The IMR Research Training Reading Group is led by Prof Anahid Kassabian (University of Liverpool).
The rationale of the reading group is
· to stimulate focused reading of classic texts on cultural and social theory
· to provide dedicated time for postgraduates to discuss in depth the broad implications and applications of these writings across a variety of research topics in musicology (meeting twice per term at the IMR)
· to create a sense of intellectual community and develop the research culture for postgraduates around the IMR
The first two sessions were held on Friday 29 October 2010 (in Stewart House, Room STB3) and Tuesday 23 November 2010 (in Senate House, Room G35), 2pm-5pm. The first session will consider Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, and the second, Derek Scott’s The Sexual Politics of Victorian Musical Aesthetics.
Dates in 2011:
Friday 25 February
Friday 1 April
Friday 3 June (previously to have been 27 May)
Friday 26 August -CANCELLED
Friday 16 December - 'A Cyborg Manifesto' by Donna Haraway
Dates in 2012
Friday 10 February
Friday 20 April
Friday 8 June
To obtain the readings and for further details please contact a.kassabian@liv.ac.uk
