Contemporary music theory - approaches, challenges, limits

The conference is dedicated to the current situation of music theory and the directions, topics, and problems of this discipline. It focuses on music theory as an independent musicological discipline that is able to interact with contemporary musical discourse. The conference aims to compare different views on the field of music theory, on what can be its subject, and what it means to be a music theorist in the 21st century. Recommended areas of conference papers: - approaches to music theory and its teaching at universities - the relationship between music theory and contemporary music practice - the position of music theory within music research The length of each presentation is 20 minutes. The conference will be held in English. If you are interested in active participation in the conference, you can submit by sending the title of the paper, an abstract (max. 2000 characters), and a brief CV in English by September 10, 2023 to the e-mail address malove01@st.amu.cz. Notification of acceptance will be sent by September 25.