“You are beautiful, no matter what they say” Sentimental Ballads in Popular Music
13th – 14th September
University of Siegen, Campus Unteres Schloss
Building US-S, Obergraben 25
Please register to attend the symposium by emailing theresa.nink@uni-siegen.de.
Programm
09:30 – 10:00
Get in and coffee
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome and Introduction to the program.
Prof. Dr. Florian Heesch and Theresa Nink
10:30 – 11:15
Keynote
Dr. Emily Gale: What’s Love Got to Do With It? Sentimentality and the Politics of Excess in Anglo-American Pop Song
11:15 – 11:45
Dr. Gay J. Breyley: “Your absence a catastrophe”: Multivalence in Googoosh's 1975 ballad 'Fellow Traveller' (Hamsafar).
11:45 – 12:15
Coffee break
12:15 – 12:45
Dr. Toivo Burlin: “What my dream is beautiful, you are so young and warm and bright, the sun in your hair, a farewell at your house” The sentimental romantic songs of Calle Jularbo.
12:45 – 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 – 15:00
Rena Janßen: Ballads in Heartbreak High – A Reproduction of Patriarchy or “Leaning
Into Diversity”?
15:00 – 15:30
PD Dr. Knut Holtsträter: From Great Monologue to Television Chamber Play. Some Analytical Findings on Michael Bolton’s “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and its Transformation into a Music Video.
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Panel: Sentimental Songs as Political Interventions.
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul: Singing (Sentimental Songs) to the President
Elsa-Margareta Venzmer: “You’re My Best Friend”? Queerbaiting through Sentimental Ballads in Contemporary Buddy TV Series and Its Affective Impact on Fan Practices: Exemplified by Queen Songs in Good Omens.
Hana Vrdoljak: “Tears Dropping from the Barbed Wire”: Hip Hop Sentimentality and Prison Abolitionism
Andrew Wildermuth: “We,” “You,” and “Me”: Pronouns, Protest, and Baez–Dylan in D.C.
18:30
Dinner
09:30 – 10:00
Get in and coffee
10:00 – 10:30
Patricia Marie U. Dizon: Balada ng Pagsinta: The Filipino Vocal Sentiment in The Indonesian Music Industry Through Christian Bautista’s Ballads.
10:30 – 11:00
Giordano Calvi: Remaking 'Amandoti' (Loving you). Musical migrations of a song that was not born 'pop'.
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00
End discussion
13:00 – 14:30
Joint lunch at Mensa Unteres Schloss
15:00 – 15:45
(also part of GFPM-Conference)
Keynote by Prof. Éric Maigret: Masculine performances of ballads.
US-C Building.
Further information on the GFPM- Conference