[Commlist] CfP 9th Rhythm Changes Conference Amsterdam August 2025

The ninth Rhythm Changes international jazz studies conference, Jazz 
Futures, will take place at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Amsterdam 
University of the Arts) from 28 to 31 August 2025, in conjunction with 
the University of Amsterdam and IMPRODECO (Improvised Music and 
Decolonisation project, Utrecht University).

This four-day multidisciplinary conference features keynotes, academic 
papers and panels and brings together researchers, writers, musicians, 
critics, and others interested in jazz studies.

 From the moment it surfaced, jazz held a promise of progress, 
innovation, and novelty, embraced by modernists around the globe. At the 
same time, it was declared dead just a few years after it first appeared 
on record. With each new development and technology (from multi-tracking 
to AI), the naysayers have lamented that jazz had now taken a wrong 
turn, while others thought the latest direction would lead the music 
into a new and bright future. Neo- and retro-genres, next to fusions and 
crossovers, have triggered – and continue to trigger – similar debates. 
Jazz studies have moved with those shifting discourses, too, 
interrogating some of their premises but ignoring others. Inevitably, 
ideas about the future of jazz hold ideas about its past. At stake are 
the relevance and urgency of the music and, by extension, its future.

We welcome papers addressing the conference theme from multiple 
perspectives, including cultural studies, musicology, cultural theory, 
music analysis, jazz history, media studies, and practice-based 
research. We particularly welcome contributors who identify as women or 
gender diverse and from other under-represented groups and communities 
within jazz studies and academia more generally.

For information about conference sub-themes and how to submit a proposal 
go to rhythmchanges.net <https://rhythmchanges.net/>


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