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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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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 18th Oct 2025, 11:13:47am EDT
7:30am Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:00am Exhibits Location: Imperial Ballroom A
8:30am 09A: Historical Sites in Ethnomusicology Location: M-301 09B: Organology Location: M-302 09C: Embodiment Location: M-303 09D: Discrimination and Violence in the United States Location: M-304
09E: Music and Publics in Emerging Democracies in Africa Location: M-101 09F: Jazz Stories Location: M-102 09G: Listening for Place Location: M-103 09H: Digital Sound and Data Location: M-104/105
09I: Transnational Perspectives in Música Urbana: Music Production, Style Hybridy, and Cultural Resonance in Contemporary Reggaetón and Reparto Location: M-106/107 09J: Sonic and Affective Spirituality in Caribbean Music and Rituals Location: M-109 09K: International Musical Entities in the 21st Century: The Impacts of Global and Transnational Flows Location: L-506/507 09L: Sonic Care Work Location: L-508
8:30am Education Section Workshop Location: Marquis Ballroom A
10:45am 10A: The Current Crisis and the Future of Ethnomusicology Location: M-301 Alan Burdette (Society for Ethnomusicology), Shannon Garland (University of Pittsburgh), Amelia López López (Indiana University), Alejandrina M. Medina (University of California - San Diego), Gabriel Solis (University of Washington), with Matt Sakakeeny (moderator) (Tulane)
10B: Alliances and Intersections on the Margins of the Sinophone Location: M-302 10C: Sounding Sufism: Diasporic Approaches to Contemporary Music Forms Location: M-303 10D: Refugees, Forced-Migration, and Ethnomusicology: What Can We Do? Location: M-304
10E: Sounding Global Fascism: Inter-Axis Musical Exchange between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany Location: M-101 10F: Music and Trauma Location: M-102 10G: Ring Shout Resilience: How to Sustain Intangible Cultural Heritage in America Location: M-103 10H: Racialization Location: M-104/105
10I: Improvisation and Gestures Location: M-106/107 10J: Global Ensembles Location: M-109 10K: Time Travel, Sonic Portals, and Reclaiming Black Musical Futures Location: L-506/507 10L: Modes of Storytelling Location: L-508
12:30pm African and African Diaspora Studies Keynote Location: M-302 Applied Ethnomusicology Section Location: M-104/105 Diversity Action Committee Location: L-505 Education Section Business Meeting Location: Imperial Ballroom A
Historical Ethnomusicology Section Business Meeting Location: M-103 Investment Advisory Committee Location: L-504 Rising Voices Student Open Meeting Location: M-303 Section on the Status of Women Meeting Location: M-102
SIG for Brazilian Music Location: M-301 SIG for Medical Ethnomusicology Location: M-101 SIG for the Music of Iran and Central Asia Location: L-506/507 SIG for Voice Studies Location: M-304
1:45pm General Membership Meeting Location: Marquis Ballroom C/D
4:30pm Charles Seeger Lecture Location: Marquis Ballroom C/D
6:00pm Sounding Board (Sound Studies Section) Location: M-201 and M-202
7:00pm South Asian Performing Arts Section Meeting Location: M-301
7:00pm SEM Orchestra Location: M-101 SSW & GSS Speed Mentoring Location: M-106/107 UNC & Duke Reception Location: M-304
8:00pm South Asian Performing Arts Section Talk Location: M-301
9:00pm SEM 2025 Salsa Night Location: Marquis Ballroom B University of Chicago/University of Pennsylvania Joint Reception Location: M-104/105
