*CFP* "IN PURSUIT OF SOUND", AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM

In Pursuit of Sound: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, 

1 – 2 October 2019

In Pursuit of Sound is a two day symposium which aims to rally researchers engaged in sound studies, and interrogate the discipline’s promises and pitfalls. The humanities’ ‘aural turn’ might be said to have been completed, but we are interested in advancing sound studies towards new, strange, and challenging inquiries. To that end, we invite proposals for twenty minute papers on the theme of sound, from postgraduates, ECRs, and academics across the humanities. 

This symposium is supported by the Cambridge AHRC Colloquia Fund.

 

Proposals might address the following topics, although these are not exhaustive:

• Crowds, rallies and speeches 
• Sound on Social Media 
• Sound and Noise in Cinema 
• Quietism, Quakerism and Silence 
• Headphones and Acoustic Technology 
• Lyric Voice and Noisy Poetry 
• Prisons and Penal Conditions 
• Soundproofing 
• Clairaudience 
• Hearing Things and Imaginary Sound 
• Reading and Subvocalisation 
• City Space / Country Space 
• Enclosure / the Extension of the Auditory 
• The Sounds of the Anthropocene 
• Listening (in) and Surveillance 
• Deafness

Please submit 200-300 word abstracts, and a short bio, to inpursuitofsound@gmail.com by 15th July 2019. Any queries can also be sent to this address.

Our keynote speeches will be given by Dr. Mina Gorji (Cambridge), and Dr. Tom Rice (Exeter). The symposium will also host a performance.

Registration is free, and a limited number of travel bursaries will be available. 

Organisers: Jamie Fenton (Faculty of English), Syamala Roberts (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) and Luke Warde (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages)