Mission Statement of IMSEA

International Musicological Society, Regional Association for East Asia

  • Founding of the IMSEA in Seoul, South Korea, in September 2011.
  • ​​Tilman Seebass, “The Foundation of the IMSEA,” Musica Humana 3, no. 2 (2011): 239–50.

Founded in Seoul

The International Musicological Society (IMS) was founded in 1927  in order to “further musicological research in its broadest sense among all peoples.” The aim of the IMS Regional Association for East Asia (IMSEA) is to provide a forum for exchanges among music researchers in the region, regardless of their areas of specializations and subjects of studies. IMSEA was founded at the Western Music Research Institute, Seoul National University, Korea (16–18 September 2011), and has held meetings every two years: National Taiwan University (2013), The University of Hong Kong (2015), Tokyo University of the Arts (2017), Soochow University, China (2019), Jeonbuk National University, Korea (2022), and Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2023). The eighth IMSEA conference will be held at Yunnan University in China from 19 to 21 September 2025.

IMSEA 2027 TEAM

Program Committee of IMSEA

In Preparation

Local Organizing Committee of IMSEA

  • Hiroko NISHIDA (Chair), PhD in Musicology, Associate Professor, Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
  • Tomoko HOJO, MA in Sound Arts, Assistant Professor, Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
  • Kazuhiro JO, PhD in Design, Associate Professor, Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
  • Michiru KODERA, PhD in Musicology, Associate Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University
  • Utako KURIHARA, PhD in Design, Professor, Department of Intercultural Studies, Seinan Gakuin University
  • Hui Ping LEE, PhD in Musicology, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers, Tokyo University of Arts
  • Masaya OGAWA, PhD in Literature, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Postdoctoral Fellow (PD), Kyushu University
  • Nozomi SATO, PhD in Musicology, Professor, International Christian University
  • Mizuki SOMURA, PhD in Musicology, Associate Professor, Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University