The London Sound Seminar offers an opportunity for research students and faculty in London to explore issues relating to the history and theory of all forms of sound-making and auditory culture.

All meetings are in room 308, Department of English and Humanities Building, 30 Russell Square, London WC1

Thursday 12th November, 4.00 pm
Sound in Film
James Lastra, ‘Reading, Writing, and Representing Sound’, in Sound Theory/Sound Practice, ed. Rick Altman (London: Routledge, 1992), pp.65-86
Michel Chion, Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen, ed. and trans. by Claudia Gorbman (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp.89-109
Tom Levin, ‘The Acoustic Dimension: Notes on Cinema Sound’, Screen, 25 (1984): 55-68

Monday 30 November, 4.00 pm
Music and Postmodernity
Jean-François Lyotard, ‘Music and Postmodernity’, trans. David Bennett, New Formations, 66 (2009): 37-45
David Bennett, ‘Lyotard, Post-Politics and Riotous Music’, New Formations, 66 (2009): 46-57

Monday 7 December, 4.00 pm
Listening to Listening
Jonathan Gross, ‘An Ethnography of the Proms: Interim Report’
If you would like to join the London Sound Seminar or help develop its activities, please contact Steven Connor