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: 26th Aug 2025, 08:54:52pm EDT

 
 
Session Overview
Location: M-103
Marquis Level 75
Date: Thursday, 23/Oct/2025
8:00am
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10:00am
01C: Toward a Ghostly Ethnomusicology
Location: M-103
10:45am
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12:15pm
02C: Ring Shout Resilience: How to Sustain Intangible Cultural Heritage in America
Location: M-103
12:30pm
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1:30pm
SIG for Jewish Music
Location: M-103
1:45pm
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3:45pm
03C: Grief and Memory
Location: M-103
4:00pm
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5:30pm
04C: Musical Networks and Diasporic Communities in Chicago
Location: M-103
8:00pm
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9:00pm
Sound Studies Section Keynote
Location: M-103

Keynote Speaker: Sidra Lawrence

9:00pm
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10:00pm
Sound Studies Section Business Meeting
Location: M-103
Date: Friday, 24/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am
05C: Historical Soundscapes II
Location: M-103
12:30pm
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1:30pm
SIG for Jazz
Location: M-103
1:45pm
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3:45pm
07C: Reassessing the Musical Legacy of the Ottoman Empire
Location: M-103
4:00pm
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5:30pm
08C: Soundscapes of Sports
Location: M-103
7:00pm
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9:00pm
Indigenous Music Section
Location: M-103
Date: Saturday, 25/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am
09C: Embodiment
Location: M-103
10:45am
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12:15pm
10C: Sounding Sufism: Diasporic Approaches to Contemporary Music Forms
Location: M-103
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Historical Ethnomusicology Section Business Meeting
Location: M-103
Date: Sunday, 26/Oct/2025
8:30am
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10:30am
11C: Drumming Across Cultures
Location: M-103
10:45am
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12:15pm
12C: Embodied Knowledge
Location: M-103