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Song in the novel: a multidisciplinary conference

30 September 2021–01 October 2021, 1:30 pm–5:30 pm

Portrait of a man playing a virginal, Francesco Traballesi, 1554-1570, Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A British Academy conference convened by Dr Jennifer Rushworth (UCL SELCS) and colleagues.

This event is free.

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Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Dr Jennifer Rushworth

What role does song have in the novel? What happens when characters listen to, sing, remember, or imagine songs? How are these songs captured and represented in prose? Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds will come together to consider these questions, and others, in collaborative, cross-period, transnational conversations.

Conference convenors:
Dr Jennifer Rushworth, UCL
Professor Sir Barry Ife, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Dr Hannah Scott, Newcastle University

Speakers and chairs across the two-day conference include:
Professor Philip Bullock, University of Oxford
Professor Terence Cave FBA, University of Oxford
Professor Katharine Ellis FBA, University of Cambridge
Dr Thomas Hyde, KCL
Professor Axel Körner, UCL/Universität Leipzig
Professor Lawrence Kramer, Fordham University
Professor Cormac Newark, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Dr Simon Park, University of Oxford
Dr Caroline Potter, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Dr Nina Rolland, University of Reading
Professor Catriona Seth FBA, University of Oxford
Dr Joshua Torabi, IMLR, University of London

Image: Portrait of a man playing a virginal, Francesco Traballesi, 1554-1570, Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam