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Conference Agenda

The Online Program of events for the SEM 2025 Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early October.

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Session Overview

Date: Thursday, 23/Oct/2025
7:30am - 5:00pm	Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:00am - 10:00am	SEM Board Closed Meeting	01A: Brazil: Nation and its Limits for Music Studies Location: M-301	01B: Musicking through European Migratory Spaces: Gendered, Ethnic, and Racial Place-Making Location: M-302	01C: Toward a Ghostly Ethnomusicology Location: M-303
	01D: Sounding the Mexican South: Transborder Musics, Economies, and Belonging in the “Nuevo South” Location: M-304	01E: Historical Soundscapes I Location: M-101	01F: Feeling the Song and Making Sense of the Non-Verbal In Three Vocal Traditions of Central Eurasia Location: M-102	01G: Music and War Location: M-103
	01H: Listening to Archives Location: M-104/105	01I: Music, Climate Change and Extractivism around the Arctic and Antarctic Location: M-106/107	01J: Transnational Soundscapes Location: M-109	01K: Jazz Futures Location: L-506/507
	01L: Jazz, Collectivity, and Space Location: L-508
10:10am - 10:40am	Opening Ceremony Location: M-301
10:45am - 12:15pm	02A: Beyond Colonial Legacies: Cultural Identity, Adaptation, and Musical Hybridity in Ghana Location: M-301	02B: Beyond Venting in the Dressing Room: Abuses of Power, Trauma, and Resistance in the Early Careers of Classical Singers Location: M-302	02C: Labor and the Job Market Location: M-303 Sponsored by Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology and the SEM Board	02D: Music In/As Culture Wars Location: M-304
	02E: Singing Resistance and Solidarity: Counter-hegemonic Belonging through Jewish Diaspora Language Song Location: M-101	02F: Revising Boundaries of Language, Song, and Ritual in the Caucasus and Eastern Anatolia Location: M-102	02G: Female Perspectives in Iranian Music Location: M-103	02H: Narrations of Black Life Location: M-104/105
	02I: Soundscapes of Worship Location: M-106/107	02J: Archiving with Indigenous Communities: Perspectives from South Africa Location: M-109	02K: Reimagining Belonging through Politics of Sound: Asian/American Artists in Global Popular Music Location: L-506/507	02L: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Nigeria's Middle Belt Location: L-508
11:00am - 6:00pm	Exhibits Location: Imperial Registration
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Committee on Labor Location: M-303	Dance, Music, and Gesture Section Meeting Location: M-106/107	Ethics Committee Location: L-504	Latin American and Caribbean Studies Section Meeting Location: M-104/105
	Past Presidents' Lunch Location: L-505	SIG for Ecomusicology Location: M-301	SIG for Japanese Performing Arts Location: M-109	SIG for Jewish Music Location: M-103
	SIG for Music and Violence Location: M-302	SIG for Music of the Francophone World Location: M-304
1:45pm - 3:45pm	03A: Who's Music? Essentialism, Appropriation, Investment, Authenticity Location: M-301	03B: Afrodiasporic Linguistics and Gestures Location: M-302	03C: Grief and Memory Location: M-303	03D: Political Limits of Music and Sound Location: M-304
	03E: Decolonizing “Black” Genre: Navigating Femininity and Queerness in Performance Spaces Across the Diaspora Location: M-101	03F: The Magnetic Politics of Cassette Archives Location: M-102	03G: Voicing the Unheard: Lament as Memory, Resistance, and Healing Location: M-103	03H: Reflections on Sound and Movement in Ethnomusicology Location: M-104/105
	03I: Embodiment Location: M-106/107	03J: Fieldwork Considerations Location: M-109	03K: Resounding, Unsilencing, and Amplifying Latin America: Global South Possibilities for Sound Archives in the Global North Location: L-506/507	03L: New Modes of Resistance and Connection in Popular Music Location: L-508
4:00pm - 5:30pm	04A: The “New Woman” and Popular Song in World War II China and Japan Location: M-301	04B: The ‘Context’ Argument: Three Musical Case Studies in the Instrumentalization of Context Location: M-302	04C: Musical Networks and Diasporic Communities in Chicago Location: M-303	04D: Racial Capitalism and the Materiality of Value in Music Location: M-304
	04E: Harmonizing Memory: Archives as Sites of Preservation and Resistance in Black Music Location: M-101	04F: Gendered Voices and Performative Visions of Transnational North India Location: M-102	04G: Island Listening Location: M-103	04H: Digital Media in Iran Location: M-104/105
	04I: Latin American Musical Experimentalisms in Public Space Location: M-106/107	04J: Architectures of Knowledge: Jewish Music, Heritage, and Minority Agency Location: M-109	04K: Critical Biographies Location: L-506/507	04L: Considering Composition(s) Location: L-508
5:30pm - 6:30pm	First Timer Reception Location: Skyline (10th Floor)
6:00pm - 8:00pm	Welcome Reception Location: Skyline (10th Floor)
7:00pm - 8:00pm	“Voices in Motion” LACSEM-DMG Community Dialogue Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio Eventbrite Page: More Information and Ticket Reservation	African and African Diaspora Studies Meeting Location: M-104/105	Asian American Listening Party Location: M-301	International Student Network Meeting Location: M-303
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Publications Advisory Committee Location: L-504	SIG for Archiving Location: M-106/107
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Improvisation Section Business Meeting Location: M-302	Joint Meeting of SIG for Music Analysis and SIG for Cognitive Ethnomusicology Location: L-506/507	Religion, Music, and Sound Section Business Meeting Location: M-304
8:00pm - 9:00pm	“Voices in Motion” DMG Dance Workshop Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio Eventbrite Page: More Information and Ticket Reservation	Chapters Location: L-508	Gertrude Robinson Network Meeting Location: M-104/105	Historical Ethnomusicology Section Meetup Location: M-101
8:00pm - 9:00pm	Sound Studies Section Keynote Location: M-103
8:00pm - 10:00pm	Association for Chinese Music Research Location: M-301
9:00pm - 10:00pm	“Voices in Motion” LACSEM-DMG Dance Party Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio Eventbrite Page: More Information and Ticket Reservation		Sound Studies Section Business Meeting Location: M-103
9:30pm - 11:00pm	JAVEM Film Screening Location: Limelight Theatre

SEM 2025 Annual Meeting

October 23-26, 2025

Marriott Marquis Downtown Hotel Atlanta, Georgia

Conference Agenda