CIM08 Abstract Submission

Abstract submission

The abstract submission deadline was 30 November 2007.

All submissions must address the conference theme and have at least two authors who represent different disciplines. These disciplines should preferably, but not necessarily, be selected from our list (e.g., psychology and acoustics, history and performance).

Abstracts should be structured with the following seven headings:

Background in ... (the first main discipline)
Background in ... (the second main discipline)
Aims
Main contribution
Implications
References

In empirical contributions, the “main contribution” should include a summary of method, results and conclusions.

Each submitted abstract should be followed by a short biography (CV) of the (first) two authors. The whole file should not exceed 1000 words, including all headings, names of authors, their affiliations, email addresses and biographies. The preferred format of the presentation (talk or poster) should also be indicated. All submissions must address the conference theme. Abstracts should be submitted in English either as plain text or in an attached document (MS Word). They will be reviewed anonymously by a panel of international experts.

The abstract submission deadline is 30 NOVEMBER 2007.

Abstracts should be submitted to Costas Tsougras by email: tsougras@mus.auth.gr

Further information:

Your submission should be organised as follows:

title (bold, lower case, 5 to 10 words)
authors' names and affiliations
submission date desired presentation format (talk or poster)
main text with bold section headings (see above)
biographies of (first) two authors

Before submitting your abstract, please compare it with our theoretical (word, pdf, text) and empirical (word, pdf, text) examples. Researchers without email are asked to submit from a colleague's computer or from an internet cafe.

Please consider the following suggestions:

Your abstract should be written in such a way that the reviewers can quickly make an informed decision about the suitability of your research for the conference. Describe your research as concisely and specifically as possible. Think about the main questions that expert readers might have about your research, and address those questions.
The title should make clear the interdisciplinary nature of your work. Its length should be between 5 and 10 words.
The disciplines referred to in the two Background sections should preferably be two of the disciplines listed in our table. This will help us to organize conference sessions and to clarify the structure of the abstract booklet. As far as possible, the two disciplines should contrast in both content and methods. If the area in which you are working is more specific than the disciplines listed in our table, please make that clear in the text under the heading - not in the heading itself. Do not refer to one of your disciplines as "musicology", but be more specific, e.g. "Western music history" or "theory and analysis".
The background sections should summarize relevant knowledge in the two main disciplines without directly referring to your specific project.
The Aims section of your abstract should clearly and concisely explain how your work achieves a balanced synergy between the two main disciplines with reference to your specific research question.
The Main contribution section should include a clear statement of your main finding or thesis, and the main evidence or arguments that back it up.
The Implications section should discuss any implications of your research that you consider noteworthy. It may include implications for musical practice or implications for musicological interdisciplinarity.
The biographies must be tabular with two columns and several rows (see sample abstracts). It should be clear from the biographies that the (first) two authors are well qualified to represent the (first) two disciplines.
Your submission must address the specific theme of the conference in question. As such it should also be about music, however defined, and should lead to a better understanding of some musical phenomenon.
Please note that the authors of accepted abstracts will be required to revise them in accordance with the reviewers' comments for publication in the abstract booklet (see dates and deadlines).

Full paper submission:

Guidelines for the full-paper proceedings format can be downloaded here.

Regarding the authors:

The first two authors should represent two of the subdisciplines of musicology in our table. It should be clear from the content and biographies that the background and expertise of the authors are directly relevant to the research question.

The same author may be involved in an unlimited number of abstract submissions as first and/or second author. In the final program, however, no conference participant will be first author of more than one talk and one poster.

Regarding the relationship between the authors:

The first author is generally the one who makes the greatest scholarly contribution to the abstract and presentation.
All email communication regarding academic content of the abstract and presentation will be directed to the first author, who will then be responsible for passing information or questions to the second author.
A student and his or her supervisor may share authorship of a paper; either one may be first author.
We encourage submission of papers by pairs of doctoral students with complementary expertise.
It is not necessary for the first author of a talk or poster to attend the conference; any one or more of the authors may present.
If neither of the two main authors can attend the conference, the presentation will be cancelled.

To help the reviewers evaluate your biographies quickly, please present them in tabular form with two columns and several rows (e.g. in the left column "qualifications", in the right "Bachelor of Music, University of xxx, awarded 1993."; see above links to our theoretical and empirical examples). You are free to invent categories for the left column that highlight specific relevant aspects of your qualifications and experience. Note that reviewers will be asked to take into account only relevant qualifications and experience when rating abstracts.

Symposium contributions

Abstracts may be submitted either individually or in the form of symposia. A symposium is a group of four papers devoted to a specific topic or discipline. A symposium submission comprises four abstracts (each in the same form as individually submitted abstracts) and a short explanatory cover email.

Each individual abstract in a symposium submission will be subject to the same anonymous review procedure as individually submitted abstracts. Reviewer(s) will not be informed about the symposia to which specific abstracts are intended to belong, nor will they be told which authors are also symposium coordinators. The structure of planned symposia may be concealed from reviewers by splitting them among different reviewers.

A symposium will be accepted if

the individual abstracts are accepted and
the conference directors agree that the symposium is coherent.

Otherwise, the conference directors may suggest changes and negotiate with the symposium coordinator to reach a mutually acceptable solution.

Anyone can organize and submit a symposium; the qualifications and experience of the coordinator play no role in the review process. Symposium coordinators

are responsible for ensuring that all requirements for abstract submission are met for each abstract
will be acknowledged in the conference program
are not obliged to attend the conference if they are not presenting a paper

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