second one-day symposium on Morrissey.

Theme: This is an open-call for papers. We invite scholars working across a range of disciplines (such as, cultural studies, gender studies, musicology, media studies, popular music studies and sociology) to propose papers concerning Morrissey’s work as a solo-artiste. Possible paper themes might include: Morrissey and masculinities; Morrissey’s use of sexual and other forms of ambiguity; Fandom and Morrissey – and the phenomenon of Latino fans in particular; Morrissey and (identity) politics; and Morrissey and song-writing.

Publication Plans: It is intended to publish an edited and refereed book based on a selection of the symposium’s papers.

Deadline: Abstracts of 250 words should be emailed to eoin.devereux@ul.ie The closing date for abstracts is January 9th 2009.

Dr. Eoin Devereux,
Senior Lecturer & Head of Department,
Department of Sociology,
Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences,
University of Limerick, Ireland.

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