The Popular Music Section of
the Society for Ethnomusicology
The Annual PMSSEM Lecture
PMSSEM hosts a distinguished guest speaker to deliver the PMSSEM Lecture each year as part of the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. The Lecturer is selected by the Lecture Committee based on nominations from the PMSSEM membership.
Past PMSSEM Lecturers are:
- 2007 PMSSEM Lecture. Barry Shank. "The Political Agency of Music."
- 2006 PMSSEM Lecture. Toru Mitsui. "When the Production of Hit Songs Began in Japan: Musical Hybridization, Technological Innovation and the Expansion of the Recording Industry in the Late 1920s."
- 2005 PMSSEM Lecture. Paul Théberge, Canada Research Chair, Carleton University. "Extending the Mix: Technology, Ethnography, and Popular Music."
- 2004 PMSSEM Lecture. Juan-Pablo González, Catholic University of Chile. "Popular Musicology in Latin America: Folklore, Industry,and Nation."
- 2003 PMSSEM Lecture. Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool. "Popular Music, Heritage, and Urban Regeneration."
- 2002 PMSSEM Lecture. Deena Weinstein, DePaul University. "Processes of Diffusion and Reception in Global Popular Musics: The Case of Heavy Metal."
Members of PMSSEM are invited to suggest to the Lecture Committee nominees for the 2006 PMSSEM Lecture. Click here to e-mail the Committee with your suggestion.