“TRANS∗Media,” Harvard Graduate Music Forum Conference, Feb 28–Mar 1 2025, Cambridge MA
The Harvard Music Forum is pleased to announce our 2025 graduate conference,
“TRANS∗Media,” taking place February 28th to March 1st at the Department of
Music at Harvard University. This in-person conference features 18
presentations by graduate students and practitioners from diverse disciplines
on the role of music and sound in relating trans∗ness to experiences of moving
across, between, and beyond multiple media forms, technologies, and
narratives, centered around transsexual/transgender experiences and lives.
“TRANS∗Media,” taking place February 28th to March 1st at the Department of
Music at Harvard University. This in-person conference features 18
presentations by graduate students and practitioners from diverse disciplines
on the role of music and sound in relating trans∗ness to experiences of moving
across, between, and beyond multiple media forms, technologies, and
narratives, centered around transsexual/transgender experiences and lives.
The first day features a video art screening and talkback by Nguyễn Tân Hoàng
(University of California, San Diego) and a concert by the Harvard Group for
New Music featuring piano/percussion quartet, Yarn/Wire. The second day
features a roundtable discussion featuring Kaleb Goldschmitt (Wellesley
College), Julián X. Latshang (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences), and Stephan Pennington (Tufts University), and closes with an
address from our keynote speaker, McKenzie Wark (The New School).
Please find details about the conference program and registration (free but
required!) at the following link:
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