Gender and Musicianship study days

The highly popular seminar days on gender and musicianship, organised by the University of the Arts Helsinki History Forum, the Sibelius Academy doctoral schools DocMus & MuTri, and research association Suoni last January, will continue again next year – this time, in English and on Zoom. The event will take place on January 24–25, 2022, online (on Zoom). During the seminar days, we hope to discuss issues regarding gender and music-making, music production, and music research from a wide variety of perspectives. Dr Anna Bull (University of York) has kindly agreed to give a keynote lecture at the event.

We have welcomed proposals for both traditional conference papers and short lecture-concerts (20-minute presentation + 10-minute discussion). The presentations and performances may focus on research projects and/or artistic practice, and they may discuss problems of gender and (in)equality from a historical perspective, or focus on the music industry today or in the future. Crucial themes include, but are not limited to:

•	Histori(ographi)es of gender, music-making, and composing

•	Gender, power hierarchies, and institutions in music industry today and in the past

•	Music industry, publicity, and gender

•	Feminist music research

•	Canons in music pedagogy, performance, and research

Registration is now open at https://www.lyyti.in/Gender_and_Musicianship_study_days_2249. This conference is open for everyone interested, and admission is free of charge. The deadline for registrations is January 16, 2022, 23:59 (GMT+2, Finnish winter time) but we encourage you to be quick, as the places will be filled in the order of registration. Uniarts doctoral candidates have the chance to get extra credits for attending (for more information, please see the Sibelius Academy study guide: https://opinto-opas.uniarts.fi/en/course/S-J050-21A/11468).

The conference programme has been published on our website: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/events/gender-and-musicianship-study-days/. Presenters’ abstracts and bios as well as session chairs will be updated on the site during December. All relevant practical information can be found on the conference website and on the Facebook page of the event: https://fb.me/e/1Punb1SK7.

Important practical information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

Owing to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the conference committee has had to make the difficult decision of moving the event to Zoom as a whole (links will be sent to attendees in a separate e-mail after registration closes). On January 4, the Finnish authorities declared that they will, in all likelihood, continue implementing strict restrictions in the Helsinki region even after mid-January because of the current COVID situation. For health and safety reasons, the organisers see no other responsible way of organising the event under these circumstances. We are truly sorry for all the inconvenience. Please note that moving the event to Zoom will not cause any major changes to the programme, and all adjustments will be updated on the conference website (https://www.uniarts.fi/en/events/gender-and-musicianship-study-days/)

On behalf of the committee,

Nuppu Koivisto-Kaasik

PhD, postdoctoral researcher

University of the Arts History Forum, Helsinki

nuppu.koivisto@uniarts.fi

Tel. +358504779213