IASPM Benelux invites student applicants to apply for the Bachelors and Masters Popular Music Thesis Prize. This prize honors outstanding research by students (previously enrolled in a university/university of applies science in the Benelux region) writing about popular music. The prize is awarded to the best-researched and best-written BA and MA thesis on some subject related to popular music. The winning thesis will incorporate one or more relevant perspectives which might reflect a broad range of academic and professional fields including but not limited to sociology, musicology, media studies, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, journalism, economics, performance studies, and/or history. The BA and MA thesis must be written in either Dutch or English.
The award ceremony is planned to take place during the IASPM Benelux student conference (June 2025).
Guidelines
All materials must be submitted by 15 January 2025 in pdf form to the student member of IASPM Benelux board, Alessandro Aprile: alessandro.aprile@student.uva.nl
Please make sure to include the following three documents in your digital application:
A digital copy of the student’s Graduation Certificate.
BA or MA Thesis including:
Title of thesis
Short abstract (200–300 words),
Full thesis text (please cross out any passages referring to your name or your university name on the thesis to ensure anonymity).
Separate Title Page with:
Student’s name,
Student’s institution and major,
Thesis supervisor,
Education period (study dates),
Degree granted (BA, MA or Pre-Master),
Student’s email and address.