MSMF Symposium Call for Papers

Subject: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 07 Dec 11 - 04:38 PM

I'v been asked to post this...


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 February 15, 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.

PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSALS and a brief curriculum vita or resume to Dr. Glenn S. Gordinier via e-mail at or via standard mail at:

Dr. Glenn S. Gordinier
Attn: Symposium
Munson Institute
Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
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Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 08 Dec 11 - 10:03 PM

If possible, could a moderator expand the thread title to indicate that MSMF is Mystic Sea Music Festival?

Thank you for posting, Marc. The symposium is an interesting part of the festival.

Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 09:22 AM

Marc included Dr. Gordinier's snail mail address. His email address is [e-mail] .Mystic Seaport's post about the Symposium's Call for Papers is here. http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=D14E91ED-1E4F-379B-60366B517368E677

Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 09:25 AM

Above link to Dr. Gordinier's email appears not to work, but the one to Mystic Seaport's post does. There you will find a working link to Dr. Gordinier's email address.

Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: Amos
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 11:59 AM

There's a single thread on Shanties in our annals here that could be a complete thesis for this group! Maybe TWO theses!

Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: Gibb Sahib
Date: 10 Dec 11 - 05:04 AM

Thanks. I missed this deadline last year, it came up too soon and didn't see it posted anywhere obvious... Gotta mark my calendar.

Note: This thread says the deadline is Feb 15, whereas the Seaport site says March 1.

Subject: RE: MSMF Symposium Call for Papers
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 11 Dec 11 - 01:34 AM

Amos, were you referring to Gibb's thread?