ICTMD National Committee for Austria

Executive Board of the Austrian National Committee

Chair: Sarah Weiss (KUG)

Vice-Chair: Martin Ringsmut (University of Vienna)

Treasurer: Juan Bermúdez (KUG)

Deputy Treasurer: Javier Silvestrini (mdw/IVE)

Reporter: Bernd Brabec de Mori (University of Innsbruck)

Deputy Reporter: Thomas Nußbaumer (Mozarteum University)

Member-at-large: Magdalena Maria Wolf (KUG)

Member-at-large: Natalia Neira Nieto (University of Vienna and Harvard)

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Current Events:

A Joint Symposium from ICTMD Austria and ICTMD Türkiye

Ethnomusicologies and Ethnochoreologies in Türkiye and Austria:

Perspectives on Research Traditions, Sonic and Embodied Empire(s)

Visit the Programme here!

When: 12-13 September 2024

Where: Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory - Maçka Campus in Beşiktaş

Participation Fee: 20,00€ (students) / 35,00€ (scholars) - to be paid at the conference

Off-campus event: a boat ride and dinner (additional fee).)

The ICTMD National Committees of Austria and Türkiye invite you to join them in their first co-hosted symposium. The meeting will take place in Istanbul at the Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory on 12-13 September 2024.

Keynote Speakers:

Arzu Öztürkmen - Boğaziçi University - Türkiye

Ursula Hemetek - University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw) - Vienna

We have three broad conference themes to inspire your interest and ideas for your presentations.

Three conference themes:

Research Traditions in Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology in Türkiye and Austria

Which questions, approaches, and methodologies are specific to the history of ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology in Türkiye and/or Austria? How have certain disciplinary traditions been maintained or contested over time? How are these histories related to nation and identity building? How are they connected to disciplinary and institutional structures (such as folk music/dance studies, Universities, Conservatoires, or Archives)? How have these ethnomusicologies been built and sustained within national and international contexts (e.g., through field research, dissemination, and collaborations)? (Some possible topics: histories, nation-building, connections to folk music studies, institutional structures, building and sustaining the field in national and international contexts, changing methodologies, future prospects, etc.)

Sonic and Embodied Empire(s)

How do histories of music and dance and current performances relate to the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian (or other) empires? How are past and contemporary norms and conflicts connected to, rooted in, or resulting from (these) empire(s), and how are they entangled with sound and performance? How are ideas of empire performed through sound and bodies or through academia? How do they intersect with other structures of power? How are imperial and colonial legacies negotiated within performances, transmission, and (academic) discourses? (Some possible topics: performance connected to Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires as well as other empires, past and contemporary conflicts and their effects of/on/in/through performance, performing empire, performances resulting from empire, empire and/as colonialism, performance post empire, etc.)

Current research

We look forward to seeing you in September 2024 for intellectual, musical, and cultural exchange in beautiful Istanbul

Local Arrangements Committee: Abdullah Akat, Arzu Öztürkmen, Belma Oğul, Burcu Yıldız, Faruk Çalışkan, Mehmet Öcal Özbilgin, Zehra Yılmaz

Program Committee: Abdullah Akat, Anna Rezaei, Arzu Öztürkmen, Belma Oğul, Burcu Yıldız, Martin Ringsmut, Sarah Weiss, Magdalena Maria Wolf, Zehra Yılmaz, Faruk Çalışkan

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Past Events:

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The 14th annual symposium
of the ICTM National Committee for Austria
19. and 20. November 2021
Mozarteum University Salzburg and via Zoom

The 14th annual symposium of the ICTM National Committee for Austria will take place on the 19. and 20. November 2021 in hybrid format at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and via Zoom. The program can be accessed here. Registration is mandatory via email at: saglam@mdw.ac.at. Please note that due to the pandemic, on-site seating is limited. First come, first served! The current COVID-19 security measures of the Mozarteum University Salzburg for on-site participation can be found here.