Musicology Colloquium

Join us for an afternoon of presentations of current research from scholars at the musicology section at the University of Copenhagen. After the end of the day's programme cold drinks will be served.

The Musicology Colloquium (Musikvidenskabeligt Fagligt Forum) is the recurring meeting in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies’ musicology section with papers across the entire field of music studies, including historical musicology, anthropology of music, music theory and analysis, and sound studies.

Programme

12:30–13:30

Erik Steinskog: Missionaries and Modernism: Fartein Valen between Madagascar and West-Norway. 

Jens Hesselager: The Vaudeville and Anti-Rossinism in Copenhagen, 1826-29

13:45–14:45

Rasmus Riegels: Attuning to the Rumble: Techno, Sonic Tactility, and Agential Ecologies

Lílian Campesato: Making Listening Audible: On Displacement, Alterity, and the Inaudible

15:00–16:00

Mikkel Vad: Moseholm & Pettiford’s Jazz Bass Facing (1962): Writing Music Theory across Transatlantic Colorlines

Sebastian Bank Jørgensen: The Visual Exemplarity of a Musical-Theoretical Mnemonic in the Early Sixteenth Century

16:15–17:00

Jessica A. Holmes: Girlhood and Trauma in Princess Nokia’s GIRLS (2025)

All are welcome. No registration is necessary.