Postgraduate: French-German Master in Musicology (Sorbonne / Saarbrücken)

FRENCH-GERMAN MASTER IN MUSICOLOGY

PARIS IV SORBONNE - SAARBRÜCKEN

DEADLINE: 17 JULY 2009

From September 2009 the University of Saarland at Saarbrücken offers an integrated French-German Master of Arts in musicology. The course is offered in cooperation with the Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). Students spend the first year in Paris, the second together with their French fellow students in Saarbrücken. The master diploma is issued by both institutions and recognized in both countries. The course is research-oriented and includes a training period which allows contacts with research institutes and cultural institutions in Paris and Saarbrücken.

The course concentrates particularly on the characteristics of music history in Germany and France with a special focus on the process of cultural transfer. Due to the differences in teaching and research, the students are introduced to the cultural history and science culture of both countries. These experiences will augment students’ intercultural competence.

The course starts each winter. The master thesis may be written in French or German.

Through its geographical situation and history, the University of Saarland maintains close relations with France. Paris can be reached by train within less than two hours; flight connections exist from Saarbrücken and the nearby airports of Zweibrücken, Frankfurt-Hahn and Frankfurt/Main.

Financial support is possible. Applicants finishing their BA during the summer may enclose a certified overview of subjects and marks.

Deadline for applications to the address below is *17 July 2009*.

information: Institute of Musicology, phone +49-681/302-2318

homepage: http://www.uni-saarland.de

contact: Prof. Dr. Rainer Kleinertz, Postfach 15 11 50, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany,

phone +49-681/302-3660 rainer.kleinertz [at]mx.uni-saarland.de

CFP: Space in Medieval France (Sorbonne)

SPACE IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE
6TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
UNIVERSITE' DE PARIS I (SORBONNE), FRANCE
24 - 26 JUNE 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2009
Keynote speakers: Dominique Iogna-Prat and Philippe Plagnieux

The International Medieval Society of Paris (IMS-Paris) is soliciting abstracts for individual papers and proposals for complete sessions for its 2009 Symposium organized around the theme of space in medieval France.

Questions about ideas of space have recently invigorated the field of medieval studies, challenging prevailing Modernist views that the concept of space only existed from the Renaissance onward. The Sorbonne's collection Constructions de l'espace au Moyen Age: pratiques et représentations (2007) showcases recent historical research on spatiality, particularly regarding geographical limits and boundaries, as well as the role of space in social relations and practices, while Sarah Kay's Place of Thought (2007) re-evaluates the complexity of the locus communis from a literary perspective. These publications complement ongoing investigations by historians of visual culture into the dynamic meanings, uses and phenomenologies of medieval space.

This symposium aims to generate an interdisciplinary forum on space in medieval France between c. 500 and c. 1500 that will enrich these ongoing debates and our knowledge of space in the Middle Ages by approaching the subject from a variety of perspectives. Papers should address France, Francia or post-Roman Gaul in some way, but they need
not be exclusively limited to this geographic area.

We encourage papers on the following topics, as well as papers for open sessions in all disciplines:
• Public and private space
• Walls, boundaries, limits
• The shape of space in medieval art, architecture, and music
• Space or place?
• Astronomy
• Sacred and profane space
• Commercial space
• Performance and the use of space
• Space and identity in the medieval city

Abstracts in French or English of 300 words or less for a 20-minute paper should be e-mailed to contact@ims-paris.org no later than 1 February 2009. In addition to the abstract, please submit full contact information, a CV and a tentative assessment of any audiovisual equipment required for your presentation.

The deadline for abstract submission is 1 February 2009. The IMS will review submissions and respond via e-mail by 15 February 2009. Titles of accepted papers will be made available on the IMS web site. Authors of accepted papers will be responsible for their own travel costs and conference registration fee (35 euros, reduced for students).

The IMS-Paris is an interdisciplinary and bilingual (French/English) organization founded to serve as a centre for medievalists who research, work, study, or travel to France. For more information about the IMS and the schedule of last year's Symposium, please see our website: www.ims-paris.org.