Women-in-musical-iconography-international-conference

== '''Women in musical iconography: feminism and gender constructions International conference''' == 13-15 December 2021 Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Organizers: - Research Projext HAR-PGC 2018-099669-B-I00 “Iconografía musical y organología: contextos, simbología e instrumentos” - UCM Research Group 970920 “Iconografía musical y Organología: patrimonio e investigación musicológica” - Commission “Música y artes plásticas”, Sociedad Española de Musicología (SEdeM)

Introduction Research in the field of music iconography has been developing internationally since the second half of the 20th Century, with the subject becoming ever more present in the professional and academic spheres from the start of the 21th. As an academic discipline, music iconography conjugates different approaches from the fields of art history, musicology and cultural studies. It has become part of the standard historical and musicological discourse during the latter decades of the 20th Century, where feminist theory and gender studies have also played a major role. Besides a contributive history that incorporates women in discussions of music iconography, it is also necessary to study the intent of creators and artists, as well as the iconographic models, stereotypes and discourses that underlie the portrayal of women alongside music, dance and sound. The consolidation of new information and communication technologies has improved and broadened the access to all types of sources, and has opened up new thematic possibilities for music iconography, from the traditional to the digital sphere. Accordingly, this International Conference intends to take an in-depth look at the construction of womens’ images from a broad, integrative and interdisciplinary perspective. This Conference is held as part of the project “Iconografía Musical UCM”, which for the last fifteen years has been producing research and promoting this field of study within the musicology community. It is also supported by various groups and committees devoted to music iconography, both within the Universidad Complutense (UCM) and the Sociedad Española de Musicología (SEdeM). Researchers from the areas of musicology, art history, and more broadly the humanities and social sciences are invited to submit their presentation proposals relating to the following topics (the list is not exhaustive):