ICTMD Belgium

We end 2025 with our 5th Symposium "200 years of Traditional Music and Dance in Belgium" today at the Mimbrussels ✨️

Registration is now open for the 5th ICTMD Belgium Symposium!
Join us for discussions on 200 years of traditional musical and dance in Belgium on the 19th of December in the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels.

Register on before 14 December: https://forms.gle/EiYTvFVpwbiC9gLx5
Programma and more information below ⬇️

Extended deadline: submit your proposal for the 5th ICTMD Belgium symposium before Sunday 2 November and join the discussion about 200 years of traditional music and dance in Belgium. See you in December!

Camille Devineau et Mahalia Lasibille ont le plaisir de vous faire parvenir le programme de notre journée d’étude « Danses, musiques et émotions : construire un personnage par des pratiques sensibles » du jeudi 6 novembre qui aura lieu au Campus Condorcet-Centre de colloques (Aubervilliers, ligne 12 Arrêt Front populaire, sortie 2 Waldeck Rochet), salle 3.05 (3ème étage). Cette JE se tiendra sous forme hybride. Si vous ne pouvez pas vous déplacer il vous sera donc possible de la suivre à distance via le lien de connexion que vous trouverez ci-dessous ainsi que dans le flyer.

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🪘 Call for Papers for the 5th symposium of ICTMD Belgium

We invite researchers, performers, teachers, educators, and others involved in the transmission of music and dance. The aim of the symposium is to exchange ideas, experiences, and and questions coming from both academic and nonacademic contexts related to 200 years of music and dance traditions in Belgium.

Practical:
- 19 December 2025 at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels
- Deadline abstracts: 26 October 2025

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The Francophone RTBF is considering reducing the activity of ‘Le Monde est un village’, a programme devoted to music and traditions on a prime-time channel (La Première). This will have a major impact on the visibility of cultural diversity in French-speaking Belgium. Please take note of the petition launched by the Belgian Worldwide Music Network, sign it and circulate it.

https://www.petitionenligne.net/lemondeestunvillage?fbclid=IwY2xjawKsFzRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkeHBvYmdoYlZiOGUyd2xqAR5JW_HyQauNwWmBb3CCdRQVeEeZJmgTKXjZmMDezh7oTdZT4M__ezGj31TuuQ_aem_zY_66tHrs1op_6V9VVpvkQ

Le Monde est un Village: sauvons le secteur des musiques du monde Le Monde est un Village : sauvons le secteur des musiques du monde   Le Belgian Worldwide Music Network représente les intérêts du secteur de la worldwide music, également connu sous le nom de musiques du monde (le terme worldwide music est utilisé pour ê...

Tonight @ KU Leuven, ethnomusocologist Stéphane Aubinet will give the talk 'What Can a Melody Do? Animal and Personal Songs among the Sámi of Norway'.
Feel free to join us at 6pm at KU Leuven - room 03.09, Magister Sencie-Instituut (MSI), 2 Erasmusplein, 3000 Leuven ✨️

https://www.ictmd-belgium.be/agenda