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Here is the final programme of the ESEM 2025, which will be hosted by the University of Aveiro from 16 to 20 September 2025.

40th ESEM Aveiro, 16—20 September 2025 5th ICTMD National Committee Meeting call for papers abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2025 conference venue: University of Aveiro Institute of Ethnomusicology – Center…

On 18 July 2024, Bernard Lortat-Jacob, one of the most renowned and authoritative voices in ethnomusicology, a first-rate researcher and scholar, passed away at the age of 83. ESEM owes…

Themes1. Excluded Musics Throughout its history, ethnomusicology collected, archived and interpreted numerous musical practices creating subsequent representative academic knowledge. Inevitably, some practices have been excluded. Beyond mere pragmatic reasons, the…

Tuesday, September 19 8:30 Arrival and registration 9:00 Opening greetings Massimo Midiri (Rector of the University of Palermo)Francesca Piazza (Director of the Department of Humanities, University of Palermo)Rosario Perricone (Director of…

The XXXVIII European Seminar in Ethnomusicology will take place in Palermo, Italy,  Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum. Themes  1. Ethnomusicologists today: new challenges in research, methods, and communication Europe is going…

The XXXVII European Seminar in Ethnomusicology will take place in Graz, Austria, University of Music and Performing Arts, from 12 to 16 September 2022. The theme of the seminar is Joint…

In the face of Russia's military assault on Ukraine, the ESEM community strongly condemns the brutal violation of international agreements and the standards of social and political integrity in this world.…

The European Seminar in Ethnomusicology in 2022 will be hosted by the Institute for Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz https://ethnomusikologie.kug.ac.at/en/events/symposia-meetings-conferences/37esem/  Theme  Joint knowledge production and collaboration in research …

The XXXVI European Seminar in Ethnomusicology will take place in Valladolid, Spain, from 13 to 18 September 2021. The theme of the seminar is “Ethnomusicology and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the…

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and to the uncertainties surrounding the developments of the current international health crisis, the organisers of the Valladolid seminar - in consultation with CORD - have…

The XXXV European Seminar in Ethnomusicology will take place in Valladolid, Spain, from 14 to 19 September 2020. The theme of the seminar is “Ethnomusicology and Intangible Cultural Heritage in…

The XXXV European Seminar in Ethnomusicology took take place from 3 to 7 September 2019 in the United Kingdom, and was hosted by Durham University's Music Department. The theme of…

The 34th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM) took take place from Monday 3 September to Friday 7 September 2018, in Riga, Latvia, and was hosted by the Jazeps Vitols Latvian…

ESEM 2017 Preliminary Programme Final Booklet General information 2017 Registration form

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY The 33rd European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM) will take place from Tuesday 5 September to Saturday 9 September 2017 in Tbilisi (Georgia), hosted by the…

The preliminary programme of the XXXII ESEM Seminar is now available together with information for participants: XXXII ESEM – Sardinia 2016 preliminary program XXXII ESEM Sardinia 2016 - general information