CFP: Transnational Musical and Theatrical Influence in the 18th-century Atlantic World
May 28-31, 2026
Location: Royal Building of Mafra – The National Music Museum (near Lisbon, Portugal)
This international conference, jointly sponsored by the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM) and Divino Sospiro-Centro de Estudos Musicais Setecentistas de Portugal (DS-CEMSP), will explore transnational musical and theatrical influence in the 18th-century Atlantic world. The conference will be held at the Royal Building of Mafra in collaboration with the National Music Museum, recently installed at Mafra, near Lisbon. We invite proposals and presentations on historical, cultural, analytical, and pedagogical approaches to this topic, especially within the following thematic areas:
Presentations may be:
To submit a proposal:
The official conference languages are English and Portuguese.
The extended deadline for proposals is December 15, 2025. Please upload an anonymized file that includes the title and abstract of presentation (250 words) using this Google form. Only one submission per author will be considered. The committee’s decision will be announced by January 2026.
For questions, please contact conference organizers Dr. Danielle Kuntz and Dr. Iskrena Yordanova at secm.dscemsp2026@gmail.com.
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