Music and Visual Cultures International Conference, Maynooth University, July 21–23, 2016

The Music Department, in collaboration with the Research Cluster “Performance, Practice & Interactivity” at Maynooth University, is pleased to host the “Music and Visual Cultures International Conference” from 21 to 23 July 2016. The aim of the conference is to reflect on the links between music and visual cultures in the acts of significations, across a wide range of historical frameworks, theories, methodologies, artistic practices and genres, with the intent to promote a more encompassing approach to the studying of the different disciplines.

Proposals are invited for individual papers and themed sessions on any area in the field of music and visual cultures, addressing as large a range of topics and methodologies as possible including (but not limited to):

• Art History
• Music and Screen Media
• Painting and Music
• Opera
• Sight, Sound and Space
• Music and New Media
• Film Studies
• Music, Arts and Metaphors
• Art History and Musicology