I've been asked to post this by the Seaport Staff.

Call For Papers:
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut
June 8&9, 2012

Mystic Seaport's 33rd Annual Symposium
"MUSIC OF THE SEA"

Sponsored by Mystic Seaport Museum, the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, and the United States Coast Guard Academy

We are seeking proposals for papers in History, Literature, Folklore, Ethnomusicology, or other appropriate disciplines that address any aspect of music or verse of the sea or inland waters from the Age of Sail through the present day. The two-day symposium is part of a three=day event whose focus celebrates the lives and work of sailors through musical performance.

The Friday, June 8, session will be held on the maritime campus of the University of Connecticut at Avery Point in Groton, Connecticut, and the Saturday session, June 9, at Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut.

Topics of interest have included: shipboard work songs, songs of maritime or other occupational trades, songs of rivers and lakes, seafaring cultures and cultural change, ethnicity and ethnic influences, cultural exchanges, ballad and broadside traditions, technology, regional interests, the use of sea music in literature, and popular culture.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE is March 1, 2012. Audiovisually illustrated presentations are welcome.

Graduate students are encouraged to submit a proposal.

Proposals should be 1-2 pages and should include a thesis, an explanation, and a list of sources.