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SMR at U-M Hockey

SMR at U-M Hockey

February 03, 2018

Last Friday, SMR members were at the Yost Ice Arena to watch Michigan play Wisconsin in Big Ten hockey. The Maize and Blue prevailed and delivered a 5-3 defeat to their opponents, and good winter-sports times were had by all....
SMR Winter General Assembly

SMR Winter General Assembly

January 20, 2018

Earlier this week, SMR members gathered for SMR’s Winter General Assembly. A wide range of exciting initiatives were discussed, including the Michigan Music Research Conference (see here), which we’re hosting in March, a variety of social events, and various professional-development...
MMF Abstract Workshop

MMF Abstract Workshop

January 13, 2018

Earlier this week, SMR members participated in a workshop organized by MMF (Michigan Music Forum) to share abstracts in anticipation of call-for-proposal deadlines for upcoming conferences. Participants read and provided feedback for one another’s abstracts. Hopefully 2018 will be another...
MMF Abstract Workshop

MMF Abstract Workshop

December 15, 2017 – Nee Chucherdwatanasak

The MMF (Michigan Music Forum) team hosted an abstract workshop on December 1. In the workshop, four candidates (Steve, James, Anne, and Ho Chak) talked through their abstract-writing process by presenting their drafts and then the abstract in its eventually...
Successful Dissertation Defense: Kathryn Cox, Historical Musicology

Successful Dissertation Defense: Kathryn Cox, Historical Musicology

December 08, 2017

On December 5, Kathryn Cox (Historical Musicology) successfully defended her dissertation, entitled “‘What Happened to the Post-War Dream?’: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Affect in British Rock of the 1960s and 1970s” (abstract below). Congratulations, Kathryn!