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The official Bluesky account for the US branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music
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Cool looking CFP posted by Varun. Varun is so cool, smart, handsome, and funny and definitely doesn't run this account
vcmusictheory.bsky.social Jimi Eat Hendrix @vcmusictheory.bsky.social · Oct 10
Super excited to announce that I will be hosting "A Conference...But It's Midwestern Emo" in April 2026, what I believe to be the first conference dedicated to emo studies!!! Poster by Jacob Cupps!!!
A conference... but it's Midwestern emo
October 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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"Journal of Popular Music Studies" co-editors @burrata.bsky.social & Alisha Lola Jones's reflect on their 1st year editing "JPMS" in the Sept issue online now. We pub JPMS in partnership with @iaspm-us.bsky.social. online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
Volume 37 Issue 3 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press
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September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Book award nominations!
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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@iaspm-us.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Woody Guthrie and Greg Tate Book Awards: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Guthrie-and-...
Woody Guthrie and Greg Tate Awards
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September 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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CFP: @iaspm-us.bsky.social 2026 Conference Popular Music and the State

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July 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Abstracts for IASPM-US are due tomorrow!!!! Eeek!!!
September 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Call for event funding!!!
Iaspm call for event funding!!!
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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📣 Most read in The Journal of Beatles Studies
‘Echoes of the Beatles in Hamburg: The telling of the origin story’, by Hans Olof Gottfridsson.

Read this article #OpenAccess: bit.ly/Beatles-Echoes
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Graphic for The Journal of Beatles Studies. Teal background overlaid with a cut out of the Beatles in black and white that shows the band jumping in mid-air. 'The first journal to establish the Beatles as an object of academic research' in a blocky white font that sits below the image of the band and on top of an opaque white banner. Orange open padlock logo representing Open Access sits next to 'Available Open Access' in a slim white font . The Liverpool University press logo sits in the top left corner, it is white and features a minimalist swoosh that represents the Liver Bird, text below reads 'Liverpool University Press Sounded 1899'. Cover image of the journal with the same cut out of the band sits to the right, it has the same bright teal background and the journal's title is spelt out in bold blocky font in pale yellow and bright white with the image of the band jumping over the letters. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/r/rjbs. University of Liverpool logo in white featuring the university's shield with three Liver Birds and an open book in the centre.
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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IASPM Popular Music Books in Process Call
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - PMBiP 2025-2026
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July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Pop music scholars, are you up for the down stroke? Then apply to @iaspm-us.bsky.social’s DC conference for next spring.
July 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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This issue is a big deal. First, it’s guest-edited by Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social , two of the best of their respective generations of musical anthropologists. Second, the contributor lineup is outstanding.
anthroposound.bsky.social Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · Jun 23
📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
Volume 37 Issue 2 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press
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June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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JPMS is under the @iaspm-us.bsky.social umbrella. The crew is great, and these positions are light on labor, while being solid service opportunities. Would love to have you come work with us.
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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JPMS needs some editors!!!!
June 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶
Popular Music Books in Process series, 2025-2026 Call for Proposals Since 2020, the Popular Music Books in Process series has held online events for music writers and scholars to showcase recent books or works in progress for an engaged audience. The series is a collaboration between the Journal of Popular Music Studies, the Pop Conference, and IASPM-US. There have been more than 140 Zoom events so far, almost all preserved on YouTube. We generally run biweekly from fall through spring. We look forward to another round of presentations. If you are publishing a book in the next year, or have ongoing work to showcase, please let us know. All kinds of formats are welcome, from readings and dialogues to roundtables, always including a generous Q&A. Some authors have even incorporated live music. We ask you to make your event conversational on some level and avoid longer solo presentations. If you need ideas for interlocutors or co-presenters, we can suggest some. Our YouTube page shows the variety of strategies presenters have used. We may group authors with kindred approaches, too. Whatever the format, our focus remains books, whether early in gestation or after publication. We want to showcase popular music writing of many kinds, keeping our communities connected, and welcoming in new participants. Presenters are asked to do their best to attend several other sessions through the season. Please feel free to share this call with others you think might want to join in.
June 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Announcing the CFP for our forthcoming special issue of Women and Music on Global Queer/Trans Nightlives!

Delighted to be guest editing this special issue with my dear friends and colleagues @alejandrinammedina.bsky.social and Christina Misaki Nikitin.

Proposals due June 2! CFP here: bit.ly/WAMCFP
Woman and Music volume 31 (2027) Global Queer/Trans Nightlives Proposals due Monday, June 2! Call for papers, which may address (though not limited to) the following topics: interviews with drag artists, DJs, and performers; globalization and transnationalism; new methods; modes of exclusion; and diaspora. Guest editors are Paul David Flood, Alejandrina M. Medina, and Christina Misaki Nikitin.
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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May 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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A recording of my @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books talk with Kanjana Thepboriruk and @ehphd.bsky.social is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana‬‭ Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25
YouTube video by Eric Weisbard
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May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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“Queer Arrangements...represents LGBTQ+ scholarship at it’s finest...This book offers a beautifully written musical biography of an out, black, queer musician and a titan of jazz. It is a gift to multiple disciplines and must-read for pop music scholars.” — @iaspm-us.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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"Bangkok After Dark" virtual book talk next Tuesday!

Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series

May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Tue Apr 22, 5 pm ET, in the Popular Music Books series: @askjerseth.bsky.social on tech and cultural "presets" shaping meaning thru radio, samplers, Auto-Tune, vocaloids, Instagram, AI etc. w/ Catherine Provenzano. In memory of @jonathansterne.bsky.social.
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Popular Music Books in Process Series
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April 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Yerrrr!!!
burrata.bsky.social Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · Apr 8
Alisha Lola-Jones (co-editor), Matt Jones (managing ed), and I are in many ways still transitioning into the role -- these wonderful articles are all the editorial responsibility of the ancien regime @ehphd.bsky.social @ericdharvey.com @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social -- credit to them.
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Looking forward to seeing you all soon!!!
Poster for the upcoming IASPM conference
March 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Exciting CFP
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February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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📢 The Journal of Beatles Studies seeks Editorial Board members! Scholars worldwide are invited to apply. Find out more at: bit.ly/JBS-Call-for-...

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Call for Editorial Board Members Apply by 31st March. Liverpool University Press and University of Liverpool logos sit at the bottom. The Journal of Beatles Studies cover sits to the right, the cover is presented in 3d and features a black and white cut out image of The Beatles, all wearing darks suits and jumping in the air over the title of the journal.
February 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM