The year 2025 marks the third installment of the Analytical Approaches to World Musics Special Topics Symposium series, dedicated to the intersections of indigenous and contemporary music theories, music analysis, and diverse musical traditions of Asia. The symposium will be held October 11-14, 2025, at Cornell University, and it is sponsored by the Analytical Approaches to World Musics Journal (AAWM), the International Foundation for the Theory and Analysis of World Musics (IFTAWM), and the Cornell University Department of Music.
This symposium aims to bring together scholars, performers, composers, and practitioners to explore interdisciplinary and cross-cultural scholarship in all Asian music traditions, past and present, and to engage with theoretical paradigms, cultural frameworks, and analytical methodologies pertinent to the music of Asian communities. In order to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue, promote new research methods and collaborative research, the program will include numerous special panel sessions, paper sessions, roundtable discussions, workshops, and music performances.
The event will be held in a hybrid format. While attendees are warmly encouraged to attend and participate onsite, options for remote participation involving either recorded or live virtual presentations via ZOOM are also available.
Submission Guidelines
Papers: Proposals for spoken papers should include a s short abstract of no more than 350 words, including footnotes but not counting examples and bibliography. Supporting media files can also be submitted. Accepted papers will be allotted 30 minutes for presentation plus 15 minutes for discussion.
Posters: Poster proposals should follow the same format as spoken proposals. Authors may submit a given proposal as a paper, a poster, or both. The program committee will make a final recommendation on the presentation format, taking the author's request into consideration. Abstracts and full proposals of the accepted papers and posters will be published online.
Panel Sessions: Authors of papers that share a common theme may propose to deliver them in a panel session. Each paper should be submitted separately and will be reviewed following the same process as that for spoken papers. In addition, a separate submission should be entered for the panel session, including a 350-word abstract.
Workshops / Lecture Recitals / Alternative Formats: Proposals for workshops or other alternative formats should also be submitted as a 350-word abstract. They should provide as many details as possible about the precise format they will employ, how many participants will attend, and the size and type of space they will require. We welcome presentations that involve music performance, if they include a substantial analytical or theoretical component consistent with the call for papers.
Submission Process: All proposals should be submitted electronically using the following link:
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2025