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 | |
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Location: M-301 Marquis Level |
| Date: Thursday, 23/Oct/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am |
01A: Brazil: Nation and its Limits for Music Studies Location: M-301 |
| 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 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
SIG for Ecomusicology Location: M-301 |
| 1:45pm - 3:45pm |
03A: Who's Music? Essentialism, Appropriation, Investment, Authenticity Location: M-301 |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
04A: The “New Woman” and Popular Song in World War II China and Japan Location: M-301 |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
Asian American Listening Party Location: M-301 |
| 8:00pm - 10:00pm |
Association for Chinese Music Research Location: M-301 |
| Date: Friday, 24/Oct/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:30am |
05A: Academic Freedom Roundtable Location: M-301 Sponsored by the SEM Board |
| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
06A: President's Roundtable (Board) Location: M-301 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Society for Arab Music Research Meeting Location: M-301 |
| 1:45pm - 3:45pm |
07A: The “Halfie’s” Mental Health: Recentering International Students in the US American Ethnomusicology Location: M-301 Sponsored by the International Student Network for Music and Sound Studies and the SEM Board |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
08A: BFE Rountable: Who Can Be An Ethnomusicologist? Location: M-301 Sponsored by the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the SEM Board |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
New York University Reception Location: M-301 |
| Date: Saturday, 25/Oct/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:30am |
09A: Historical Sites in Ethnomusicology Location: M-301 |
| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
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) |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
SIG for Brazilian Music Location: M-301 |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
South Asian Performing Arts Section Meeting Location: M-301 |
| 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
South Asian Performing Arts Section Talk Location: M-301 |
| Date: Sunday, 26/Oct/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 10:30am |
11A: Traditional Transformations Location: M-301 |
| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
12A: Religiosity and/as Celebration Location: M-301 |