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The call for papers will be advertised shortly

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 of Studies in Music and Dance Department of Art and Communication Portugal The Institute of Ethnomusicology – Center of Studies in Music and Dance is

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 a great deal to Bernard, who, among other things, was one of the fourteen founding members of the ESEM in Strasbourg on September 4, 1982,

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 processes of selection of particular music and dance styles to be studied and/or performed have regularly been immersed in current politics. These selections also influenced

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 Pasqualino Museum) Ewa Dahlig-Turek (President of the ESEM) John Blacking Memorial Lecture Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco I. Ethnomusicologists today: new challenges in research, methods, and

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 through very challenging times, shaped, for instance, by the inability to manage migratory flows across the continent in a humane manner, the climate and energy

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 knowledge production and collaboration in research  The Program full version here The Program short version here Program Committee:  Kendra Stepputat (chair) kendra-iris.stepputat@kug.ac.at Rafael Caro Repetto rafael.caro-repetto@kug.ac.at Karin

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. War means human tragedies and the annihilation of invaluable cultural heritage, archival collections, monuments and other cultural and scientific resources. We join the demands for

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 topic aims at exploring possible collaborations in research processes. This can include cooperation with expert individuals or communities of practice (online and onsite, local