The society facilitates dialogue and collaboration between all researchers in music.
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Call for papers for the SASRIM 17th Annual Conference (2023).
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Facilitate & Encourage
SASRIM facilitates and encourages dialogue and collaboration between all researchers in music in South Africa.
Represent
SASRIM represents the wider field of research interests in the country, including those in the rest of Africa.
Membership
Membership for South Africans and African nationals. Members can attend the AGM of the society and exercise their voting rights.
Events
From annual conferences, workshops and more. Events play an integral part of learning about and networking in the field.
Transformation
Encouraging historically disadvantaged South African researchers who are currently underrepresented in academia to participate in the activities and opportunities.
SAMUS
The annually accredited journal of the Society. SAMUS (South African Music Studies) is the leading music journal for the publication of high quality research on music in South Africa.
Resources
Access to useful journals, conference presentations, high quality musical research articles, resources for teachers and students, reading lists, calls for papers, news from music societies and other opportunities.
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SASRIM 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023
SASRIM invites contributions for its 2023 conference, hosted by the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape.
16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) invites contributions for its 2022 conference, hosted by the Department of Music and Musicology and International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University.
15th Annual Conference 2021
SASRIM’s 15th Annual Conference is going online. Registration is now open.
SAMUS: Call for Papers
SAMUS: South African Music Studies is inviting papers for Vol. 41. The publication date is 16 December 2021. Submission Deadline: 15 May 2021.
SASRIM 14th Annual Conference 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT: SASRIM 14th Annual Conference 2020 17 – 18 September 2020 We can all look forward to a challenging and interesting programme, featuring presentations …