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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · 11d

North American Conference on Video Game Music (NACVGM) 13 Conference CFP (Formats: Paper Presentation, Poster/Game Demo/Sound Art Installation, Performance)

Dates: May 1–2, 2026
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Troy, NY (in person & virtual)

Deadline: November 21 2025

nacvgm.org/proposals/

Proposals – North American Conference on Video game Music

nacvgm.org

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Aug 6

It is fall syllabus time: any fav music/sound and fandom chapters/articles/readings?

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Jun 26

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Popular Music and Society Taylor Swift
Guest Edited by Sarai Brinker, Kate Galloway, and Elizabeth Scala

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · May 27

The special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies coedited by myself and Janine Bower appears to be out. Here is a link to the table of contents intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

1-2: Playing with Voice: Listening for Audio-Visual Expressions and Representations of Voice, Vocality and Speech Acts in Games | Intellect

Intellect Discover is the platform where Intellect's content lives: Browse publications for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.

intellectdiscover.com

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Apr 8

Another copy out in the world!

Chelsea Burns @burnschelsea.bsky.social · Apr 8

Got it in my hot little hands at last! So grateful to @pch9857.bsky.social, @kategalloway.bsky.social, and Christa Bentley for the work of putting it all together! In my TSwift Era, obvs.

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Chelsea Burns @burnschelsea.bsky.social · Apr 8

Got it in my hot little hands at last! So grateful to @pch9857.bsky.social, @kategalloway.bsky.social, and Christa Bentley for the work of putting it all together! In my TSwift Era, obvs.

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Apr 8

I’m so glad they sent the paperback instead of the hardcover indicated in the contracts I think because this version has THE cover!

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Mar 25

Another plug of the collection www.routledge.com/Taylor-Swift...

Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans

From studio albums to stadium tours, Taylor Swift is a record-setting pop artist whose impacts are outsized and global in scale. At the same time, she has cultivated an audience base that finds her, h...

www.routledge.com

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · Feb 18

Pre-orders now open: www.routledge.com/Taylor-Swift...

Taylor Swift: The Star, The Songs, The Fans

From studio albums to stadium tours, Taylor Swift is a record-setting pop artist whose impacts are outsized and global in scale. At the same time, she has cultivated an audience base that finds her, h...

www.routledge.com

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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · Jan 8

On behalf of Sensory Studies legend & ringleader David Howes, re-sharing the Uncommon Senses V cfp, happening May 7-10 @ Concordia U in Montreal. Deadline is Jan 20. A wonderful conf & v welcoming community. Please circulate & happy to answer questions!
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...

Call for Papers: Uncommon Senses V - Concordia University

www.concordia.ca

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Dec 12

evergreen thread
(see what i did there)

Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Dec 23

i suppose there’s nothing I can do to convince the local radio station that the Pentatonix cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is not Christmas music