The Electric Guitar in Popular Music Conference 2024

The Electric Guitar in Popular Music conference will take place at Canterbury Christ Church University from 11 to 12 July 2024. Proposals are invited for presentations as follows:

Papers and presentations may focus on any aspect relevant to the conference’s over-arching theme - to present research in the field of the electric guitar’s role and use in popular music, including jazz, be that historical, contextual, analytical, pedagogical, technological, composition or performance-based. We are particularly interested in papers which relate to the following themes:

• Electric Guitar Soloing and Tonal Improvisation
• Electric Guitar as Rhythm and Texture
• Electric Guitar Design and Technology
• Electric Guitar Culture
• Electric Guitar Technique

Please send proposals to electricguitarconference@canterbury.ac.uk in the following format:

• Individual papers – 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions
• Individual papers which include live performance elements - 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions

The deadline for submissions is 15^th April 2024.
A draft conference programme will be published by mid-May 2024.

Conference bookings will open mid-May 2024.

Conference Panel

• Dr James Dean (Chair, Canterbury Christ Church University)
• Dr Kate Lewis (Brunel University London)
• Professor Murray Smith (University of Kent)
• Dr Ben Curry (University of Birmingham)

Acceptance of proposals will be at the discretion of the conference panel. Please provide your abstracts as a WORD doc, preceded by information under the following headings:

• Name
• Institution (as appropriate)
• Postal address
• Phone
• Email Address
• Presentation type (paper or paper including live performance demonstrations)
• Title