Subject: Travel grants: Rhythm Workshop, Abu Dhabi, March 18-21, 2013 From: Juan Bello <jpbello@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:39:51 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_3A302D74-66FD-492B-8B76-9FE4ED3E3E58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 (Apologies for any cross-posting; Please distribute to your students and = colleagues) Dear all, Under the sponsorship of New York University=92s Abu Dhabi Institute, we = are organizing an invitation-only workshop in Abu Dhabi, United Arab = Emirates, on the cross-disciplinary and multicultural aspects of musical = rhythm, especially those found in the traditions of the Middle East, = Africa, and Asia.=20 The four-day workshop will be held in a hotel in Abu Dhabi from Monday = March 18 to Thursday March 21, 2013, and will bring together some 25 = leading world scholars invited to lecture and discuss their research, as = well as investigate musical rhythm in non-western music, from a variety = of different academic standpoints. The list of confirmed participants = include David Huron, Justin London, Stephen McAdams, Xavier Serra, Kofi = Agawu, Edward Large and many others from the fields of music theory, = musicology, music information retrieval, music perception and = neuroscience. As part of this initiative we would like to invite applications for 10 = travel grants to attend this workshop. The grants include travel = expenses and accommodation, as well as full access to all workshop = activities and meals. These grants are open to everyone, but preference = will be given to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers = committed to multidisciplinary and multicultural research in music. In = exchange, we will ask the grant recipients to help us document all = discussions and workshop activities, report back to plenary sessions = with their notes and comments, and to actively contribute their = viewpoints to the workshop.=20 If you are interested, please send your resume and a cover letter = explaining how do you see yourself contributing/benefiting from the = workshop to Juan Pablo Bello (jpbello@xxxxxxxx). We will start reviewing = applications after November 1, and continue until all grants have been = allocated. best wishes, Juan P. Bello, Carlos Guedes, Robert Rowe and Godfried Toussaint Workshop Organizers --Apple-Mail=_3A302D74-66FD-492B-8B76-9FE4ED3E3E58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>(Apologies for any cross-posting; Please distribute to your = students and colleagues)</div><div><br></div>Dear = all,<div><br></div><div><div>Under the sponsorship of New York = University=92s Abu Dhabi Institute, we are organizing an = invitation-only workshop in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the = cross-disciplinary and multicultural aspects of musical rhythm, = especially those found in the traditions of the Middle = East, Africa, and Asia. </div><div><br></div><div>The four-day = workshop will be held in a hotel in Abu Dhabi from Monday March 18 = to Thursday March 21, 2013, and will bring together some 25 leading = world scholars invited to lecture and discuss their research, as = well as investigate musical rhythm in non-western music, from a = variety of different academic standpoints. The list of confirmed = participants include David Huron, Justin London, Stephen McAdams, Xavier = Serra, Kofi Agawu, Edward Large and many others from the fields of music = theory, musicology, music information retrieval, music perception and = neuroscience.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of this initiative we = would like to invite applications for 10 travel grants to attend this = workshop. The grants include travel expenses and accommodation, as well = as full access to all workshop activities and meals. These grants are = open to everyone, but preference will be given to graduate students and = post-doctoral researchers committed to multidisciplinary and = multicultural research in music. In exchange, we will ask the grant = recipients to help us document all discussions and workshop activities, = report back to plenary sessions with their notes and comments, and to = actively contribute their viewpoints to the = workshop. </div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested, please = send your resume and a cover letter explaining how do you see yourself = contributing/benefiting from the workshop to Juan Pablo Bello (<a = href=3D"mailto:jpbello@xxxxxxxx">jpbello@xxxxxxxx</a>). We will start = reviewing applications after November 1, and continue until all grants = have been allocated.</div><div><br></div><div>best = wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Juan P. 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