27e année, 30 mars 2026.
BASEES Slavonic and East European Music Study Group (SEEM) Annual Conference
24-25 October 2026
Venue: Department of Musicology, Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK), University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Event format: in-person only
SEEM gratefully acknowledges the support of BASEES and the Department of Musicology at the University of Heidelberg.
Originally founded as the Study Group on Russian and East European Music (REEM) affiliated to the British Association for Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (BASEES), this network held its inaugural conference at the University of Bristol in 2006 and has since organised regular events around the UK and abroad. SEEM brings together scholars working at the interface of musicology and Slavonic/Eastern European studies and seeks to foster international and interdisciplinary connections to support research on music and cultural life across the region.
Our 2026 colloquium will celebrate the 20th anniversary of SEEM's foundation. It is intended to provide an opportunity to reflect upon the current state of research on music and musical life across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet space.
We invite proposals on the following topics:
The development of musicology in Slavonic/Eastern European countries after 1991
Music historiography and musicological traditions in Slavonic/Eastern European countries
Post-Soviet cultural identity in Slavonic/Eastern European countries
Musicological networks and institutions in Slavonic/Eastern European countries
Nationality as a paradigm in contemporary Slavonic/Eastern European music
The reassessment and decolonialisation of former Soviet repertoires since the dissolution of the USSR
We also welcome proposals for presentations on cognate topics beyond these themes, and are especially interested in featuring contributions on subjects that have received limited attention in English-language scholarship.
The event is open to researchers at any career stage, including postgraduate researchers and independent scholars. The working language of the conference will be English.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words and short biographical notes (c.100 words) should be sent to reemstudygroup@gmail.com by Friday 17 April 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent in mid-May.
We hope to be in a position to offer small bursaries to graduate students and presenters without access to institutional support. If you wish to be considered for a bursary, you should indicate this in your covering letter when submitting your abstract. Please be aware that our funds are limited and it is unlikely that we will be able to cover participants’ costs in full.
The colloquium will be conducted in alignment with BASEES’ current policies on participation in its annual conferences and research events. We welcome all students and scholars who oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine. Anyone supporting Russia’s war, or justifying it in any way, will not be welcome. Colleagues based in Russia or Belarus will participate in a personal capacity. BASEES’s anti-harassment policy will apply.
SEEM co-convenors: Daniel Elphick, Christoph Flamm, Christina Guillaumier, Katerina Levidou, Ivana Medić, and Patrick Zuk.
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