The LGBTQ+ Music Study Group is delighted to announce our 5th symposium, “Caring Amidst Neoliberalism: History, Solidarity, Desire.” In resistance to ongoing insidious ahistorical extortionist neoliberal greed, our symposium echoes the call of our previous events to center care and community in the slow, often tumultuous path toward justice. We all recognize the long slog of social justice, especially in this–year 4–of an ongoing global pandemic. Liberal and conservative movements alike have been quick to identify problems that require sudden action, fueling our neoliberally cultivated short attention spans while feeding the hungry beast that is capitalism’s rat race. Echoing the creed of our “Queer, Care, Futures'' Symposium in Southampton, UK and the virtual Queer Forum in 2021, this year’s virtual symposium will offer slow, thoughtful intellectual excursions into queer belonging to cultivate brighter hope toward realizing our aspirations and queer desires. 
 
This free online event aims to cultivate a community of care via a coordinated zine-making workshop, an early career researchers’ writing workshop, a mutual mentoring scheme (continued from previous years), and an invited panel to discuss “Transitioning within Musical Professions,” with Michael Bussewitz, Sam Dunscombe, Sarah Hennies, Kaleb E Goldschmitt, Jaime Díaz, and moderated by Daniele Sofer.
 
Register for free here.