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The 1st international IASPM conference held in Amsterdam (Netherlands) in 1981. The conference focused on defining popular music, defending that it is a legitimate branch of musicology. A lot of discussions were focused on the differences of the western world and the communist countries. Amongst the participants were Charles Hamm, Roger Wallis, Alenka Barber-Kersovan, Simon Frith and executive committee members Franco Fabbri, Paul Oliver, Sylvia Moore and others.
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An International symposium on popular music was held in Manila. Organised jointly by UNESCO, the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) and the Cultural Centre of the Philippines. Two IASPM delegates, Gerard Kempers and David Horn, attended the symposium and gave presentations.
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A weekend symposium entitled ‘Popular Music Research in the UK’ held at the University of Exeter. Speakers - Simon Frith, Dave Harker, Sebastian Clark and Mary Harron.
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The very first conference organised solely by IASPM UK. It was held at the University of Keele and attracted more than 50 attendees. The subject of the conference was 'Popular Music in Britain'. During the conference the discussions revolved around new technologies, video technology in particular.
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The first IASPM US conference was held in Dartmouth, NH. It was a great success as more than 50% of the American membership of IASPM attended. On the 13th of May it was decided to start American branch of IASPM and on the 14th of May the committee was chosen. Charles Hamm and Martin Hatch were chosen as chairmen.
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During the meeting it was decided not to launch an official branch of IASPM in the Federal Republic, but to initiate a German working group.
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'The sociology of music: an exploration of issues' conference held in Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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The 2nd international IASPM conference 'What Is Popular Music?' was held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Discussed whether it is possible to define popular music. While some tried to answer the question, some said it is ok to leave it unanswered. Much of the conference focused on pop music social context rather than on popular music content. Discussed popular music relations to folk music, Western European classical music and Afro American pop music, bourgeois and proletarian values.
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IASPM US symposium 'Singers and Songwriters: Their Contribution to Society, The Popular Arts and Culture'. The conference held in Las Vegas. Discussed folk and black music contribution.
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The conference was held in Hamburg (Germany). Discussed the rise of popular music and the lack of education in it.
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The conference 'What Is Good Pop Music? was held at Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon. Organised by IASPM UK. The conference discussed values in popular music research.
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One day conference on the production, consumption and meaning of promotional pop videos. Organised jointly by IASPM UK and the Society for Education in Film and Television (SEFT). Held at the Tyneside Cinema and Newcastle Polytechnic.
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The 3rd international IASPM conference 'Popular Music: Practice and Theory' held in Montreal, Canada. The conference discussed effects of technological developments, popular music around the world and youth music. New executive committee elected: Klevor Abo, Georgina Born, Marcus Breen, Franco Fabbri, Jan Fairley, Line Grenier, Lawrence Grossberg, Antoine Hennion, David Horn, Anna De Leon, Gunter Mayer, Paul Rutten, Arnold Shaw, John Shepherd, Idalberto Suco.
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German branch, officially 'Arbeitskreis Studium Music, Sektion Bundesrepublik der International Association for the study of Popular Music'.
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The formation of the Popular Music Research Center at the University of Las Vegas was announced by Arnold Shaw. Main functions were to preserve and study books, magazines, files, records and manuscripts related to popular music.
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IASPM UK held its first National Conference at the Triangle Arts Centre, Birmingham.
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A day conference held at the National Sound Archive. Speakers: Simon Frith, John Shepherd, Janet Wolff.
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Nordic branch of IASPM formed
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Following the Montreal conference, the Japanese branch was established, Shuhei Hosokawa was elected as a secretary of the branch and Etsuko Okashi as a treasurer.
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The 4th international IASPM conference 'Africa in the World of Popular Music' was held in Accra, Ghana. A lot of attention paid to African music and its influence on popular music across the world. New executive committee elected: Klevor Abo, Alenka Barber-Kersovan, Marcus Breen, Jan Fairley, Umberto
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The music department of the University of New England and the Northern Rovers College of advanced Education at Lismore, jointly organised the First Australian Popular Music Seminar. Around 20 participants gathered at this seminar. The seminar discussed aboriginal popular music styles, Australian styles, tribal culture-based styles and rock-reggae-country mixtures.
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The 1st symposium of the IASPM-Nordic branch held in Helsinki.
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Annual IASPM UK conference held at Oxford Polytechnic.
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Conference held in Amsterdam to announce the formation of Pop Archief Nederland (PAN) - Popular Music Archive.
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The 5th international IASPM conference was held in Paris. The conference was held under the tricolore of '1789-1989: Music, history, democracy'. Discussions revolved around copyright and music & national identity. Working party: Georgina Born, David Horn, Gunter Mayer. New executive committee elected: Simon Frith, Line Grenier, Paul Rutten, John Shepherd, Peter Wicke.
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IASPM announced that it will start a house journal, partnered up with a publisher from GDR. Aimed to provide its members with an outlet for their work which reflected the geo-cultural and intellectual makeup of the organization.
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After announcing Bulgarian IASPM formation in the summer of 1988, the branch started its work in 1990
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Annual IASPM conferece, that year it was focused on teaching Popular Music. Held at Institute of Popular Music University of Liverpool. New Committee was elected: Jan Fairley (chair), Simon Frith, Sara Cohen, Sarah Thornton, John Street, Greg Holt, Annie Makepeace.
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The seminar was held in Glasgow (1990 Europe's City of Culture). The seminar discussed questions such as 'Is there a place for European Indie labels in the USA?', 'Are the current changes on broadcasting a help or a hindrance to the promotion fo new music?', 'Do Scottish artists need to move to London when seeking success?'. The conference was attended by many IASPM members. Panellists: Bruce Findlay, James Brown, Una Johnston, Jon Savage, Jari Muikku, Brenda Kelly, Bill Drummond.
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‘IASPM has spent ten years trying to stop becoming the academic organisation it now is’ - Simon Frith
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The 6th international IASPM conference 'Popular Music and Social Reality' was held in Berlin. Program committee: Peter Wicke (chair), Simon Frith, Reebee Garofalo, Line Grenier, Paul Rutten, John Shepherd.
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Paul Rutten completes his PhD thesis 'Hit Music in the Netherlands, 1960-1985' - the first PhD thesis on popular music ever completed in the Netherlands.
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Conference held at the Polytechnic of West London in Ealing. This was the first time an IASPM UK conference was devoted explicitly to musicology. The 'texts' discussed ranged from Prince to Czech rock and from Yes to the blues.
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Post-graduate programme in music formed at Kanazawa University, including practically the first academic course in popular music studies in Japan.
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Mini-conference on Popular Music research perspective, starting points and questions marking 10 years of IASPM-Benelux.
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The 7th international IASPM conference 'Popular Music: Style and Identity' held at University of Pacific, Stockton, California. Executive Committee elected: Toru Mitsui (chair), Simon Frith, Steve Jones, Sarah Cohen, Will Straw, Ales Opekar.
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University of Tulsa provided IASPM with a platform to start their own mailing list. Email address IASPM-list@dylan.cir.utulsa.edu was used to start the IASPM network.
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European Routes Conference was held in Liverpool University, Institute of Popular Music. Sponsored by Liverpool's Institute of Popular Music and IASPM UK. Conference themes were based around different types of movement including migration, tourism, colonialism, media, trade, language.
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Slovene branch of IASPM was founded.
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The 8th international IASPM conference 'Music on Show: Issues of performance' was held in Glasgow. New Executive Committee elected: Toru Mitsu (chair), Ales Opekar, Tony Mitchell, Helmi Jarviluoma.
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Conference 'Step Across the Boarder undertaken by German IASPM and ASPM (Arbeiskreis Studium Populaerer Musik) and audiovisual communications department. Discussed global music, folk music, musical changes and the media.
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One-day conference jointly organised by IASPM UK and the Critical Musicology Group. Held at Oxford Brookes University.
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IASPM Canada held an annual conference 'Voice, Space and Time'. The conference discussed DJs, Hip-Hop, dance clubs, gender.
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The 2nd Latin American IASPM conference in Santiago, Chille. Talked about Chillian musicians, rock performers and social events.
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The 9th international IASPM conference 'Popular Music: Intercultural Interpretations' held in Kanazawa, Japan. New executive committee elected: Tony Mitchell (chair), Motti Regev, David Hesmondhalgh, Heinz-Peter Katlewski, Anna Szemere.
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The conference was held in Calcutta, India. The primary aim of the meeting was to explore the impact of globalisation on a range of music cultures and the strategies that have emerged from engaging and adapting to this process.
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Salford University's Music Department (UK) hosted a conference 'PopTech Online: Are You Experienced?', the conference was made available online real-time.
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IASPM UK conference 'Popular Music: Past and Future'. Held at the University of Liverpool.
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IASPM US conference 'For What It's Worth: Institution & Popular Music - Institutionalizing Popular Music'. Held at the University of California, LA.
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The 10th international IASPM conference held in Sydney, Australia. New Executive Committee elected: Anahid Kassabian (first female chair), Sheila Whiteley, Keith Harris, Heinz-Peter Katlewski, Claire Levy, Henri Terho, Steve Jones.
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IASPM Nordic section arranged its branch meeting on Oslo. Symposium entitled 'Current Trends in Popular Music Research' discussed how to conduct research.
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IASPM US annual meeting in Murfreesboro/Tennessee.
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IASPM Canada conference discussed American music cultures, musical taste and cultural policy and politics.
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IASPM UK conference 'The Popular Musician: Performance, Poetics, Power'. IASPM UK becomes IASPM UK & Ireland. New Committee elected: Andy Bennett (chair), Miriam Crozier, Paul Hodkinson, Marion Leonard.
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The 11th international IASPM conference 'Looking Back, Looking Ahead. Popular Music Studies 20 Years Later' held in Turku, Finland. New Executive Committee: Anahid Kassabian (chair), Clair Levy, Marion Leonard, Jan Hemming, Sheila Whiteley, Shuhei Hosokawa. First committee to be dominated by females.
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IASPM Canada conference 'Sounds of the City'. Discussed street sounds, dance music, reclaiming abandoned city spaces, city sound on screen. IASPM Canada seemed to keep up with the trends throughout the years.
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IASPM UK & Ireland conference 'Popular Music Studies: Where Now?' held at the University of Newcastle. The conference discussed popular music commerce, teaching, understanding. During the conference it was said that 'popular music studies is now a firmly established academic discipline'.
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The 12th international IASPM conference 'Practicing Popular Music' held in Montreal, Canada. New executive committee elected: Claire Levy (chair), Shuhei Hosokawa, Marion Leonard, Geoff Stahl, Franco Fabbri.
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IASPM UK & Ireland conference 'Popular Music: Issues of Culture and State' held at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. After altering the name to IASPM UK & Ireland, it was decided to hold the conference in Ireland. Martin Cloonan was elected as the new chair.
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The 13th international IASPM conference 'Making Music, Making Meaning' held in Rome, Italy. New executive committee elected: Franco Fabbri (chair), Shane Homan, Michael Drewett, Geoff Stahl, Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa.
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IASPM UK & Ireland conference 'The Futures of Music' held at the University of Birmingham. It also coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Popular Music Journal, and was therefore a milestone of sorts for the popular musicologists of these shores. The conference consisted of 38% female speakers and 62% male. 72% of speakers were from UK/Ireland and 28% from further afield.
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The 14th conference was held in Mexico City, Mexico. New committee elected: Geoff Stahl (chair), Shane Homan, Michael Drewett, Carlo Nardi, Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa.
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IASPM UK & Ireland conference 'Popular Music Studies: Problems, Disputes, Questions' held at the University of Glasgow. Executive board elected: Mark Percival, Violeta Mayer, Catherine Baker, Simon Poole, Martin Cloonan, Simon Barber.
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The 15th international IASPM conference 'Popular Music World, Popular Music Histories' held at the University of Liverpool, UK. New Executive Committee elected: Jan Fairley (chair), Helmi Järviluoma, Michael Drewett, Violeta Mayer, Carlo Nardi, Héctor Fouce.
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IASPM UK & Ireland conference held at the University of Cardiff.
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IASPM US creates its official Twitter account @IASPMUS.
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The 16th international IASPM conference 'Situating Popular Musics' held in Grahamstown, South Africa. New Executive Committee elected: Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa (chair), Carlo Nardi, Violeta Mayer, Laura Francisca Jordán González, Ed Montano, Héctor Fouce, Sara Jansson.
