IMS Study Group “Auditory History”

Colloquium: Karl Kügle (Oxford) and Marc Lewon (Basel)
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online
VALSOUNDS. Reflections on the Digital Reconstruction of Early Valois Soundscapes
Following a successful end of the transdisciplinary ERC-funded project at KU Leuven (2023-25), Karl Kügle (PI) and Marc Lewon will showcase the various stages of the research proecess and the auralisations created by the project. They will feature potential impact of archaeoacoustic research for the arts- and history-related humanities disciplines, for the future of historically informed performance practices, and for our approach to cultural heritage in the digital age.

Colloquium: Laudan Nooshin (London)
2025-03-10 16:00 - 17:00
Listening to Tehran: Sonic Palimpsests and Affective Historical Imaginaries
Through the more-than-sounds of sirens, bombs and other sonic experiences during the missile strikes on Tehran in the later stages of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in Azar Nafisi’s 2003 book, Laudan Nooshin will investigate a profound entanglement of sound, affect, and memory, and the intense somatic materiality of sound experienced through the entire body. Nooshin will draw on current research on the sound of Tehran to explore the entanglement and in particular the palimpsestic nature of historical soundspaces with their layered sonic archaeology.

Auditory History Meets Deaf Studies: Sensory Disabilities Workshop
2025-02-28 15:00 - 20:00
This afternoon workshop investigates historical auditory experiences of those with varied degrees of hearing loss in the wide context of hearing as a multisensorial experience. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Rosamund Oates (Manchester) and five presentations by registered active participants, followed by a lengthy discussion. The participation at the event is mandatory: for details and recommended reading, consult the Call for Participants.
