Newsletter No. 9 from 6th of July 2011

Dear colleagues and friends,

In this edition of the MCS newsletter we are pleased to draw attention to our conference “The Soundtrack of Conflict: The Role of Music in Radio Broadcasting in Wartime and in Conflict Situations” , to give you an update on the Article 5 Project, and to introduce a new member of the group.
There is also a brief report on our June Study Day.


1. ARTICLE 5 PROJECT: REPORT ON WORKSHOP “MUSIC TORTURE/RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES” AND BROADCASTING DATE OF FILM “MUSIK ALS WAFFE”

A summary report from our workshop “Music Torture: Research Perspectives”, which was held in April, is now available on our website at
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/198674.html
The report summarises the main points from the discussions and some priorities for further work.
The film Songs of War / Musik als Waffe by Tristan Chytroschek, which was screened and discussed during the workshop, will be broadcast on the German-French TV channel ARTE on Monday, 11 July at 11:25 p.m. More information on the film (German/French) can be found here:
http://www.arte.tv/de/programm/242,date=11/7/2011.html


2. THE SOUNDTRACK OF CONFLICT: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE GROUP FROM 15-17 SEPTEMBER 2011

The programme for our international, interdisciplinary conference “The Soundtrack of Conflict: The Role of Music in Radio Broadcasting in Wartime and in Conflict Situations” has now been published at
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/the-soundtrack-of-conflict-international-conference-on-music-in-radio-broadcasting-in-wartime-and-conflict-situations/195842.html42.html
We are delighted to have attracted such a wide range of perspectives and approaches and look forward to stimulating exchanges during the conference. To register for the conference, please send an e-mail to mcs-info@uni-goettingen.de no later than 1 September 2011.

In cooperation with the International Institute of Political Murder (Berlin/Zürich) and StadtRadio Göttingen we are delighted to be able to integrate an exclusive preview of material from the upcoming theatre production “Hate Radio” during the conference.
The production focuses on the role of radio in the Rwandan genocide and is based on a reenactment of radio broadcasts from the station RTLM. Director Milo Rau and dramaturge Jens Dietrich will introduce the project in a lecture-performance in the authentic setting of the studios of StadtRadio Göttingen. More information on this event is also available on our website.


3. MUSIC, TERROR AND MANIPULATION UNDER THE GREEK JUNTA

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Anna Papaeti as a new member of the group. Anna, who studied at King’s College London and has worked in Athens, London and Berlin, is researching the subject of music, terror and manipulation under the Junta in Greece in the 1970s, including the use of music in connection with torture.
Anna has already worked with the group in the context of the Article 5 Project and presented initial findings from her project at our workshop in April. She is funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship from the European Science Foundation. Further information on Anna and her project can be found here:
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/205934.html


4. REPORT FROM MCS STUDY DAY ON 24 JUNE 2011
On 24 June we held a study day to discuss some recent publications in the field of music and conflict research. We focused on only a small selection of the significant number of new publications in the field of ethnomusicology which deal in some general sense with music and conflict.
We plan to hold a further study day in the coming winter semester, and will give an update on this in a future newsletter. Again, the study day will be open to all who are interested.


Further general information on the research group is available under
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/84354.html

Best wishes,

The Research Group "Music, Conflict and the State“