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SEM is excited for this year’s keynote lecture in Atlanta, Georgia, with Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje on Saturday, October 25: “The Fiddle/Violin in African American Culture: Meanings and Associations.” Dr. DjeDje will be introduced by Dr. Birgitta J. Johnson of the University of South Carolina.
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Our discounted room block rate of $204 a night is still available until October 15th for SEM 2025 at the Marriot Marquis Hotel. This is an excellent rate for downtown Atlanta. To take advantage of discounted room rates, please visit the Accommodations page on the conference website (buff.ly/82NkXOV)
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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All current SEM Members are eligible to vote in this year's SEM Election. Please take a few minutes to complete the online ballot.

The 2025 election will close on Tuesday, October 14, at 11:59 pm EDT.

Visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/2025Bios to view candidate bios and vote today!
Four Founders of SEM: Charles Seeger, Alan Merriam, Willard Rhodes, & David McAllester. SEM 1971 Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC. Photo © William Malm.
October 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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There is still time to join the SEM Special Interest Group for Archiving webinar on Ukrainian Folklore Archives, featuring Iryna Voloshyna (Indiana University) and Maria Sonevytsky (Bard College). Today (12 September) at 12:00pm Eastern Time! Register online at iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Tomorrow (12 September) at 12:00pm Eastern Time: Join our webinar on Ukrainian Folklore Archives featuring Iryna Voloshyna (Indiana University) and Maria Sonevytsky (Bard College), hosted by the SEM Special Interest Group for Archiving. Register online at buff.ly/AbxPE1o
September 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Join our webinar on Ukrainian Folklore Archives featuring Iryna Voloshyna (Indiana University) and Maria Sonevytsky (Bard College), hosted by the SEM SIG for Archiving. 12 September at 12:00pm Eastern Time Register online at iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Reminder: SEM Annual Meeting Travel Awards are due TOMORROW, August 1. Please visit buff.ly/55jRZTS to apply.
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Be sure to register for the SEM 2025 Annual Meeting before September 12 for the Early-Bird registration rates. Visit buff.ly/WyuVvzd for more information!
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July 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Registration is open for the SEM 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta Georgia. For those unable to travel to Atlanta, we are also offering a hybrid registration option. Visit buff.ly/WyuVvzd for more information or to register--Early-bird rates end on September 12!
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Reminder: Annual Meeting Travel Awards are due on Friday, August 1. Please visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Prizes_... for information about the awards or to apply.
July 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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SEM is extending the deadline for our Annual Meeting Travel Awards until August 1. These awards include:

Annual Meeting Travel Fund Awards
Gertrude Rivers Robinson Annual Meeting Travel Award
Ric Trimillos Annual Meeting Travel Award

Please visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Prizes_... to apply
July 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Student Highlight: Sinem Eylem Arlan (University of Toronto)

Read about Sinem or sign up to be a featured student at www.ethnomusicology.org/StudentHighl...
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June 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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We have a new Student Highlight: Sinem Eylem Arlan (University of Toronto)!

Read more or nominate a student at www.ethnomusicology.org/StudentHighl...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Reminder: We have extended the deadline for the Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award until June 1. Visit buff.ly/TIoDDjf to read more and apply.
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May 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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SEM Student Highlight: Tyician Knight, University of New Mexico

Visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Student... to read read more about Tyician, sign up to be featured, or nominate a student.
May 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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SEM Student Highlight: Tyician Knight, University of New Mexico

Visit buff.ly/0W4eHKU to read read about Tyician, sign up to be featured, or nominate a student.
May 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Ethnomusicology Translations Issue 17 is now online! "Transgressive Identities: LGBTI Musical Resistance and Activism in Lima, Peru." By Fiorella Montero-Diaz. Translated by Marita Thomsen.
See www.ethnomusicology.org/news/700734/... for more information.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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We have extended the deadline for the Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award until June 1. Visit buff.ly/TIoDDjf to read more and apply.
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Issue 59.2 of the SEM Newsletter is now available online at ethnomusicology.org! You can access through the Members' area of the SEM website after logging in, or directly at www.ethnomusicology.org/general/cust...
SEM Newsletter Banner for Issue 59.2, featuring a photo by Alan Burdette of a musician playing a button accordion.
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Reminder: Today is the final day to apply for many of SEM's 2025 prizes and awards. Visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Prizes_... for more details.
Bruno Nettl accepting an award at the SEM 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. PC: Alan Burdette
April 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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SEM is re-launching an Ethnomusicology Student Highlight feature on the SEM website and social media. Visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/eshnom to nominate a student or self-nominate.
Judith McCulloh as a graduate student, working with George List in the early 1960s in the IU Archives of Traditional Music. Photo courtesy of the Indiana University Archives.
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Reminder: Many of SEM's prizes and awards have a submission deadline of April 1st. Please visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Prizes_... for submission information on individual awards.
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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DEADLINE EXTENSION: The 2025 Public Ethnomusicology Mentoring Program application deadline has been extended to Monday, 14 April 2025. Visit www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Resourc... for application information!
Photo: Kai Tang recording folk singer Xin Lisheng (1940-2020), in a casual interview in his backyard. Photo by Wang Jianguo, courtesy of Kai Tang.
March 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The Winter 2025 (59.1) issue of the SEM Newsletter is now available online. To view this issue, please sign into the SEM website at www.ethnomusicology.org and visit the Members' Area.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Don't forget to renew your SEM membership for 2025. Visit https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Membership_Join for more information.
SEM President Melvin Butler at the 2023 SEM Annual Meeting in Ottawa, ON.
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM