• Reading Group: Sounds of War

    Online

    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 […]

    Free
  • Sound and Space: A Multidisciplinary Roundtable

    Online

    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 […]

    Free
  • General Assembly | What’s New with the Study Group?

    Online

    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 […]

  • Reading Group: Reading Sound and Literature

    Online

    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 […]

  • Colloquium: Julia Samp (Aachen) & Hannah Potthof (Chemnitz)

    Online

    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 […]

  • Colloquium: Sophia Rosenfeld (Pennsylvania)

    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 […]

  • Colloquium: Jin Qiu (Melbourne)

    Online

    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 […]