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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
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Bruno Nettl, 1930-2020 » Bruno Nettl died this morning in Urbana, Illinois, where he lived and worked since 1964. Active in what became...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Endorses the ICOM and ICOMOS Statement Opposing Deliberate Destruction of Heritage Sites » The Society for Ethnomusicology ( SEM ), which while based in the United States of America, endorses without reservation...
Thursday, December 19, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) December 2019 Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Shelley Zhang » Shelley Zhang University of Pennsylvania Concentration of Study: Ethnomusicology, contemporary China, Weste...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2020 Chapter Meeting Information » SEM recently updated our Regional Chapter webpage to include information on all of the 2020 chapter meetings.This page i...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) January 2020 Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Petr Nuska » Petr Nuska Durham University Concentration of Study: Film in ethnomusicology, Ethnograph...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Translations Issue No. 9 by Takanori Fujita Now Online » The Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce the publication of Ethnomusicology Translations Issue No. 9:...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2020: CFP – Abstracts Due 02/14/20 » SEM 2020 in Ottawa: Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Abstracts Deadline: February 14, 2020 The Society f...
Friday, November 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019 Annual Meeting Resources Now Online » The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 64 th Annual Meeting on November 7-10, 2019, at Indiana Universi...
Friday, November 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Today: Discussion of SEM 2019 Pre-Conference Symposium on Latin American Brass Bands » A new episode of Ethnomusicology Today is now available on iTunes, Spotify, and on the SEM website. Next Wednesday, the...
Friday, October 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) October 2019 - Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Juliana Carla Bastos » Juliana Carla Bastos Federal University of Paraíba / Brazil Concentration of Study: Ecomusicol...
Friday, October 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Emily Howe: Winner of the SEM 2018 Nahumck Fellowship » Interview with Emily Howe: Winner of the SEM 2018 Nahumck Fellowship By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana...
Friday, October 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Yun Emily Wang: Winner of the SEM 2018 Seeger Prize » Interview with Yun Emily Wang: Winner of the SEM 2018 Charles Seeger Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana University...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Richard Jones-Bamman: Winner of the SEM 2018 Wachsmann Prize » Interview with Richard Jones-Bamman: Winner of the SEM 2018 Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana U...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019: Updated Program; Online Registration Closes Oct 27 » The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 64 th Annual Meeting on November 7-10 , 2019, at Indiana University in Bloo...
Monday, October 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Frequently Asked Questions about SEM » Why does SEM hold its Annual Meeting in expensive hotels and pick dates that conflict with one of my other favorite confer...
Friday, October 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Louise Meintjes: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Alan Merriam Prize » Interview with Louise Meintjes: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Alan Merriam Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indi...
Friday, October 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Andrew Eisenberg: Winner of the SEM 2018 Jaap Kunst Prize » Interview with Andrew Eisenberg: Winner of the SEM 2018 Jaap Kunst Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana University B...
Monday, October 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with David Garcia: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Bruno Nettl Award » Interview with David Garcia: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Bruno Nettl Award By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana U...
Monday, October 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Naoko Terauchi: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Bruno Nettl Prize » Interview with Naoko Terauchi: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Bruno Nettl Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indian...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019: Updated Program; Early-Bird Registration Closes Oct 7 » The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 64 th Annual Meeting on November 7-10 , 2019, at Indiana University in Bloo...
Monday, September 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) September 2019 Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Elaine Sandoval » Elaine Sandoval Graduate Center, City University of New York; Min-On Music Research Institute Concentration of Stud...
Thursday, September 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Alex Chávez: Co-Winner of the 2018 Merriam Prize » Interview with Alex Chávez : Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Alan Merriam Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indiana University...
Thursday, September 5, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Interview with Aaron Allen: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Koskoff Prize » Interview with Aaron S. Allen: Co-Winner of the SEM 2018 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize By Jesse Fivecoate, Indi...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Jeffrey Dyer » Jeffrey Dyer Boston University Concentration of Study: Historicity and temporality; music and politics;...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM 2019 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program » The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 64 th Annual Meeting on November 7-10, 2019, at Indiana Universi...
Thursday, July 11, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) SEM Podcast #10: Kanyeleng Musicians and Global Health in the Gambia » Episode 10 of Ethnomusicology Today, “Musical Participation and Global Health in the Gambia with Bonnie McConne...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Today - Episode 10 Now Available! » Episode 10 of Ethnomusicology Today, “Musical Participationand Global Health in the Gambia with Bonnie McConnell,” is now...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Response Regarding 990 Filing » It has come to our attention that people have been posting on social media about the Society for Ethnomusicology’s 990 (a...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) May 2019 SEM Student of the Month - Robbie Campbell » Robbie Campbell SOAS, University of London Concentration of Study: Chopi Timbila Xylophone Music in Mozambiqu...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ethnomusicology Student of the Month - Blair Black » Blair Black University of California, Los Angeles Concentration of Study: Identity and representational polit...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Encomium for Prof JH Nketia » SEM President Gregory Barz has sent an encomium to be delivered at the State Funeral of Emeritus Professor Joseph Han...
Thursday, March 28, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SEM Receives Grant from NEA in Support of Careers in Public and Applied Ethnomusicology » The Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce that it has received a $15,000 grant from the Nat...
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...
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...
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