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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reading Sounds of War The reading group session will focus on the sounds of war, liminality, and transcultural communities formed during periods of conflict. Drawing on a curated selection of recent […]
Athanasius Kircher, Phonurgia nova, 1673. Focusing on the variety of interactions of sound and space — how sound inhabits space, shapes space, and how it creates space — we will […]
As every September, the Study Group will meet in an online meeting to discuss recent news, future plans, and to hear about the members’ activities. This is a closed meeting […]
“… c’estoit ung grant merveille à pensser…”: Power, Sound, and Ritual at the Burgundian Court The colloqium will investigate how did sound organise authority at the Burgundian court, investigate power, […]
Despite its fundamental role as a historical source, literature is rarely discussed within cultural sound studies. This autumn’s reading-group session will focus on recent contributions that explore the relationship between […]
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 […]
The University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center, Paris, France For all details, visit the conference webpage: https://auditoryhistory.musicology.org/conference/
