News from SEM - Society for Ethnomusicology

News from SEM

News from SEM is the Society for Ethnomusicology’s online news magazine, with sections for Society programs and activities; general work in ethnomusicology and related fields; and announcements pertaining to conferences, publications, fellowships, and educational opportunities. For job announcements, see our Career Center.

News from SEM is updated on an ongoing basis. Subscriptions through an RSS feed are available in the top right of this page.

Please send announcements to Stephanie Sturgis, SEM Program Specialist / Assistant Website Editor, at sem@indiana.edu.

To propose an article, please contact Stephen Stuempfle, SEM Executive Director / Website Editor, at semexec@indiana.edu.

SEM News
20 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Felix Morgenstern » Felix Morgenstern Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick Concentration of Study: In...
Monday, February 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019 Prizes: Deadline 04/01/19 » The deadline for submissions for the below SEM prizes is April 1, 2019. For more information about the prizes and submissi...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019 Abstracts Due Friday, 02/15/19 » The deadline for submission of all abstracts for the SEM 2019 Annual Meeting is 5:00 PM EST on Friday, Februar...
Thursday, January 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Felicia Youngblood, Florida State University » Felicia Youngblood Florida State University Concentration of Study: Cultural Heritage and Sustainability, Gen...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Launches New YouTube Channel » The Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce the launch of its new YouTube channel: Conversations...
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General News
Friday, December 7, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) American Society for Aesthetics - Peter Kivy Prize » The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the establi...
Sunday, November 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) The World’s First LGBTQ Mariachi » The World’s First LGBTQ Mariachi By Daniel Sheehy Folklife , November 7, 2018 What soci...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) J.H. Kwabena Nketia Attends IASA Conference in Ghana » J.H. Kwabena Nketia Attends IASA Conference in Ghana By Judith Gray, SEM 1 st Vice President...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) IU Launches New Ethnomusicology Advocacy Toolkit » The Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Launches New Ethnomusicology Advocacy Toolki...
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) A New Generation of Shape-Note Singers in Philadelphia » A New Generation of Shape-Note Singers in Philadelphia By Rachel Hall Folklife , October 5, 2018 Am...
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Conferences
Thursday, January 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Proposals: 40th Annual Music of the Sea Symposium - Call for Proposals » Mystic Seaport’s 40th Annual Symposium “MUSIC OF THE SEA” Sponsored by Williams College, the Williams-Mystic...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: Anthropology of Music Master Class with Steven Feld on Acoustemology » Call for Applications Anthropology of Music Master Class in combination with the Anthropology of Music Lecture...
Monday, January 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call For Papers- Passages: Locating Global Traditions in SE Asian Music and Performance » Indiana University’s Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies Program is hosting an interdisciplinary symposium on Southeast Asia...
Friday, January 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) "Sound and Secularity" Symposium » "Sound and Secularity" Symposium April 12, 2019 Stony Brook University, NY Website: https://you....
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Powers of Sound: International Conference on Sonorities Research » Call for abstracts POWERS OF SOUND: 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SONORITIES RESEARCH June 5th to 7th, 201...
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Publications
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Papers: Dance around the World Textbook » Dance around the World Textbook: Call for papers Human Kinetics Publishing has commissioned Lynn E. Frederiksen and Sh...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Papers for NEMO-Online issue No. 8 (November 2019) » Research centres and groups CERMAA, ICONEA and IReMus are delighted to inform you that the main theme for number eight of...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: African music and/as SciFi » CFP: African Science Fiction Technology is transforming environments and people all over the world. How do African writ...
Monday, October 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: MUSICultures - Queer Musicking » MUSICultures solicits articles for publication in a special issue on Queer Musicking , guest edited by Dr. C...
Monday, September 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: Decolonizing Pedagogies Special Theme Issue of Intersections » Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music Call for Proposals: Decolonizing Music Pedagogies: a special issue gues...
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Fellowships
Friday, January 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program – 2019 Fellowship Competition » The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the ninth annual competition of the Mellon/ACLS P...
Thursday, January 18, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Applicants: 2018 AFC Awards & Fellowships » AFC is calling for applicants for its 2018 fellowships and awards. Pending approval of the 2018 Federal Budget, ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Ithaca College - Diversity Scholars Fellowship » The School of Music at Ithaca College announces its Diversity Scholars Fellowship Program search for 2018-19. Hosting two...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Columbia University: Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship » The Department of Music at Columbia University invites applications for Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships. Appointm...
Friday, August 4, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs » ACLS is pleased to announce that the 2017-18 ACLS competitions are now open for many programs. ACLS offers fel...
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Educational Opportunities
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for applications: Harvard Music Lab Summer Internship 2019 » CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Harvard Music Lab Summer Internship 2019 At the Music Lab, we study the basic scie...
Thursday, January 18, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Caribbean Music Pedagogy Workshop—Summer 2018 » My People Tell Stories, LLC is offering an intensive week-long professional development workshop designe...
Thursday, October 12, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Papers: 2018 BAAL Routledge Workshop » Date: 18 th - 19 th January 2018 Venue: Glasgow University ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Workshop October 4-6, 2017 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia » Day one will consist of music writing workshops and workshops on writing about music. In addition to a song-writing and a...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Berlin Summer University of the Arts » Berlin Summer University of the Arts will offer a Workshop about "Berlin Techno – Between Myth and Reality" For more i...
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