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
Saturday, March 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) March 2019 - Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Otto Stuparitz » Otto Stuparitz University of California, Los Angeles Concentration of Study: Networks of Produ...
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, March 5, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Joins ACLS in Opposing Cutback to Higher Ed in Alaska » On March 4, 2019, SEM joined other members of the American Council of Learned Societies in opposing proposed cutbacks to h...
Monday, February 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Today, Episode 9: Performative Ecology in Micronesia with Brian Diettrich » Episode 9 of Ethnomusicology Today, “Performative Ecology in Micronesia with Brian Diettrich,” is now available on iTunes...
Friday, February 15, 2019 (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...
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General News
Thursday, March 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Prof JH Nketia Dies at 97 » G hana’s astute scholar and ethnomusicologist, Emeritus Professor Joseph Hansen Kwabena Nketia, has died. Continue r...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Session Notes from Songs of Our Native Daughters » Session Notes from Songs of Our Native Daughters On recording the new Smithsonian Folkways album with producers Rhiann...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) The Rise of Female Batá Drummers » The Rise of Female Batá Drummers: Gender, Sexuality, and Taboo in a Cuban Ritual Tradition By Vicky Jassey...
Friday, March 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP for nominations for Herndon Awards - due April 1, 2019 » The Society for Ethnomusicology's Gender and Sexualities Task Force cordially invites nominations for two priz...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Best Paper Award by Musicologica Austriaca » Best Paper Award 2019: Musicologica Austriaca – Journal for Austrian Music Studies The Austrian...
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Conferences
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: The Art of Cecil Taylor » Deadline: Friday, May 3, 2019 Conference dates: October 24 - 26, 2019 Conference website: https...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) MACSEM Conference Announcements and Program » 38 th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology April 6-7, 2019...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: A' Chànain Cheòlmhòr [The Musical Language]: Language Revitalization through Music » Call for Proposals A’ Chànain Cheòlmhor [The Musical Language]: Language Revitalization through Music...
Monday, February 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) CFP: Early American Music and the Construction of Race: an Interdisciplinary Workshop » Early American Music and the Construction of Race: an Interdisciplinary Workshop Co-organized by Glenda Goodman (Univ...
Monday, February 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Proposals: ASAP/11: Ecologies of the Present » ASAP/11: ECOLOGIES OF THE PRESENT Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present October 10-12, 2019...
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Publications
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Papers Jazz and Culture Journal » The University of Pittsburgh’s Jazz Studies program in collaboration with the University of Illinois Press invites scholar...
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...
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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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