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To attend the conference
If you would like to join us, please click the button below to request the Zoom link, as well as the full conference program with abstracts. The link and program will be sent to you on Thursday, October 1.
Add the conference to your personal calendar!
About our Keynote Speakers
We are thrilled to be joined by our distinguished keynote speakers: Dr. Kyra Gaunt (University at Albany), and Dr. Martha Feldman (University of Chicago)!
Follow the links below to view their official faculty pages and learn more about their work.
Dr. Kyra Gaunt
Keynote I: Friday, October 2, 4:00
The 'Sweet Virgin P*ssy' of Tween Twerking: Music as Sexual Violence Against Black Girls on YouTube
Dr. Gaunt's lecture is sponsored by the Colloquium Series of the Department of Music at CWRU.
Visit Dr. Gaunt's faculty page here for more information.
Dr. Martha Feldman
Photo by Valerie Booth O.
Keynote II: Saturday, October 3, 4:00
The Castrato Phantom: Masculinity and the Sacred Vernacular in Twentieth-Century Rome
Dr. Feldman's lecture is sponsored by the Department of Music, and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.
Visit Dr. Feldman's faculty page here for more information.
About our Sponsors
"Character, Caricature, Characterization" is a graduate student conference, featuring current and recent graduate students in various areas of music scholarship. It was organized through the efforts of the Music Graduate Student Association, but it would be impossible without the generous support from our sponsors:
The Case Western Reserve University Department of Music
For More Information
For more information, you may contact the following people:
Event Information: Kevin Whitman (kbw29@case.edu)
Program Information: Bethany Nickel (bjn43@case.edu)
Information about Case Western, Cleveland, or our academic programs: Kelli Minelli (kxm551@case.edu) or Anna O'Connell (amo38@case.edu)
Information about the Music Graduate Student Association: Madelaine Matej MacQueen (mam474@case.edu)
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