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The University of Victoria English Department and Heavy Metal UVic invite paper submissions for

Tribe & Rite Conference at University of Victoria November 8-9 

Possible Topics:

The makings and markers of a metalhead | Metal as genre, subculture, counterculture, or tribe | Rites and rituals of regional/historical metal movements | The transformation of metal by academia and vice versa | Generational differences in metal | The influence of metal on other culturalmovements (e.g. punk, hippy), and vice versa | Comparison of metal with other cultural movements | Comparison of subcultures within metal (e.g. the radical politics of crust, the Satanism, neo-paganism, and occultism of black metal) | The future and fate of metal | Inclusive and exclusivebehavior among metalheads| The relationship between metal music and memorabilia

Metal culture celebrates the wild, the grotesque, and the forbidden. We invite papers on these themes from across the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and related disciplines. Papers can draw on lyrics, musical technique, aesthetics (music, fashion, album art), innovations in metal, regional and historical metal movements, and more.

Please send proposals to: metalcon@uvic.ca in Word format by 10/3/14

Include author name(s), department and institution, email address, title of presentation, and an abstract of 50-100 words.

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news on the metal studies front

A couple of interesting announcements in the metal studies arena from the last few weeks...


First, a conferencing opportunity:

The Centre for Women’s Studies and the International Society of Metal Music Scholars present "Metal and Marginalisation: Gender, Race, Class and Other Implications for Hard Rock and Metal" at the University of York, UK, 11th April 2014.

metal events for the scholarly-inclined

For world travelling metal fans and scholars, this fall could be a busy time, with events taking place in Germany, Austria, and the US. None of this is in my budget or schedule, but perhaps some of you other folks have the money, interest and time.

The international congress "Heavy Metal and Gender" will take place at
the University of Music Cologne, 8 to 10 October 2009, with 'celeb' guests Robert Walser, Deena Weinstein, Doro Pesch, Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy), Sabina Classen joining a slew of academic presenters.

A month later, things move south a bit with Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal and Politics (part 2) in Salzburg, Austria, 10 to 12 November 2009.

And to put you in the Christmas spirit... Hideous Gnosis †: Black Metal Theory Symposium (Metal. Theory. Mutual Blackening.) December 12, 2009 in Brooklyn, NY. Expect papers, art, and ideas.

3 days of intellectualizing about metal...

... is actually far more relevant, interesting, and vital than my heading makes it sound.

Heavy Fundamentalisms: Music, Metal, Politics

It was delightful discussing metal with a roomful of people for whom metal is already a common denominator (so we didn't have to waste time explaining or defining the genre). And then to be discussing the complexities of the genre(s) without falling into debates over classification and taste. I would joyfully attend next year - if I had the funding. With the same caveat, I would also happily attend the conference on metal and gender scheduled to take place in Köln next year. (perhaps in a parallel dimension I am attending both)

Potentially in the works, in response to the spurring of Dr. N.W.R. Scott, a paper on ethics, animals, and extreme metal performance...