Past conferences
Since its inception in 1997, the WMA has organized conferences biennially, on a broad range of topics and in many different countries of the world.
2023
2019
2017
2015
2013
2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
Munich (Germany)
Repetition/Variation in Literature and Music
Graz (Austria)
Retro Forms and Styles in Literature and Music
Stockholm (Sweden)
Fragments, Drafts, Revisions in Words and Music
New York, NY (USA)
Music, Narrative, and the Moving Image
London (UK)
Silence, Absence and Ellipsis in Literature and Music
Santa Fe, NM (USA)
Voice in Words and Music
Vienna (Austria)
Performativity in Literature and Music
Edinburgh (UK)
Self-Reference in Literature and Music
Santa Barbara, CA (USA)
Word/Music Adaptation
Berlin (Germany)
Music and the Spoken Word
Sydney (Australia)
Cultural Identity and the Musical Stage
Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
The Song Cycle
Graz (Austria)
Defining the Field