Delta State University is now accepting proposals for papers, presentations, lecture-performances, workshops, panels and clinics for the 4th annual International Conference on the Blues, to be held Oct. 1-3, 2017.<\/p>\n
To celebrate the centennial of John Lee Hooker\u2019s birth, the conference committee is\u00a0soliciting manuscripts and presentations on Hooker\u2019s music, life and influence. In addition, the conference is seeking\u00a0presentations and papers on the legacy of ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, and especially his fieldwork in Mississippi.<\/p>\n
Topics of general interest to scholars and enthusiasts are also welcome, such as the African American musical tradition and its influence on world music; call and response as metaphor; black music and the American Civil Rights Movement; African American history in the Delta; African American folk life; and the genres of blues, jazz, gospel and soul music.<\/p>\n
Topics of an interdisciplinary nature are also encouraged. Papers are invited from ethnomusicologists, musicologists, scholars, authors, performers, blues enthusiasts and independent researchers.<\/p>\n
Additionally, to support young and emerging scholars (graduate students, recent masters, doctoral graduates and junior faculty), the Luther Brown Prize is awarded to the outstanding young scholar paper.<\/p>\n
All presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes in length, with an additional 10\u00a0minutes for discussion, and should address a general audience.<\/p>\n
Proposals must be submitted online via www.deltastate.edu\/blues<\/a>. Applicants are ask to include a description of the presentation, audio\/visual equipment needs and biographical information for all presenters. Please note that not all A\/V requests will be granted. Presenters agree to appear at the conference at their own expense, which will include registration fees.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Shelley Collins and Don Allan Mitchell at\u00a0blues@deltastate.edu<\/a> or visit www.deltastate.edu\/blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delta State University is now accepting proposals for papers, presentations, lecture-performances, workshops, panels and clinics for the 4th annual International Conference on the Blues, to be held Oct. 1-3, 2017….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":75354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,418,28,1652,246],"tags":[642,644],"class_list":["post-75352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-academics","category-community-3","category-delta-center","category-international-delta-blues-project","category-students","tag-blues","tag-international-conference-on-the-blues"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75356,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75352\/revisions\/75356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}