The Music Graduate Students’ Society of McGill University is excited to welcome Dr. James Currie from the University at Buffalo, SUNY, as the keynote speaker for its 2014 Music Graduate Symposium. Dr. Currie’s research centers on interpreting the intersections between music, philosophy, history and politics. His acclaimed book, Music and the Politics of Negation (IU Press, 2012), offers a provocative critique of postmodern ideologies within music scholarship and the academy more broadly. Currie is also a renowned vocalist, improviser, and poet.

We welcome abstracts (300 words) in any area of music research including, but not limited to, ethnomusicology, music theory, musicology, music education, music technology, sound recording, music psychology, performance, and composition. Papers, lecture recitals, music/art installations, posters, and special sessions of 2-4 panelists are all encouraged. Please indicateChallenges in harmonising controls on the radioactivity of building materials within the European Union.
Possibilities for harmonising controls on the radioactivity of building materials within the European Union are being discussed in a Working Party on Natural Radiation Sources established by the Article 31 Group of Experts (Euratom Treaty). The Working Party is preparing a document to aid the Article 31 Expert Group and the European Commission in considering possible recommendations and technical guidance to the Member States for the implementation of the new Basic Safety Standards Directive concerning the radioactivity of building materials. The discussions in the working party have demonstrated several challenges in the possible harmonisation of controls, many of them arising from some significant differences in national circumstances.