Applicant deadline nears for 'Music as Resistance to Genocide' workshop at University of Southern California

Applicant deadline nears for 'Music as Resistance to Genocide' workshop at University of Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scholars have until March 1 to submit applications for presenting their work at an international workshop this fall titled "Music as Resistance to Genocide" at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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Organized by the Center for Advanced Genocide Research (http://sfi.usc.edu/cagr) at the USC Shoah Foundation in collaboration with the USC Thornton School of Music, the event on Oct. 26, 2015 will aim to enhance the understanding of how to resist genocidal processes.

The Center is soliciting applications from scholars for papers focused on the general question: "What role does music play for individuals or groups of people to effectively resist genocide or other forms of mass violence?"

The forum is open to researchers of any discipline whose work explores the Holocaust or other genocides such as the ones committed in Guatemala, Cambodia and Rwanda, as well as incidents of systematic mass violence against a minority population. The workshop will include paper presentations and discussions as well as musical performances.

The Center seeks the following:

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