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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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 18th Oct 2025, 10:55:12am EDT

 
 
Session Overview
Location: M-101
Marquis Level
Date: Thursday, 23/Oct/2025
8:00am
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10:00am		 01E: Historical Soundscapes I
Location: M-101
10:45am
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12:15pm		 02E: Singing Resistance and Solidarity: Counter-hegemonic Belonging through Jewish Diaspora Language Song
Location: M-101
1:45pm
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3:45pm		 03E: Decolonizing “Black” Genre: Navigating Femininity and Queerness in Performance Spaces Across the Diaspora
Location: M-101
4:00pm
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5:30pm		 04E: Harmonizing Memory: Archives as Sites of Preservation and Resistance in Black Music
Location: M-101
8:00pm
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9:00pm		 Historical Ethnomusicology Section Meetup
Location: M-101
Date: Friday, 24/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 05E: Rethinking the Field in African Music Studies
Location: M-101
10:45am
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12:15pm		 06E: Digital Sounds in Communities
Location: M-101
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 Deafness and Disability Studies SIG
Location: M-101
1:45pm
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3:45pm		 07E: An Insistent Call and Response: Exploring the work and legacy of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Location: M-101
4:00pm
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5:30pm		 08E: Contemporary Black Music in Southern Europe
Location: M-101
7:00pm
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9:00pm		 Texas Reception
Location: M-101
Date: Saturday, 25/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 09E: Music and Publics in Emerging Democracies in Africa
Location: M-101
10:45am
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12:15pm		 10E: Sounding Global Fascism: Inter-Axis Musical Exchange between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany
Location: M-101
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 SIG for Medical Ethnomusicology
Location: M-101
7:00pm
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9:00pm		 SEM Orchestra
Location: M-101
Date: Sunday, 26/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am		 11E: In the Classroom
Location: M-101
10:45am
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12:15pm		 12E: Listening to Visual Cultures
Location: M-101