Mystic Seaport's 30th Annual Symposium "MUSIC OF THE SEA" Sponsored by Mystic Seaport Museum, The United States Coast Guard Academy, and the University of Connecticut at Avery Point

We are seeking proposals for papers in History, Folklore, Literature, Ethnomusicology, or other appropriate disciplines that address any aspect of music or verse of the sea or inland waters from the Age of Sail through the present day. The two-day symposium is part of a three-day event whose focus celebrates the lives and work of sailors through musical performance.

The Friday, June 12, session will be held at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and the Saturday session, June 13, at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut.

Topics of interest have included: shipboard work songs, songs of maritime or other occupational trades, seafaring cultures and cultural change, ethnicity and ethnic influences, cultural exchanges, ballad and broadside traditions, technology, regional interests, and popular culture.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE is March 13, 2008. Audiovisually illustrated presentations are welcome. Papers selected must be submitted in final form by May 8th.

Graduate students are encouraged to submit a proposal.