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St. Thomas University Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The St. Thomas University School of Law Legal Research Paper Series focuses on interdisciplinary legal scholarship from members of the Law Faculty. Located in Miami Gardens, Florida, St. Thomas University is a Catholic University that emphasizes lifelong learning and scholarship, under Catholic auspices. The published eJournal will include Faculty papers selected for publication, including but not limited to works on international law, human rights, tax law, constitutional law, health law, education law, criminal law, gender studies, equal rights, canon law, and environmental law.

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A Short Tribute to Larry Ribstein

I am personally and professionally saddened at the sudden passing of my friend, Larry E. Ribstein, Mildred van Voorhis Jones Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, a pre-eminent scholar in the field of LLCs and other unincorporated business associations, and the editor of our Corporate Law: Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities eJournal. We will miss his prodigious scholarship, his unflagging energy, his perceptive and provocative commentary on many subjects, and his iconoclastic style. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, colleagues, and friends.

I am grateful that Professor Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, of Suffolk Law School, Larry’s co-author on the casebook, Unincorporated Business Entities, has agreed to take over as the editor of Larry’s journal.

Professor Lipshaw has proposed that we rename the journal as Corporate Law: LLCs, Close Corporations, Partnerships, and Other Private Enterprises. I think Larry would have approved this new name, which emphasizes LLCs and closely held firms more generally. He would be the first to tell you that no one ought to form a partnership any more, and indeed, few people do.

Please see below for the new journal title and description, and information on how to subscribe.

Bernie Black
Managing Editor, SSRN

CORPORATE LAW: LLCs, CLOSE CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, & OTHER PRIVATE ENTERPRISES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, Associate Professor, Suffolk University Law School

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts related to LLCs, close corporations, partnerships, and other private enterprises. This includes the law, economics, history and policy of closely-held corporations and non-corporate firms, including partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, and similar entities both in the US and around the world. Specific topics include private law matters such as governance, fiduciary duties, formation, litigation, arbitration, choice of law, exit, dissolution, transfer, creditors’ rights, and limited liability. They also include public law matters such as bankruptcy, employment discrimination, securities regulation, competition law, and professional regulation. Articles may also focus on types of businesses or other relationships that commonly organize as limited liability companies, close corporations, partnerships or other unincorporated business entities, including venture capital, professional services, real estate, finance, family firms, domestic relationships and public-private enterprises.

Announcing 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2011 Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the Institute of Global Finance at the University of New South Wales, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) 2011 Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The AFBC is an annual event organized by the School of Banking and Finance in conjunction with the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. The event aims to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in finance and banking fields, and draws a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney every December. The conference runs over three days and includes plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers, break-out sessions, social events, a Business Forum, a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a session for PhD students, and other initiatives such as the Networking Women in Finance session that discusses gender initiatives in the field. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Annual Conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

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National Research University Higher School of Economics Joins Economics Departments Research Papers

We are pleased to announce the National Research University Higher School of Economics has started an Economics Departments Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) was established in 1992 with the purpose to promote economic and social reforms in Russia through education of a new generation of researchers and practitioners, production and dissemination of modern economic knowledge among Russian business and government. Nowadays the HSE is an absolute leader in the academic fields of economics among Russian universities. The strategic goal is to make the HSE the foremost centre for research and education, analysis, consulting and design in the field of social and economic science that would join the line of leading global research universities. Higher School of Economics Research Paper Series were established to provide our faculty with additional communication means with their colleagues, providing accessible way to distribute and discuss their research within the global research community.

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Western New England University Upgrades Its Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

We are pleased to announce Western New England University School of Law has upgraded its basic series to a full series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies.

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series journal contains abstracts and research papers of the Western New England University School of Law faculty. Founded in 1919 as part of the Springfield Division of Northeastern University and incorporated as part of Western New England University in 1951, the School of Law has grown and matured into an institution known for providing a legal education that emphasizes a blending of theoretical and practical learning.

Announcing 4 New MRN Organizational Behavior Subject Matter eJournals

We are pleased to announce four new MRN Organizational Behavior Research Network (ORG) Subject Matter eJournals:
Innovation & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Interorganizational Networks & Organizational Behavior eJournal;
Public Sector Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal; and
Strategy & Organizational Behavior eJournal.

INNOVATION & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on innovation and organizational behavior. The research in the eJournal includes both historical and contemporary research pertaining to innovation and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature and may address any of the phases of the innovation process, including development, adoption, resistance, implementation, and diffusion. The purpose of the eJournal is to enhance understanding of how and why individuals acting in organizations influence innovation.

INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on interorganizational networks and organizational behavior. Submitted papers may be conceptual or empirical in nature. The purpose of this eJournal is to enhance understanding of the impact of interorganizational network structures on the individuals who work within those structures as well as the consequences of the actions taken by those individuals on organizational outcomes and effectiveness. Interorganizational networks can support or constrain individual behavior in organizations and may be viewed from multiple perspectives including, but not limited to, theories related to resource dependence and access, trust, power and control, and signaling.

PUBLIC SECTOR STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the public sector, including nonprofit organizations, governments and governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, modes of strategy, execution of strategy, and evaluation of the results of strategic actions.

STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR eJOURNAL
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Editor: David C. Logan (University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, and CultureSync)

Description: This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that focus on competitive strategy in relation to organizational behavior within the for-profit sector.

NBER Announces Free Access to Papers Older than Three Years

SSRN partners with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to provide access to their research and we are happy to share the NBER’s recent announcement below.

Effective January 1, 2012, all NBER working papers that were distributed prior to a three year “moving wall” are available for open access on the NBER website. They are also available at no charge through SSRN.

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UNSW Upgrades to Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies Series

We are pleased to announce that University of New South Wales Faculty of Law has upgraded from a Partners in Publishing relationship to a full series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FACULTY OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series (UNSWLRS) provides a forum for Faculty members, including academics, visiting fellows and postgraduate researchers to disseminate in-progress research, conference papers, book chapters, government submissions and published peer-reviewed articles. The papers included in the series are equally diverse, with topics ranging from distributed denial of service attacks to taxation, the rule of law to non-government organisations, high seas fisheries and law school mentoring programs.

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University of Eastern Finland Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

We are pleased to announce the University of Eastern Finland has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND DEPARTMENT OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) Department of Law is an active continuously developing academic community, known for its interdisciplinary research profile and active research cooperation. The focus areas for developing the Department’s research activities include transnational law (especially Russian and European Law), empirical legal studies and multidisciplinary environmental law. The University of Eastern Finland Department of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series covers research papers from all subject areas by members of the UEF Department of Law (and doctoral students and visiting scholars).

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Loyola University New Orleans Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

We are pleased to announce Loyola University New Orleans has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper Series in Legal Studies contains the recent scholarship of the College’s faculty. Established in 1914 in the Jesuit tradition of academic rigor, pursuit of justice, and service to others, the College of Law educates future members of the Bar to be skilled advocates and sensitive counselors-at-law who are committed to ethical norms in pursuit of dignity for all. The College of Law faculty is a community of scholars committed to excellence in teaching and scholarship, and the content of this Research Paper Series will reflect their broad and diverse areas of interest.

Announcing the CELS 2011: 6th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Online Proceedings

In cooperation with the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS), the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the CELS 2011 6th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies online proceedings. The proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of publicly available papers to be presented at the conference with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

CELS 2011: 6th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
The CELS 2011 conference is sponsored by the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS), the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Law, and the American Bar Foundation. The conference features original empirical and experimental legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields.

You can browse all abstracts for publicly available papers to be presented at CELS 2011 in the SSRN database at:
http://www.ssrn.com/link/CELS-2011.html.

You may also visit the CELS 2011 conference website at:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/conferences/cels-2011.

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Announcing Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI – AFFI Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute) and AFFI (French Finance Association), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The traditional annual Paris December International Finance Meeting is organized by EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute, which develops European stock exchange databases that are useful to finance researchers) and AFFI (French Finance Association, a network of researchers, teachers and practitioners specialized in financial management), and jointly sponsored by the CDC Institute for Economic Research, CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and Fondation Banque de France pour la Recherche en Economie Monetaire, Financiere et Bancaire.

This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the meeting. Abstracts of the papers will also be distributed in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

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Texas A&M University Mays Business School Joins MRN Business School Research Papers

We are pleased to announce the Texas A&M University Mays Business School has started an MRN Business School Research Papers series within the Management Research Network (MRN).

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The faculty members of Mays Business School at Texas A&M University are known for the quality and impact of their research in both the academic and business worlds. These same faculty bring their energy, curiosity and skills to the classroom each and every day. They contribute to the overall mission of Texas A&M to be a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers, and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state and the nation. Mays is fully accredited by AACSB. Its degree programs include BBA, Masters of Science, Full-Time and Professional MBA, Executive MBA, PhD, and non-degree executive education programs

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Announcing Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI – AFFI Abstracting eJournal

In cooperation with EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute) and AFFI (French Finance Association), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The traditional annual Paris December International Finance Meeting is organized by EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute, which develops European stock exchange databases that are useful to finance researchers) and AFFI (French Finance Association, a network of researchers, teachers and practitioners specialized in financial management), and jointly sponsored by the CDC Institute for Economic Research, CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and Fondation Banque de France pour la Recherche en Economie Monetaire, Financiere et Bancaire.

This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the meeting. Abstracts of the papers will also be distributed in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

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Announcing Fifth Singapore International Conference on Finance 2011 Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the National University of Singapore Saw Centre for Financial Studies, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Fifth Singapore International Conference on Finance 2011. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The Singapore International Conference on Finance is an annual global conference designed to bring together a select group of scholars to discuss their research results.

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Announcing New ERN Subject Matter eJournal Abstracts & Papers on SSRN

In cooperation with the American Economic Association, the Economics Research Network (ERN) is pleased to announce Ten Years & Beyond: Economists Answer NSF’s Call for Long-Term Research Agendas eJournal papers in the SSRN eLibrary.

TEN YEARS & BEYOND: ECONOMISTS ANSWER NSF’S CALL FOR LONG-TERM RESEARCH AGENDAS eJOURNAL
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Description: We would like to acknowledge and thank the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (NSF/SBE) for challenging economists and other relevant research communities “to step outside of present demands and to think boldly about future promises.” Specifically, NSF/SBE invited groups and individuals in August 2010 to write white papers that describe grand challenge questions in their sciences that transcend near-term funding cycles and are “likely to drive next generation research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.” NSF/SBE planned to use these white papers “to frame innovative research for the year 2020 and beyond that enhances fundamental knowledge and benefits society in many ways. This request is part of a process that will help NSF/SBE make plans to support future research.” At the conclusion of the submission period on October 15, 2010, NSF/SBE had received 252 papers. A compendium of abstracts to the 252 white papers and most of the full texts of the white papers can be downloaded from the website http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/sbe_2020/. We are disseminating the white papers of interest to economists independent of the NSF because these papers offer a number of exciting and at times provocative ideas about future research agendas in economics that are worth further consideration by economists. These papers could also generate other compelling ideas for infrastructure projects, new methodologies and important research topics. Also some of these papers are not available at the NSF website because they were not submitted successfully by the deadline. We have placed 54 of the white papers on our website http://www.aeaweb.org/econwhitepapers/ and have assembled these white papers in this electronic publication.

Duquesne University Joins Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies

We are pleased to announce Duquesne University School of Law has started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Founded in 1911, the Duquesne University School of Law embraces the belief that a high quality legal education is designed to forge a person of true character who thinks and acts consistently in accordance with a strong commitment to justice and law. The faculty is committed to teaching students and pursuing legal scholarship. Together we learn, produce scholarly works, and make a difference in our community and in our world. The Duquesne University School of Law’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series eJournal contains our faculty’s legal and interdisciplinary scholarship in a variety of subject areas.

Announcing New Music Research & Composition Network

We are pleased to announce the creation of the Music Research & Composition Network (MRCN) within the Humanities Network (HUM). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of music research and composition studies, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.

We expect MRCN to become a comprehensive online resource for music research and composition studies, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

MRCN’s founding director is:

Andre de Quadros, Professor of Music, Music Education, Boston University – School of Music
See below for a complete list of MRCN Advisory Board members.

The following Subject Matter eJournals are available within MRCN. Initially, subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase until April 2012.

COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: This eJournal solicits papers on compositional techniques broadly conceived, to include: orchestration, instrumentation, extended techniques, notation, form, tuning and temperament, microtones, creative strategies, composing in multimedia, computer mediated music, algorithmic composition, the spectral attitude, and other areas of interest.

COMPOSITIONS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions written for chamber orchestra. Chamber orchestra, for the purpose of this eJournal, is defined as a maximum of single woodwinds (no more than 4 players), single brass including tuba (no more than four players), harp, timpani, percussion, keyboard, and strings. Instrumental or vocal soloists, as well as electronic sound may also be included. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR CHORUS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Philip Brunelle VocalEssence, and Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions for mixed or equal voice choirs either unaccompanied or accompanied by a single instrument. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Entire compositions or the major portion of compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions for symphony orchestra. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

COMPOSITIONS FOR WIND ENSEMBLE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music

Description: Composers are invited to share compositions written for symphonic wind ensemble. This eJournal provides an opportunity for composers to post to a single site where other compositions for similar configuration are also available. Compositions should be submitted in PDF. If a recording of the composition is available, please provide a URL on the first page of the PDF that links to the location. The copyright of the composition rests with the composer, and SSRN will not monitor usage or performance of the work. Prospective performers are encouraged to contact the composer directly.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY eJOURNAL
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Editor: Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music

Description: This eJournal invites research on the relationship between music and culture in non-Western and Western populations as they play out in local, national, and global contexts. The eJournal addresses further issues and perspectives such as field disciplinary revolutions, research ethics, research methods, and writing perspectives – as well as contemporary theoretical issues such as race, ethnicity, nationalism, diaspora and globalization, and gender studies.

MUSIC & ETHICS eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, Victor Coelho Boston University – School of Music, and Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music

Description: How do morals, values, and ethical principles interact with music? And if so, in what way does music shape these ethical standards? Ethics has governed research in the humanities since the second half of the twentieth century. This eJournal welcomes articles, presentations, and papers that address ethical aspects such as justice, virtue, and vice, and explores the connection that these aspects have with music.

MUSIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music

Description: With the increasing awareness of social justice in the study and practice of music, this eJournal invites papers on the principles of this interdisciplinary field. The eJournal also encourages written project reports or PowerPoint presentations. The role that music plays to communicate principles about social justice and brings about change in society will be explored through articles, presentations, and papers in this eJournal. Papers that relate music to principles of solidarity, human dignity, and human rights are especially welcome.

MUSIC & SPIRITUALITY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, and Betty Anne Younker Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario

Description: Musicians, musical scholars, and creative artists regard spirituality – the indefinable aspects of human life – as a vital aspect of its practice. This eJournal encourages submissions of papers on this broad topic to include informal, non-institutional activity, ritual, religion, etc. Music and spirituality are connected in experiences where music can enable human beings to access the core of their beings, which might lead to inspiration or transcendentalism. This eJournal features articles, papers that explore the relationship between music and spiritual or religious music and its impact on human beings’ spiritual growth.

MUSIC & THE MIND eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, and Susan Wharton Conkling Boston University – School of Music
Description: Very few fields have attracted as much attention to music in recent years as the study of music and the brain. Intelligence, broadly defined and conceived, as it converges with music is one of the areas of discussion for this eJournal. All interdisciplinary areas of enquiry for this field are invited, including: music and cognition, music and neuroscience, music education and the brain, music and evolutionary biology, music and communication, music perception and cognition, and neurological processes engaged during musical activity, such as auditory memory and its encoding process. The scope of the eJournal is broad, including research ranging from the most specific cognitive processes – such as how the mind monitors the beat – to broader concepts of determining familiar and unfamiliar music. This eJournal provides a shared platform for research that draws on both the discipline of cognitive neuroscience and the music social sciences.

MUSIC EDUCATION eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, Susan Wharton Conkling Boston University – School of Music, and Betty Anne Younker Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario

Description: Music education research takes a number of forms in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Enquiries and investigations in the following are invited: music in early childhood, music in schools, studios, teacher education, community music, music education and social justice, and music in higher education. Research into music with underserved populations is particularly welcome.

MUSIC THEORY eJOURNAL
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Editor: Richard Cornell Boston University – School of Music
Description: This eJournal is a comprehensive and exhaustive site for music theory research which includes aesthetics, post-tonal theory, linear analysis, rhythm, music cognition, and theory pedagogy. The eJournal solicits articles that discuss theoretical constructs and paradigms of music from Antiquity to the twenty-first century and genres ranging from Western art music to popular music to world music. It also contains research that addresses theoretical issues of and perspectives on the state and direction of the discipline.

MUSIC, CULTURE, & SOCIAL CHANGE eJOURNAL
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Editor: Andre de Quadros Boston University – School of Music
Description: Increasingly, music, and other art forms are recognized for their capacity to transform societies, communities, and to empower individuals, whether in prisons, hospitals, areas of conflict, or in public health. As an emerging field, this eJournal welcomes submissions – either papers, reports, or PowerPoint presentations which explore the connection between music and social change.

MUSICAL PRACTICES & REPERTOIRES eJOURNAL
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Editors: Janet R. Barrett Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music, and Steven Cornelius Boston University – School of Music
Description: This eJournal furthers dialogue on questions related to an expanded array of musical styles and practices, including arguments related to the musical canon, the role and function of classical (art) music, and the inclusion of diverse repertoires including vernacular musics, world/global music, contemporary music, and musical fusions and hybrids.

MUSICOLOGY eJOURNAL
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Editors: Michael Beckerman New York University (NYU) – Department of Music, and Victor Coelho Boston University – School of Music
Description: The Musicology eJournal is a comprehensive and exhaustive site for musicological research discussing music from Antiquity to the twenty-first century and genres ranging from Western art music to popular music – as well as research that bridges these periods and genres. This eJournal includes research, which utilizes different approaches, including philological investigation, style and repertoire analysis, performance practice, socio-cultural contextualization, gender study, and interdisciplinary inquiry. It also includes research that reflects on the state and direction of the discipline.

MUSIC RESEARCH & COMPOSITION NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD
The members of the Music Research & Composition Network (MRCN) Advisory Board are:

Janet R. Barrett
Associate Professor of Music, Music Education, Northwestern University – Bienen School of Music

Michael Beckerman
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music, Chair, New York University (NYU) – Department of Music

Philip Brunelle
Artistic Director and Founder, VocalEssence, Vice President/Treasurer, International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)

Victor Coelho
Professor of Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Boston University – School of Music

Susan Wharton Conkling
Professor of Music, Chair, Department of Music Education, Boston University – School of Music

Steven Cornelius
Visiting Professor of Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Boston University – School of Music

Richard Cornell
Professor of Music, Associate Director, Boston University – School of Music

Betty Anne Younker
Professor of Music, Music Education, Dean, Don Wright Faculty of Music – University of Western Ontario