IASPM UK and Ireland
@iaspmuki.bsky.social
Official account, UK & Ireland branch at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) iaspm.org.uk
• Posts and resposts are not endorsements
• Need help or have a question? Visit our website to contact the relevant committee member
• Posts and resposts are not endorsements
• Need help or have a question? Visit our website to contact the relevant committee member
Pinned
We're now on Bsky 👋 This account will be used to share CFPs, news, and opportunities in the field, and maybe the occasional photo or two from conferences. For any formal enquiries, visit Contact Us on our website to reach the relevant committee member.
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Statement on the Proposed Cancellation of the Initial Teacher Training Bursary for Music
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/31/statement-on-the-proposed-cancellation-of-the-initial-teacher-training-bursary-for-music/
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/31/statement-on-the-proposed-cancellation-of-the-initial-teacher-training-bursary-for-music/
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Statement on the Proposed Cancellation of the Initial Teacher Training Bursary for Music
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/31/statement-on-the-proposed-cancellation-of-the-initial-teacher-training-bursary-for-music/
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/31/statement-on-the-proposed-cancellation-of-the-initial-teacher-training-bursary-for-music/
Call for papers: Amplification and Everyday Life conference, University of Huddersfield, 4-5 June 2026.
Submission deadline 15 December 2025.
makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...
Submission deadline 15 December 2025.
makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Call for papers: Amplification and Everyday Life conference, University of Huddersfield, 4-5 June 2026.
Submission deadline 15 December 2025.
makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...
Submission deadline 15 December 2025.
makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/c...
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
We have a range of resources to help you engage with #BlackHistoryMonth as a music educator 📣
The Why Music x Music Mark series explores rap, hip hop, blues, steel pan, grime, jazz, equity, Black History Month, and so much more!
🔗Watch now: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/th...
The Why Music x Music Mark series explores rap, hip hop, blues, steel pan, grime, jazz, equity, Black History Month, and so much more!
🔗Watch now: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/th...
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We have a range of resources to help you engage with #BlackHistoryMonth as a music educator 📣
The Why Music x Music Mark series explores rap, hip hop, blues, steel pan, grime, jazz, equity, Black History Month, and so much more!
🔗Watch now: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/th...
The Why Music x Music Mark series explores rap, hip hop, blues, steel pan, grime, jazz, equity, Black History Month, and so much more!
🔗Watch now: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/th...
Today's the last day to register for the NTIA's fan-led review of electronic music. Info here:
Join us for the Fan-Led Review of Electronic Music, hosted by Lord Brennan, and help shape the future of the UK’s electronic music scene.
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today's the last day to register for the NTIA's fan-led review of electronic music. Info here:
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
From planning their ECR journey to top tips on wellness, tune into #ConfessionsOfAnECR where fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
Three new episodes now available across all podcasting platforms: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/... 🎙️
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Three new episodes now available across all podcasting platforms: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/... 🎙️
@britishacademy.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
From planning their ECR journey to top tips on wellness, tune into #ConfessionsOfAnECR where fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
Three new episodes now available across all podcasting platforms: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/... 🎙️
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Three new episodes now available across all podcasting platforms: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/... 🎙️
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Discover music resources that resonate: Join our webinar walkthrough on November 13th and find out how our digital platforms optimize teaching, learning and research: attendee.gototraining.com/r/5359452981...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Discover music resources that resonate: Join our webinar walkthrough on November 13th and find out how our digital platforms optimize teaching, learning and research: attendee.gototraining.com/r/5359452981...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Join us for the Fan-Led Review of Electronic Music, hosted by Lord Brennan, and help shape the future of the UK’s electronic music scene.
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Join us for the Fan-Led Review of Electronic Music, hosted by Lord Brennan, and help shape the future of the UK’s electronic music scene.
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
- London, United Kingdom (venue TBA)
- 28th October 2025,10:30AM arrival
- Complete the form to register.
connor941463.typeform.com/to/AUKagspH
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
📣 Calling all music educators in Scotland!
UK Music want to hear from you
Join an online roundtable next week to help develop their Manifesto for Music ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026
🔗 Sign up: https://luma.com/rgqlunlv
#ScotlandMusic #MusicTeacher
UK Music want to hear from you
Join an online roundtable next week to help develop their Manifesto for Music ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026
🔗 Sign up: https://luma.com/rgqlunlv
#ScotlandMusic #MusicTeacher
Manifesto for Music Scotland - Music Education & Skills Roundtable · Luma
Contribute to UK Music's policy development and shape our Manifesto for Music for the Scottish elections in 2026. This event is open to anyone working in music…
luma.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📣 Calling all music educators in Scotland!
UK Music want to hear from you
Join an online roundtable next week to help develop their Manifesto for Music ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026
🔗 Sign up: https://luma.com/rgqlunlv
#ScotlandMusic #MusicTeacher
UK Music want to hear from you
Join an online roundtable next week to help develop their Manifesto for Music ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026
🔗 Sign up: https://luma.com/rgqlunlv
#ScotlandMusic #MusicTeacher
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre
The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail
sempre.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
"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
online.ucpress.edu
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"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...
Call for papers: Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era
An in-person conference of the International Musicological Society at University College Dublin, 11-12 June 2026.
Submit a proposal 5 December 2025.
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
An in-person conference of the International Musicological Society at University College Dublin, 11-12 June 2026.
Submit a proposal 5 December 2025.
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Call for papers: Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era
An in-person conference of the International Musicological Society at University College Dublin, 11-12 June 2026.
Submit a proposal 5 December 2025.
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
An in-person conference of the International Musicological Society at University College Dublin, 11-12 June 2026.
Submit a proposal 5 December 2025.
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
Online seminar TODAY, 13 October:
The Risks and Benefits of Using AI in Research, hosted by the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
14:00 - 15:00 BST (London)
Online live via Zoom. Register here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Risks and Benefits of Using AI in Research, hosted by the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
14:00 - 15:00 BST (London)
Online live via Zoom. Register here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Risks and Benefits of Using AI in Research
www.sas.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Online seminar TODAY, 13 October:
The Risks and Benefits of Using AI in Research, hosted by the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
14:00 - 15:00 BST (London)
Online live via Zoom. Register here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Risks and Benefits of Using AI in Research, hosted by the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
14:00 - 15:00 BST (London)
Online live via Zoom. Register here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre
The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail
sempre.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
Call for Papers: ‘Popular Music and Identity in Cinema’
Special issue of the journal Film International: Journal of World Cinema.
Deadline 1 February 2026. View the full call: www.intellectbooks.com/film-interna...
Special issue of the journal Film International: Journal of World Cinema.
Deadline 1 February 2026. View the full call: www.intellectbooks.com/film-interna...
Film International
Film International - Journal of World Cinema; Film International is devoted to the study of world cinemas, focusing on films within international and transnational contexts. The journal offers insight...
www.intellectbooks.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Call for Papers: ‘Popular Music and Identity in Cinema’
Special issue of the journal Film International: Journal of World Cinema.
Deadline 1 February 2026. View the full call: www.intellectbooks.com/film-interna...
Special issue of the journal Film International: Journal of World Cinema.
Deadline 1 February 2026. View the full call: www.intellectbooks.com/film-interna...
AI company Anthropic has settled a copyright case & must pay $1.5B to publishers & authors. If your work was stolen, you could claim $3k/book. Popular music scholars are known to have been affected. Learn more via the Textbook and Academic Authors Association: www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
October 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
AI company Anthropic has settled a copyright case & must pay $1.5B to publishers & authors. If your work was stolen, you could claim $3k/book. Popular music scholars are known to have been affected. Learn more via the Textbook and Academic Authors Association: www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Popular Music
Special issue of the journal Popular Music and Society.
Deadline 20 December 2025. iaspm.org.uk/artificial-i...
Special issue of the journal Popular Music and Society.
Deadline 20 December 2025. iaspm.org.uk/artificial-i...
IASPM » Blog Archive » Artificial Intelligence and Popular Music
iaspm.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Popular Music
Special issue of the journal Popular Music and Society.
Deadline 20 December 2025. iaspm.org.uk/artificial-i...
Special issue of the journal Popular Music and Society.
Deadline 20 December 2025. iaspm.org.uk/artificial-i...
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Vacancy for Reviews Editor for both the Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle (new deadline of Monday 6 October)
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...
Extended Deadline – Reviews Editor: JRMA and RMARC – Royal Musical Association
www.rma.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Vacancy for Reviews Editor for both the Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle (new deadline of Monday 6 October)
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...
Job opportunity at the University of Huddersfield providing administrative support to the Leverhulme-funded Amplification Project. Apply by 1st October:
Job opp - full-time Project Officer at U of Huddersfield. Support the admin needs of research staff and PGRs on the Amplification Project. Grade 6 (£32,363 - £39,132 per annum), fixed-term ending Jan 2030. Apply by 1st Oct here: vacancies.hud.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
September 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Job opportunity at the University of Huddersfield providing administrative support to the Leverhulme-funded Amplification Project. Apply by 1st October:
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Call for book proposals!
Are you passionate about punk? 🤘
Do you have an idea for a book? 📖
Send us your idea for a fresh take on punk to mark the 50th anniversary, that could be the next instalment our acclaimed British Pop Archive series. 🎶
More details below 👇 #booksky #punk
Are you passionate about punk? 🤘
Do you have an idea for a book? 📖
Send us your idea for a fresh take on punk to mark the 50th anniversary, that could be the next instalment our acclaimed British Pop Archive series. 🎶
More details below 👇 #booksky #punk
September 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
Punk & Post-Punk 14.2 is out now! 🤘🎵
Including ‘‘Punk Rock Cliché’: The proverbial NOFX’ by Luis J. Tosina Fernández
Access the issue via discover 👉 intellectdiscover.co...
Including ‘‘Punk Rock Cliché’: The proverbial NOFX’ by Luis J. Tosina Fernández
Access the issue via discover 👉 intellectdiscover.co...
September 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Punk & Post-Punk 14.2 is out now! 🤘🎵
Including ‘‘Punk Rock Cliché’: The proverbial NOFX’ by Luis J. Tosina Fernández
Access the issue via discover 👉 intellectdiscover.co...
Including ‘‘Punk Rock Cliché’: The proverbial NOFX’ by Luis J. Tosina Fernández
Access the issue via discover 👉 intellectdiscover.co...
Reposted by IASPM UK and Ireland
We're excited for our annual conference in a few days' time, this year hosted by the University of Southampton! Hope to see lots of you there.
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...
September 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We're excited for our annual conference in a few days' time, this year hosted by the University of Southampton! Hope to see lots of you there.
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Taylor Swift
What do the many creative languages of Swift's work reveal about identity, power, and society?
Submit a brief CV and 350–500 word abstract for a feature-length research article by 1 Oct.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
What do the many creative languages of Swift's work reveal about identity, power, and society?
Submit a brief CV and 350–500 word abstract for a feature-length research article by 1 Oct.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Taylor Swift
What do the many creative languages of Swift's work reveal about identity, power, and society?
Submit a brief CV and 350–500 word abstract for a feature-length research article by 1 Oct.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
What do the many creative languages of Swift's work reveal about identity, power, and society?
Submit a brief CV and 350–500 word abstract for a feature-length research article by 1 Oct.
More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Well done to all the speakers at our Postgraduate Research Conference, held last Friday at Leeds on the theme of 'music and crisis'. Thank you especially to the organising team and volunteers. We heard excellent talks on topics from DIY internet radio to the challenges faced by women tour managers.
September 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Well done to all the speakers at our Postgraduate Research Conference, held last Friday at Leeds on the theme of 'music and crisis'. Thank you especially to the organising team and volunteers. We heard excellent talks on topics from DIY internet radio to the challenges faced by women tour managers.
Understanding REF Impact in Music: Half Day Workshop, 19 Nov 2025
- Online and at City St George’s, University of London
- Free, travel bursaries available for PGRs & ECRs
- Topics will include working with non-academic partners; writing an impact case study; assessment of impact in REF.
- Online and at City St George’s, University of London
- Free, travel bursaries available for PGRs & ECRs
- Topics will include working with non-academic partners; writing an impact case study; assessment of impact in REF.
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Understanding REF Impact in Music: Half Day Workshop, 19 Nov 2025
- Online and at City St George’s, University of London
- Free, travel bursaries available for PGRs & ECRs
- Topics will include working with non-academic partners; writing an impact case study; assessment of impact in REF.
- Online and at City St George’s, University of London
- Free, travel bursaries available for PGRs & ECRs
- Topics will include working with non-academic partners; writing an impact case study; assessment of impact in REF.
wildpop conference call for proposals: "underground, DIY & fringe cultures have the grassroots spontaneous intensity that challenge corporate dominance. Don’t they?"
6-8 November 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Submit to wildpop@newcastle.ac.uk by 31 Aug.
iaspm.org.uk/wildpop-2025/
6-8 November 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Submit to wildpop@newcastle.ac.uk by 31 Aug.
iaspm.org.uk/wildpop-2025/
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
wildpop conference call for proposals: "underground, DIY & fringe cultures have the grassroots spontaneous intensity that challenge corporate dominance. Don’t they?"
6-8 November 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Submit to wildpop@newcastle.ac.uk by 31 Aug.
iaspm.org.uk/wildpop-2025/
6-8 November 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Submit to wildpop@newcastle.ac.uk by 31 Aug.
iaspm.org.uk/wildpop-2025/