2023 ISOCM Conference: Call for Papers
The International Society for Orthodox Church Music is pleased to announce the Tenth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, “O Taste and See that the Lord is Good: Church Music, Food and Nourishment”, held at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu, 12–18 June 2023.
The organizers invite proposals for presentations dealing with different aspects of the general theme: “Church Music, Food and Nourishment”.
Possible topics or areas of exploration include:
Church music and hymnography and the execution thereof as spiritual and/or physical nourishment
The materiality of spiritual nourishment: Holy Communion as a physical manifestation of the nourishment of the spirit
Food metaphors in hymnography
Fast and feast in church music and hymnography
Related questions dealing with Eastern traditions of a liturgical or paraliturgical kind, for example, the kolyva used at memorials for the departed, the Holy Supper served in some traditions at Christmas, artoklasia (litiya), Paschal Artos, the blessing of fruits, and Vasilopita
The understanding of the nourishment provided by food and drink as parallel to that provided by the composition or intoning of spiritual/liturgical texts
Local traditions and transmissions
The programme also allows for free papers.
If you are interested in
giving a presentation of 20 minutes or
presenting a poster,
please submit an abstract of 250 words by 31 January 2023 using our online abstract submission form.
The conference will take place physically, and we encourage everyone to attend in Joensuu. However, we acknowledge possible future challenges in international travel, and are prepared to accommodate some online presentations in the programme of the conference.
The language of the conference is English.
Articles based on the works presented in the conference will be published in the Journal of the ISOCM. It is expected that all presenters submit their papers either for the section of peer-reviewed articles or for the section of conference papers in time for the publication process.
Proposals must be submitted by 31 January 2023. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 28 February 2023, and conference registration will be open 1 February–31 March 2023. Further information will be made available on the conference webpage.
Questions
Contact: Tuuli Lukkala, ISOCM Secretary: isocm.secretary@gmail.com