Study Group “Global History of Music”

The purpose of the IMS Study Group “Global History of Music” is to promote macrohistorical thinking about global connections, patterns, and processes in human musicking, and to develop theoretical frameworks for musicology that intersect with current directions in sister disciplines. It focuses on examining the global musical repercussions of transcontinental exchanges, movement, and mixing of peoples, practices, ideas, and objects. The study group first met in Paris in 2019 and aims to hold an annual meeting. It will maintain strong links and collaborate with parallel groups including the AMS Global History of Music Study Group, the ICTM Study Group on Global History of Music, and the International Network for a Global History of Music (INGHM). 

David R. M. Irving (ES)

Jen-yen Chen (TW), Maria Alexandra I. Chua (PH), Elisabeth Le Guin (US), Jacob Olley (UK), Miranda B. T. Sousa (US)

For a report of recent activities, as well as older reports, see the IMS Publication Archive.