CALL FOR PAPERS

15th International Meeting of CHIME

(The European Foundation for Chinese Music Research)

24 to 28 November 2010, Basel, Switzerland

The music of China and East Asia: Theory versus Practice

How does musical theory in China and East Asia differ from musical theory elsewhere in the world? What are its unique contributions to culture and to musical performance? How can we meaningfully integrate theory and practice in the (many) cases where theory and performance practice clash? These questions form the theme of the 15th International CHIME meeting, to be held in Basel from 24 to 28 November 2010 in conjunction with the Swiss festival Culturescapes.

CHIME is a worldwide network of scholars and afficionados of Chinese and East Asian music. The annual meetings are open to interested scholars and students in the realms of musicology, ethnomusicology, popular culture, anthropology, and East Asian languages, cultures and religion, but also to anyone else with a professional or private passion for Chinese and East Asian music. The official language of the meeting is English. (Presentations in Chinese and in other languages can be accepted if speakers provide a written translation of their presentation in English in advance.)

For the Basel 2010 edition of CHIME, scholarly proposals for individual papers, panels and poster presentations are welcomed. Abstracts of up to 300 words for individual (20-minute) papers and for posters should be sent by e-mail to the Dutch main office of the CHIME Foundation, c/o Programme Committee of the 15th CHIME Meeting, P.O.Box 11092, 2301 EB Leiden, The Netherlands, e-mail address: chime@wxs.nl. In the case of panel proposals we ask for a short description of the panel topic as well as for individual abstracts by the panel participants. Abstracts must have reached us by 15 May 2010. Possibilities exist for early acceptance of papers for those who need to rely on this for grant applications. As always, we look forward to a lively meeting, including various recitals and concerts of tradtional Chinese music. More news on the meeting and on possibilities for pre-registration can be found on the CHIME website at  http://home.wxs.nl/~chime