AMS-Announce

AMS-Announce is the society's announcement list, which sends posts about conferences, jobs, fellowships, and other items of interest to the musicological community. While AMS members are strongly encouraged to subscribe to AMS-Announce, subscription is not connected to membership and is open to all. Members must subscribe to AMS-Announce proactively; it is not automatic.

Please note the following submission guidelines (see below for full complete details):

• posts may be no more than 2,500 characters in length: summarize and point to a web site for details
• a repeat or reminder post can be sent, but it must be at least six weeks after initial post, and no "correction" posts are sent: proofread carefully!
• make it easy for readers to quickly see what it's about: put key information (title, conference date, location, cfp deadline, web site) at the top of the post
• amend email addresses thus: xyz -at- domain.com (to remove the @ symbol)
• proofread carefully: "correction" posts are not accepted
  

A confirmation page will display following successful submission of the form.

This is a free service for those wishing to advertise jobs, fellowships, conferences, and other announcements. Membership in the AMS is not required, but we encourage readers to join and support AMS activities.

Contact the AMS Office for assistance, including unsubscribing, changing your email address, etc.

AMS-Announce subscription Options

AMS-Announce subscription is completely separate from AMS membership. There are three ways to subscribe (bulletin board mirrors): 

1) AMS-Announce via email distribution list (Listserv)

To subscribe to the email distribution list, use the form available here.

This version of the list has the advantage of being advertising-free. 

Posts are archived at Google Groups (see below).

2) Musicology-announce via Google Groups

This list is hosted via Google. It has e-mail options similar to (1) above, with the advantage of an easily searchable web-based archive. It includes Google's standard advertising.

Visit the Google Groups Musicology-Announce-2 page to see previous posts at this site.

You may also subscribe to the Google musicology-announce-2 group via RSS feed.

To receive a digest of announcements, adjust your subscription options in "My membership settings."

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For a bulletin board that focuses on conferences in musicology (chronological order), see the Music Conferences page maintained by J.P.E. Harper-Scott.

For a listing of ongoing grants and fellowships, see the AMS Ongoing Grants and Fellowships page.

The AMS maintains a separate web page for new books in musicology.

Posting guidelines: Details

Size of posts: Posts should be clear and short, directing interested readers to a web site for fuller information wherever possible. Posts longer than three hundred words (JOURNAL CONTENTS posts excepted) are subject to editing or rejection. Posts with nonfunctioning URL references will be rejected. (Rationale: readers tend to avoid longer posts, web sites work well for details, and short posts save bandwidth.)

Repetition of information: "Reminder" posts may be submitted no more than once for any given announcement. Reminder posts will be fewer than fifty words and will refer interested readers to a web site and the original AMS-Announce post. Reminder posts may be submitted six or more weeks after the date of the original post. (Rationale: list readers tire of repetition and the purpose of the list is undermined if too much repetition occurs.) 

Conference Announcements: Each event may have one Call for Papers (CFP) with a reminder and one Conference (CONF) announcement with a reminder during a twelve-month period.

Keep the post short and to the point, and use a URL to direct readers to a web site with full information.

For the convenience of subscribers, posts are prefixed by category: CONF, CFP, JOB, FWP, ANNOUNCEMENT, JOURNAL CONTENTS at the time they are sent.

For all CONF and CFP notices, please note the preferred format:

Conference title (spell out acronyms)
     [Deadline, if CFP]
     Conference dates
     Conference web site URL
     Conference venue (institution and city)
     Details

Posts must be no more than 300 words in total length

Please proofread your announcements carefully. It is impossible to "unsend" an email.

Topics: AMS-Announce posts should be clearly related to musicology and related subjects of more than mere local interest. Topics such as jobs in musicology, musicology-related conferences, grants, fellowships, or important musicological events are appropriate. Job postings unrelated to musicology, event announcements unlikely to be of widespread interest, and the like are not appropriate for this list. Posts concerning commercial products and services are not accepted.

Formatting: Posts may be sent in "plain text" or HTML markup.

Emend all email addresses as follows: "xxx -at- xxx.xxx", i.e. substitute " -at- " for the "@" sign.

Subject headers are regularized, e.g. for conferences: title, institution and/or city, month, year

Attachments or images are not sent to the list.

To have an item posted, please use the submission form. Due to the nature of the list and the volume of posts, the AMS cannot send "confirmation" posts or enter into extensive correspondence regarding posts. Those seeking to confirm postings should look in the archives (links above).

Posts cannot be removed once posted.

Appeals to AMS-Announce Decisions. Decision appeals may be made to the AMS Communications Committee. The petitioner should explain why the announcement decision made by the AMS office staff should be overturned, and provide background correspondence in support of the appeal. The Committee on Communications, in consultation with the AMS office staff involved with the initial decision, will consider such an appeal and respond within two weeks. The decision of the Communications Committee is final.

Further information: Please contact the AMS Office if other questions arise.

AMS Forum at Humanities Commons

AMS Forum is the Society's place for musicology discussion. To subscribe, see the info page.