Conference 
Listening to Fear: Music, Emotion, and Crisis in Eurasia, 1550–1750

6–8 May 2026
Festsaal (Seilerstätte 26, 1010 Vienna) 

 

Organizers:
Dr. Linda Pearse, Canada Research Chair in Music, Contact, and Conflict, Mount Allison University
Dr. Marie Louise Herzfeld-Schild, Professor of Music, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)
Dr. Scott L. Edwards, Assistant Professor, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)

Keynote Speakers:
Andreas Bähr, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder, GER)
Alexander Fisher, University of British Columbia (CAN)
Nina (Ergin) Macaraig, previously Koç University (TUR), independent scholar
Jacob Olley, Durham University (UK)
Bettina Varwig, Cambridge University (UK)

The final program will be published soon.