Historical Perspectives on Medieval Sound(s) and Soundscapes How do historians concieve sound, think about it, and do sound research? What can other disciplines, namely musicology, learn from historians’ approach? These questions will be addressed through two project presentations by Hannah Potthoff and Julia Samp, who will present their dissertation projects considering medieval auditory perception, interpretation, […]
12-13 December, 2025 | Malaga, Spain | online Participation is free of charge, online and in person. Register here: http://u.uma.es/g9N/ The focal point of this fifth edition of the International Conference Power, identities and images of cities: Music and ceremonial books in Western Europe, from the Middle Ages to Modernity (University of Málaga, 12–13 December 2025, online) […]
Historical Ear, Auditory History, and the Future The opening session of the spring term introduces our central theme: what is auditory history, what has become of the historical ear, and what might we listen for next? S ophia Rosenfeld will map the field as it stands, highlight questions likely to matter in 2026, and set […]
The University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center, Paris, France For all details, visit the conference webpage: https://auditoryhistory.musicology.org/conference/
How We Used to Endure Noise: The Emergence of Auditory Order in Modern China In this colloquium, Jin Qiu will use Lao She’s 1930s short story Sound Film and other Republican-era novels, diaries, and memoirs to reconstruct early Chinese cinema as a sonically contested public space. Tracing loud talk, commentary, coughing, and audience disputes—practices inherited […]
This reading group is a companion space to the March conference, offering additonal time to return to think about, and discuss the fundamental texts of auditory history. Registration is required: https://forms.gle/rofj6Te8PPiF4yDbA Chair: Alexandros Maria Hatzikiriakos (Sheffield) Discussants: TBA Key reading: TBA
Because of time zone issues, the time of this event might change. We will inform about this change in time. Subcontinental Sonorities: Modernity, Forms of Archives, and the Politics of Listening This panel brings together five papers that explore modernity, archival memory, and the politics of listening in the Indian subcontinent, shaped by the complex […]
Entering the fourth year of the Study Group, we will reflect on the past and revisit future goals, discussing recent news and future plans. This is a closed meeting accessible only to the official Study Group members. The event time zone is set to CET. The link will be sent to members a day ahead.
What are early career auditory historians working on? This session will feature the five early career scholars and their research: Cassiopée Guillet (Paris) on the representation of hearing in sixteenth-century Netherlandish painting; Sophie Reiland (Paris) on the methodological obstacles in auditory research of unconventional towns; Laura Thorn (Cambridge) on music, science, and female community in […]
This session focuses on Mariana J. López’s Sonic Pasts: Acoustical Heritage and Historical Soundscapes and its approaches to both research and dissemination. In conversation with the author, we will explore how different disciplines study the sounds of the past and how those sounds are reconstructed, mediated, and made audible to contemporary listeners The ZOOM link […]
