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An annual conference of SEMSEC is held each year in late winter or spring. The Chapter awards the Dale A. Olsen Prize for an outstanding student paper delivered at its annual conference.

2011 Chapter Conference

March 25-26, 2011, Vanderbilt University, Memphis, Tennessee

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The Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter (SEMSEC) is pleased to announce its 2011 Annual Meeting, Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2011 at Vanderbilt University, Memphis, Tennessee.

SEMSEC Call for Papers

The Southeast and Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology
(SEMSEC) is pleased to announce its 2011 Annual Meeting, Friday and
Saturday, March 25-26, 2011 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
Presentations, special sessions, papers with a performance component, panel
discussions, and roundtable forums are solicited on any topic related to
ethnomusicology. We especially hope to elicit studies that draw upon
interdisciplinary studies including anthropology, art history, ethnic
studies, technology, history, literature, philosophy, politics, and
sociology. The Program Committee welcomes proposals from SEM members,
students, teachers, and scholars working in related fields. Submissions from
musicology, anthropology, media studies, folklore, performance studies, and
popular culture studies are also welcomed.

The Program committee strongly encourages graduate and undergraduate
students to submit abstracts. Organized panels consisting of 3 or 4 papers,
or 3 papers and a discussant are also encouraged. Each member of a panel
must submit an individual paper proposal and the panel chair/organizer must
submit a panel abstract. The panel abstract should not exceed 150 words. The
program committee also encourages submission of forum/roundtable-format
discussions based on a conference theme. Forum organizers should submit an
abstract of 150 words or less detailing the central theme, purpose, and
scope of the forum, with a preliminary list of potential participants. The
suggested forum format would be a 90-minute forum, with four to six
panelists including a discussant, but other options will be considered.

Interdisciplinary perspectives in Ethnomusicology
Tradition and Innovation in Nashville's Music industry

Keynote Speaker: Peter Guralnick, Writer in Residence-English Department
at Vanderbilt University
Among many other publications profesor Guralnick has published a celebrated
trilogy about America’s roots music—Feel Like Goin’ Home: Portraits in
Blues and Rock ’n’ Roll, Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American
Musicians, and Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues and the Southern Dream
of Freedom.

Submissions include scholarly papers (20-minute presentation, 10-minute
discussion). For consideration, please submit an abstract with a maximum
limit of 250 words. Abstracts should clearly indicate a central argument,
research methodology, and conclusions. They should also appear in a format
suitable for direct publication in the abstract booklet. Include title,
centered at the top of the page and, at the bottom right, author's name,
institutional affiliation or place of residence.

Please include the following with your proposal:
. name
. address
. title
. institutional affiliation
. e-mail address
. phone number
. AV presentation equipment needs

For presentation and support needs please address your questions to
professor Robert Fry, robert.w.fry@Vanderbilt.Edu, SEMSEC 2011 hosting
Institution and local arrangements committee chair. Please make sure to
include on your e-mail the subject line: SEMSEC 2011 Conference

Program Committee, SEMSEC 2011: Welson Tremura (Chair), Larry Crook, Laurie
Semmes

E-mail proposals to Welson Tremura, Program Chair:
tremura@ufl.edu