Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawaiʻi Chapter Meeting

The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology is thrilled to host the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawai’i Chapter (SEMSCHC) on Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 March 2025. The conference will be in honor of the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Mantle Hood to UCLA. There will be papers, panels, a special roundtable, workshops, concerts, and more, featuring over 100 presenters, including scholars, artists, faculty, students, and community members.

The Saturday keynote speakers will be Hazel Chung Hood and Made Mantle Hood.

The Sunday keynote speaker will be Nobuko Miyamoto.

The detailed program will be available on the SEMSCHC website. https://www.semschc.org/conference.html

Host or Publisher Dept. of Ethnomusicology, UCLAalpert