Proposed formats

The ICMHM'16 welcomes participation in five different formats:

Papers*: a maximum of 30 minutes will be allocated to each paper (20’ for presentation and 10’ for discussion).

Panels*: a maximum of 90 minutes (proponent plus 2 participants (20’ for presentation and 10’ for discussion).

Roundtables*: a maximum of 60 minutes (proponent/moderator plus 3 participants)

Workshops*: 60' or 90’ each (vocal, instrumental, body/dance expression)

Posters*: 80 cm width by 100 cm height

* The number of words/characters is given in each form.

Topics for the proposed formats

The interdisciplinary ICMHM'16 particularly welcomes participation that address (but is not limited to) the three following topics:

Culture, identity and globalization

Music performance and migration

International business and contact of cultures through music

Multidisciplinary and varied perspectives are welcome, including diversity of performing/scientific approaches, stylistic diversity (art music, popular music, etc.), local and global mediations, material and intangible culture and heritage, music industries and technologies, particular cases based on artists, countries or music categories/genres. 

Workshops (expressive dialogues)

Vocal expression

Instrumental expression

Dance/body expression

Deadline for the submission of the proposals to review: March 21st 2016

Submission extended to April 8th

Notification regarding abstract acceptance will be sent by April 8th 2016

Notification extended to April 12th

Early Bird deadline for confirmation of payment fee: April 18th 2016

Deadline for the submission of texts for publication’s selection: April 29th 2016

(Selection based on scientific and logistic criteria – subject to the date of the reception – by the Scientific Committee) 

Conference Full fee: 80€

The fee of the ICMHM’16 covers the costs of the certificate of attendance, the printed and the electronic versions of an e-book edition of selected presentations, involving individual papers, group panels, posters, or reports of roundtables and of workshops. It also covers the first evening concert, the out of town works/walks of the afternoon of the middle day with the included cocktail/dinner, the coffee breaks, the three lunches and the final dinner and concert.

Each participant may apply for no more than one item for each one of the proposed formats(paper, panel, roundtable, workshop and poster).

(See the table for) Special cases for students and partial participation (1 or 2 days)