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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: Wednesday, 22/Oct/2025
7:30am - 6:00pm	Reg: Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:30am - 9:00pm	Pre-Con: Pre-Conference
6:00pm - 10:00pm	SEM Board Closed Meeting

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-101	01B: Musicking through European Migratory Spaces: Gendered, Ethnic, and Racial Place-Making Location: M-102	01C: Toward a Ghostly Ethnomusicology Location: M-103
	01D: Political Limits of Music and Sound Location: M-104/105	01E: Historical Soundscapes I Location: M-106/107	01F: Feeling the Song and Making Sense of the Non-Verbal In Three Vocal Traditions of Central Eurasia Location: M-109	01G: Music and War Location: M-301
	01H: Listening to Archives Location: M-302	01I: Music, Climate Change and Extractivism around the Arctic and Antarctic Location: M-303	01J: Transnational Soundscapes Location: M-304	01K: Jazz Futures Location: L-506/507
	01L: Jazz, Collectivity, and Space Location: L-508
10:10am - 10:40am	Opening Ceremony Location: M-104/105
10:45am - 12:15pm	02A: Beyond Colonial Legacies: Cultural Identity, Adaptation, and Musical Hybridity in Ghana Location: M-101	02B: Beyond Venting in the Dressing Room: Abuses of Power, Trauma, and Resistance in the Early Careers of Classical Singers Location: M-102	02C: Ring Shout Resilience: How to Sustain Intangible Cultural Heritage in America Location: M-103	02D: Music In/As Culture Wars Location: M-104/105
	02E: Singing Resistance and Solidarity: Counter-hegemonic Belonging through Jewish Diaspora Language Song Location: M-106/107	02F: Revising Boundaries of Language, Song, and Ritual in the Caucasus and Eastern Anatolia Location: M-109	02G: Female Perspectives in Iranian Music Location: M-301	02H: Narrations of Black Life Location: M-302
	02I: Soundscapes of Worship Location: M-303	02J: Archiving with Indigenous Communities: Perspectives from South Africa Location: M-304	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	Gender and Sexualities Studies Section Open Meeting Location: L-506/507
	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-101	03B: Afrodiasporic Linguistics and Gestures Location: M-102	03C: Grief and Memory Location: M-103	03D: Sounding the Mexican South: Transborder Musics, Economies, and Belonging in the “Nuevo South” Location: M-104/105
	03E: Decolonizing “Black” Genre: Navigating Femininity and Queerness in Performance Spaces Across the Diaspora Location: M-106/107	03F: The Magnetic Politics of Cassette Archives Location: M-109	03G: Voicing the Unheard: Lament as Memory, Resistance, and Healing Location: M-301	03H: Reflections on Sound and Movement in Ethnomusicology Location: M-302
	03I: Embodiment Location: M-303	03J: Fieldwork Considerations Location: M-304	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-101	04B: The ‘Context’ Argument: Three Musical Case Studies in the Instrumentalization of Context Location: M-102	04C: Musical Networks and Diasporic Communities in Chicago Location: M-103	04D: Racial Capitalism and the Materiality of Value in Music Location: M-104/105
	04E: Harmonizing Memory: Archives as Sites of Preservation and Resistance in Black Music Location: M-106/107	04F: Gendered Voices and Performative Visions of Transnational North India Location: M-109	04G: Island Listening Location: M-301	04H: Digital Media in Iran Location: M-302
	04I: Latin American Musical Experimentalisms in Public Space Location: M-303	04J: Architectures of Knowledge: Jewish Music, Heritage, and Minority Agency Location: M-304	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	African and African Diaspora Studies Meeting Location: M-104/105	Asian American Listening Party Location: M-301	International Student Network Meeting Location: M-303	LACSEM/DMG Community-In-Dialogue Panel Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio
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	Religion, Music, and Sound Section Business Meeting Location: M-304	SIG for Music Analysis Location: L-506/507
8:00pm - 9:00pm	Chapters Location: L-508	DMG Dance Workshop Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio	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 Keynote Speaker: Sidra Lawrence
8:00pm - 10:00pm	Association for Chinese Music Research Location: M-301
9:00pm - 10:00pm	LACSEM/DMG Dance Party w/ DJ Location: Emory University Performing Arts Studio		Sound Studies Section Business Meeting Location: M-103

Date: Friday, 24/Oct/2025
7:30am - 5:00pm	Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:00am - 6:00pm	Exhibits Location: Imperial Ballroom A
8:30am - 10:30am	05A: Music and Trauma Location: M-101	05B: Participatory Sacred Harp Singing and Discussion on Editing The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition Location: M-102	05C: Historical Soundscapes II Location: M-103	05D: AI and Ownership Location: M-104/105
	05E: Rethinking the Field in African Music Studies Location: M-106/107	05F: Cosmopolitan Creativity in the Southern Balkans: Three Contemporary Responses to Folk Music Institutions Location: M-109	05G: Queer Worldmaking Location: M-301	05H: International Rap and Hip Hop Location: M-302
	05I: Music and the Commons: The Lost Resources and Infrastructures Location: M-303	05J: Operatic Horizons Location: M-304	05K: Encounters in Sound Studies Location: L-506/507	05L: Writing Jazz Encounters: Questions of archives, affect, and transculturation Location: L-508
10:45am - 12:15pm	06A: President's Roundtable (Board) Location: M-101	06B: Engaging Citizenship through Musical Communities: Three Different Approaches in Puerto Rican Music Location: M-102	06D: Transgressive Terrains Location: M-104/105	06E: Digital Sounds in Communities Location: M-106/107
	06F: Border(lands) Location: M-109	06H: Pop Protests Location: M-302	06I: Queer Temporalities Location: M-303	06J: Community, Collaboration, and Cohesion Location: M-304
	06K: Black Keywords In Sound Location: L-506/507
12:00pm - 2:30pm	Council Lunch Location: L-503
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Anatolian Ecumene SIG Location: M-109	Deafness and Disability Studies SIG Location: M-101	Education Section Keynote Location: M-104/105	Journal Editorial Board Location: L-504
12:30pm - 1:30pm	SIG for Economic Ethnomusicology Location: M-303	SIG for Jazz Location: M-103	SIG for Musics in and of Europe Location: M-106/107	Society for Arab Music Research Meeting Location: M-301
1:45pm - 3:45pm	07A: ICTMD Panel (Board) Location: M-101	07B: Sound and Sociality in Modern Markets: Three Perspectives on Music and Commoditization Location: M-102	07C: Reassessing the Musical Legacy of the Ottoman Empire Location: M-103	07D: Sounding Activism and Resistance Location: M-104/105
	07E: An Insistent Call and Response: Exploring the work and legacy of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon Location: M-106/107	07F: Hearing Heritage Location: M-109	07G: Asian/American Women in Performance: Trauma, Erasure, and Resilience Location: M-301	07H: Film as Ethnography: Reflections from Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, Hurricane-Ravaged North Carolina, and Bloomington, Indiana Location: M-302
	07I: Non-Human and More Than Human Connections Location: M-303	07J: Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices in the U.S. Location: M-304	07K: Unsettling Settler Colonial Sonic Spaces Location: L-506/507	07L: Juntas Llorando: Radical Empathy, Collective Mourning, and Singing Grief Across Fronteras in América Latina Location: L-508
4:00pm - 5:30pm	08A: 08A: BFE Panel (Board) Location: M-101	08B: Divergent Listening Location: M-102	08C: Soundscapes of Sports Location: M-103	08D: Challenging Capitalist Realism in Ethnomusicology: Sound Praxis for an Anti-Capitalist Future Location: M-104/105
	08E: Contemporary Black Music in Southern Europe Location: M-106/107	08F: South Asian Artistic Pedagogy in Transnational Perspective Location: M-109	08G: Studies in Aging Location: M-301	08H: Research tools for ethnomusicology: Navigating bibliography, historiography, and ethnography Location: M-302
	08I: Collective Convergences Location: M-303	08J: Sound, Identity, and Resistance: Music and Sonic Practices in Marginalized Communities in Iran Location: M-304	08K: Coloniality and Vocality Location: L-506/507	08L: New Approaches in Music Studies Location: L-508
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Association for Korean Music Research Location: M-101	Crossroads Section for Difference and Representation Location: M-104/105	Popular Music Section Meeting Location: L-508	Society for Arab Music Research Keynote Location: M-302
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Indigenous Music Section Location: M-103		Society for Asian Music Keynote and Business Meeting Location: L-506/507 Keynote Address: “What Asia Taught Me” Mark Slobin, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus at Wesleyan University
8:00pm - 9:00pm	Popular Music Section David Sanjek Lecture Location: L-508	SIG for Celtic Music Location: M-102	Society for Arab Music Research Mixer Location: M-302

Date: Saturday, 25/Oct/2025
7:30am - 12:00pm	Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:00am - 1:00pm	Exhibits Location: Imperial Ballroom A
8:30am - 10:30am	09A: Historical Sites in Ethnomusicology Location: M-101	09B: Organology Location: M-102	09C: Embodiment Location: M-103	09D: Discrimination and Violence in the United States Location: M-104/105
	09E: Music and Publics in Emerging Democracies in Africa Location: M-106/107	09F: Jazz Stories Location: M-109	09G: Listening for Place Location: M-301	09H: Digital Sound and Data Location: M-302
	09I: Transnational Perspectives in Música Urbana: Music Production, Style Hybridy, and Cultural Resonance in Contemporary Reggaetón and Reparto Location: M-303	09J: Sonic and Affective Spirituality in Caribbean Music and Rituals Location: M-304	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 - 12:15pm	Education Section Workshop Location: Marquis Ballroom A
10:45am - 12:15pm	10A: Rising Voices Panel Location: M-101	10B: Alliances and Intersections on the Margins of the Sinophone Location: M-102	10C: Sounding Sufism: Diasporic Approaches to Contemporary Music Forms Location: M-103	10D: Refugees, Forced-Migration, and Ethnomusicology: What Can We Do? Location: M-104/105
	10E: Sounding Global Fascism: Inter-Axis Musical Exchange between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany Location: M-106/107	10F: Generative Collaborations Location: M-109	10G: Board-Sponsored Panel Location: M-301	10H: Racialization Location: M-302
	10I: Improvisation and Gestures Location: M-303	10J: Global Ensembles Location: M-304	10K: Time Travel, Sonic Portals, and Reclaiming Black Musical Futures Location: L-506/507	10L: Modes of Storytelling Location: L-508
12:30pm - 1:30pm	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 - 3:45pm	General Membership Meeting Location: Marquis Ballroom C/D
4:30pm - 5:45pm	Charles Seeger Lecture Location: Marquis Ballroom C/D
6:00pm - 10:00pm	Sounding Board (Sound Studies Section) Location: M-201 and M-202
7:00pm - 8:00pm	South Asian Performing Arts Section Meeting Location: M-301
7:00pm - 9:00pm	SEM Orchestra Location: Imperial Ballroom B		SSW & GSS Speed Mentoring Location: M-106/107
8:00pm - 9:00pm	South Asian Performing Arts Section Talk Location: M-301

Date: Sunday, 26/Oct/2025
7:00am - 9:00am	Council Breakfast Location: L-504
8:00am - 9:00am	Conference Registration Location: Imperial Registration
8:00am - 12:30pm	SEM Board Location: President's Suite Closed Meeting
8:30am - 10:30am	11A: Traditional Transformations Location: M-101	11B: Sounding the Environment Location: M-102	11C: Drumming Across Cultures Location: M-103	11D: Interrogating Gender and Identity Location: M-104/105
	11E: In the Classroom Location: M-106/107	11F: Exchanges and Transactions Location: M-109	11G: Noise and Silence Location: M-301	11H: Singing and Spirituality Location: M-302
	11I: Jazz and coloniality in the Netherlands Location: M-303	11J: Sounding Black Musical Histories Location: M-304	11K: Music and Political Climates Location: L-506/507	11L: Bridging Musical Pasts and Futures Location: L-508
10:45am - 12:15pm	12A: Religiosity and/as Celebration Location: M-101	12B: From Marginalization to Empowerment Location: M-102	12C: Embodied Knowledge Location: M-103	12D: Asian Metal Scenes Location: M-104/105
	12E: Listening to Visual Cultures Location: M-106/107	12F: Voices in Context Location: M-109	12G: International Student Network Discussion Location: M-301	12H: Being, Breathing, and Aliveness: Transforming Shared Space through Movement Location: M-302
	12I: Games, Play, and Festivals Location: M-303	12J: Music and Mysticism Location: M-304	12K: Identity and Preservation Location: L-506/507	12L: Media and Music Location: L-508