{"id":40802216541,"date":"2017-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/bruce-springsteens-darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-an-international-symposium\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:00:00","slug":"bruce-springsteens-darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-an-international-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/bruce-springsteens-darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-an-international-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s Darkness on the Edge of Town: An International Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/p>\n<h3>Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music<br \/>Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ<\/h3>\n<p> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are cordially invited to submit abstracts and\/or panel suggestions for an international scholarly conference devoted to the life, work, and influence of Bruce Springsteen, particularly in relation to his legendary    <em>Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/em>    album. To submit an abstract, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/cmt3.research.microsoft.com\/BSDETAIS2018\" title=\"https:\/\/cmt3.research.microsoft.com\/BSDETAIS2018\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cmt3.research.microsoft.com\/BSDETAIS2018<\/a>, create a new account and add a new submission. Abstracts should be 150-250 words in length to ensure full consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held from April 12-15, 2018, at Monmouth University. The festivities will include various live acts, as well as keynote addresses by rock critics and figures from the music industry. Learn more about the symposium <a href=\"http:\/\/monmouth.edu\/mca\/event\/springsteenconference18.asp\" title=\"here\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Papers will be considered for, but certainly not limited to, the session rubrics below. Full-panel submissions are also encouraged. The deadline for abstract submission is <strong>HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 5, 2018.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Possible subjects include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Springsteen and American Roots Music Traditions<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Citizenship<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Critical Theory<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Dylan<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Education<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Gender<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Musicianship<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Performance<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Politics<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Iconography<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and the American Pastoral<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and the Music Business<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and the Politics of Culture<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and Work and Class<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen and\/as Literature<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen as Narrative Poet<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen in the 21st Century<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen on War<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen&#8217;s Musical Contemporaries<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen&#8217;s Musical Influences<\/li>\n<li>Springsteen&#8217;s Musical Legacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monmouth University is a member of the GRAMMY Museum&#8217;s affiliate program.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Ken Womack, Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, at <a href=\"mailto:kwomack@monmouth.edu\">kwomack@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are cordially invited to submit abstracts and\/or panel suggestions for an international scholarly conference devoted to the life, work, and influence of Bruce Springsteen, particularly in relation to his legendary Darkness on the Edge of Town album. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40802224795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,16,19,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40802216541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-for-american-music","category-center-for-the-arts","category-music-and-theatre-arts","category-uncategorized"],"subheadline":"Call for Abstracts and Panel Suggestions - DEADLINE EXTENDED!","youtube":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2017\/12\/newsthumbConversation-with-Bruce-1.gif","gallery":null,"featured_img":"<img width=\"1400\" height=\"600\" style=\"object-position: 64.995% 35.725%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2017\/12\/Conversation-with-Bruce-1.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802216541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802216541"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802216541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802224810,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802216541\/revisions\/40802224810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802224795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802216541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802216541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802216541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}