These are general posts related to events (including the biennial ISMMS conferences), calls for proposals (to conferences or edited collections), information about new publications, and other announcements about metal music studies activities.
The positions of Chair and Ordinary Member on the ISMMS Executive Board will become available in January 2022, at the end of the current terms of Dr Bryan Bardine (Chair) and Dr Gabby Riches (Ordinary Member). We seek candidates to stand for each position in an election of the ISMMS membership, to...
Check out this podcast featuring metal scholar Holly Royle along with her PR colleagues and fellow musicians: Curtis Dewar, Gaia Guarda, and Sarah Lindsey from Book of Wyrms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOAtIfgm_Uk Holly is a PhD student researching masculinities in heavy metal at the...
On behalf of IASPM-US, please check out the call for the 2022 conference, and consider sending in a proposal. Horns up! IASPM-US 2022 Conference: Grooves and Movements May 26-May 28, 2022 Ann Arbor/Detroit Michigan Dates and Place: The International Association for the Study of Popular...
http://zapruderworld.org/2021/05/cfp-music-and-social-conflicts/ Introduction Music has often been described as a “soundtrack” for social conflicts. However, as recent scholarship has begun to demonstrate, music’s role within social movements and conflicts runs much deeper than just sonic...
Some exciting ISMMS announcements have us in good spirits! Awhile back we advertised for a Webmaster position on the ISMMS Board, and we’re happy to say that we now have Dr. Steven Gamble of University College Cork in the position. Steve is the author of How Music Empowers: Listening to Modern Rap...
EXTREME SOUNDS STUDIESGLOBAL SOCIO-CULTURAL EXPLORATIONSA SERIES EDITED BY NIALL SCOTT, NELSON VARAS-DÍAZ, AND BRYAN BARDINEABOUT THE SERIES:Music and sound do not take place in a social vacuum. They manifest themselves, and are a reflection of,particular social contexts. They are grounded in...
The International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS), the only professional organization for metal music scholars, is pleased to announce we are looking to add a Webmaster to our Executive Board. The webmaster will manage, construct, and maintain the ISMMS website and its interface with the...
Regarding the upcoming ISMMS Biennial Research Conference in Mexico City, the Organizing Committee of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the ISMMS Board have decided to postpone the conference. Until further notice, the meeting will now be from June 7 to June 10 of 2022.While...
Metal Music Studies 101, Metal Methodology and ISMMS The International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS) is excited to announce two projects which will share new and existing research with metal scholars and others through its distribution on ISMMS’ website and social...
The International Association for the Study of Popular Music-United States invites proposals for its 2021 annual conference. In recognition of these extraordinary times and the continuing public health concerns and struggles for social and racial justice that we face, this meeting will take place...
Hi everyone,The website for ISMMS’ conference in 2021 in Mexico City, in collaboration with the Institute for Anthropological Research, Colegio de San Ildefonso, of Mexico’s National Autonomous University, is now live!http://www.procapi.unam.mx/biennal/index.html Due to the uncertainties around...
The Metal Music Studies journal has a new special issue on Metal and the Holocaust, co-edited by Keith Kahn-Harris and Dominic Williams. The table of contents is:KISS: Jewishness, hard rock and the Holocaustpp. 277-297(21)Author: Stratton, JonFrom ‘The Fading’ to ‘Scream with Me...