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 […]
Sonic Identities in Early Modern Crete and Cyprus 1453-1700 Alexandros Maria Hatzikiriakos will present his new MSCA/UKRI project SONICC, that investigates the acoustic communities of Crete and Cyprus in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
