Conference Agenda

The Online Program of events for the SEM 2026 Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early November.

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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 29th Aug 2026, 08:14:25pm EDT

 
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Conference Registration
7:30am - 12:00pm
09D: Reflections on the Returning Workshop: For Collections in Need of Communities
8:30am - 10:30am
10D: Negotiating Black Musical Life, Faith, and Identity in Educational Spaces
10:45am - 12:15pm
Association for Korean Music Research
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Religion, Music, and Sound Section
7:00pm - 9:00pm
09E: Counterpublics in the Americas: Atmospheres, Ethics, and Resistance
8:30am - 10:30am
10E: Doing Ethnomusicology in Times of Crisis: Companions in Conversation
10:45am - 12:15pm
SSW & GSS Speed Mentoring
7:00pm - 9:00pm
09F: Ethnomusicology Beyond the Human
8:30am - 10:30am
10F: Listening for Silenced Narratives: Sounding Counter-Histories in Latin America
10:45am - 12:15pm
SIG for the Music of Iran and Central Asia
12:30pm - 1:30pm
South Asian Performing Arts Section
7:00pm - 9:00pm
09G: Performing Greece: Media, Communities, and Traditions
8:30am - 10:30am
10G: Under the Lid: The Extra-Musical Skills of Instrument Makers and Technicians
10:45am - 12:15pm
Sound Studies Gaming Session
7:00pm - 8:00pm
09H: Reimagining Korean Music: Circulation, Translation, and Transformation
8:30am - 10:30am
10H: Performing Beyond the Machine: Music, Technology, and Creative Communities in East Asia
10:45am - 12:15pm
SIG for Organology
12:30pm - 1:30pm
SIG for Celtic Music
7:00pm - 8:00pm
SIG for Celtic Music Jam Session
8:00pm - 9:00pm
09I: Cantonese Sound and Identity Across the Transnational Cantosphere
8:30am - 10:30am
10I: Music in Motion: Diaspora, Policy, and Translocal Communities in Germany
10:45am - 12:15pm
SIG for Voice Studies
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Crossroads Section for Difference and Representation Meeting
7:00pm - 9:00pm
09J: Jazz as Diasporic Formation: Spirituality, Mobility, and Intercultural Exchange
8:30am - 10:30am
10J: Diasporic Asian and Pacific Islander Sound Worlds: Heritage, Identity, and Transnational Imaginaries
10:45am - 12:15pm
Indigenous Music Section
7:00pm - 9:00pm
investment Advisory Committee
7:30am - 8:30am
Ethnomusicology Editorial Board
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Diversity Action Committee
12:30pm - 1:30pm
2026-2027 Program Committee Meeting
8:00pm - 9:00pm
09C: “Bad Ecomusicology” and Dissident Environmental Affects
8:30am - 10:30am
10C: Present Dynamics in African Music: Liturgy and Pedagogy, Practice and Paradigms
10:45am - 12:15pm
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
09K: Making Brazil Audible: Sound, Sexuality, and Power
8:30am - 10:30am
10K: Forbidden Voices, Resonant Resistance: Music, Gender, and Politics in Iran
10:45am - 12:15pm
09L: Music That Moves: Memory, Protest, and Belonging Across Indian Worlds
8:30am - 10:30am
10L: Sonic Politics in Modern Turkey
10:45am - 12:15pm
Indigenous Scholars' Lunch Meeting
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Education Section - World Music Pedagogy Workshops
10:00am - 12:00pm
General Membership Meeting
1:45pm - 3:45pm
Charles Seeger Lecture: Henry Glassie. “Tradition in Place: Photography in Ethnography.“
4:30pm - 5:45pm
Salsa Dancing Workshop
7:15pm - 8:00pm
SEM Salsa Dance and Jam
8:00pm - 10:00pm
09B: Critical Insights for the Study of Music, Sound, and Sport: Power, Politics, and Pedagogy
8:30am - 10:30am
10B: Enacting Indigenous Sovereignty in Sound
10:45am - 12:15pm
Seeger Lecture Reception
5:45pm - 7:15pm
09A: ICTMD Sponsored Session
8:30am - 10:30am
10A: Rising Voices Sponsored Session
10:45am - 12:15pm
Florida State University Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Exhibits
10:00am - 12:00pm
Applied Ethnomusicology Section (Online Meeting)
12:30pm - 1:30pm