The program committee of the Taiwan Society for Music Studies and Taiwan Musicology Forum invites abstract submissions. The event promotes academic presentations and scholarly exchanges in and beyond the discipline of musicology (broadly defined). Seeking to enhance the research on local and regional musical traditions and their social and cultural impact, the committee encourages diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to the topics. As with the past joint meetings, this annual meeting is not themed.

Deadline: 15 May, 2025 (Thursday)

Acceptance Announced: 7 July, 2025 (Monday)

Conference Dates: 22-23 November, 2025 (Saturday & Sunday)

Conference Venue: National Museum of Taiwan History (Tainan)

Hosts: Taiwan Society for Music Studies & National Museum of Taiwan History

Eligibility:

Scholars and graduate students who conduct research related to music (broadly defined)

Forms of Presentation:

1. Individual paper: outcome of scholarly research in music.

2. Panel discussion: a panel consisting of 3-4 presenters focused on a specific theme.

Languages:

The official languages of the conference are Mandarin Chinese and English. Abstracts can be

written in either Chinese or English.

Method of Submission:

1. For individual papers, please submit an abstract (in either Chinese or English), including a title and keywords. Abstracts in Chinese should be 500-700 words. Abstracts in English should be 250-300 words.

Please submit abstracts here: https://forms.gle/mPwXyeeyweVj52TY6

2. For panel discussions, please submit an abstract (with a title and keywords) of the entire panel and individual abstracts (with a title and keywords) from each of the panelists. Abstracts in Chinese should be 500-700 words. Abstracts in English should be 250-300 words.

Please submit the abstract here: https://forms.gle/mPwXyeeyweVj52TY6

3. Note: An abstract exceeding the word limit will not be considered. Identity of the author(s) should remain concealed from the title and content of the abstract.

Review Procedures:

1. The program committee consists of representatives from the Forum. The abstracts will be evaluated by a double-blind review process that takes the originality and academic contribution of the abstracts into account.

2. Acceptance will be announced no later than 7 July, 2025. The titles of accepted abstracts will be posted on Facebook of Taiwan Musicology Forum, the website of Taiwan Society for Music Studies and its Facebook.

3. A successful abstract should convey the author's major argument(s), methodologies, and primary examples, and relate them to current scholarship. It should also show the project's significance and its contribution to the field.

4. For panel discussion, if one or more abstracts in a panel are not accepted, resulting in fewer than 3 (accepted) papers in the panel, the accepted paper(s) of the panel will be scheduled as individual papers.

Remarks:

1. Please send your questions to taiwanmusicology@gmail.com

2. Presenters are invited to expand their papers into journal articles and submit them to Formosan Journal of Music Research.

3. In an effort to encourage more junior scholars to involve with the academic study of music, we have created an Outstanding Student Paper Award for this year's conference.

Student presenters are invited to submit their papers for consideration within two weeks after the conference. For those who are interested in competing for this award, please submit your paper to taiwanmusicology@gmail.com by 7 December, 2025. For more

information, please visit the Taiwan Society for Music Studies website.