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Pre-Candidate Abstract-Writing Workshop
On November 20th, SMR members gathered via Zoom to participate in a Pre-Candidate Abstract Writing Workshop, hosted by SMR Forum. Senior SMR members shared previously-accepted abstracts and gave advice on organization, writing effectively in 250 words, the art of tailoring...
SMR at SEM 2021
This October, three of our SMR members, Casper Chan, Mitty Ma, and Chuyi Zhu, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Casper Chan presented a paper entitled “Musical Puzzle-Solving as Social Critique: Crowdsourced Contrafactum in Hong Kong’s...
Fall 2021 Anti-Racism Reading Group Meeting
On Friday, November 12th, members of SMR gathered via Zoom to discuss Matthew Johnson’s Undermining Racial Justice (Cornell University Press, 2020) at the first Anti-Racism Reading Group of the 2021–2022 school year. Having discussed the text itself in some detail...
Dissertation Writing Group, Fall 2021
The Dissertation Writing Group has been going strong this semester, convening remotely via Zoom every week to exchange chapter drafts, abstracts, job documents, advice, and moral support. DWG participants enjoy the structure, motivation, and support that the group provides!
First 2021–22 General Assembly
On September 16, 2021, SMR gathered on Zoom for the annual Fall General Assembly. We discussed the opportunities and challenges that the circumstances of this strange year present for SMR and planned for upcoming events. We also discussed improvements that...