RILM will attend, for the first time, the joint regional conference of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education (PASMAE) and the International Society for Music Education (ISME), on 1–4 July 2025 at Makarere University in Kampala, Uganda. The theme for this year’s conference focuses on advancing musical arts education across the region, emphasizing the integration of indigenous knowledge systems, innovative practices, and policy development in music education.

On Wednesday, 2 July, at 2:00pm–4:00pm local time, Executive Director Tina Frühauf will chair the symposium Balancing Global and Local Knowledge – Challenges and Opportunities Through Music Research and Education, and present the first paper, titled “Glocal Knowledge and Bibliodiversity in Culture and Arts Education”.  

Please feel free to find Tina to learn more about all of RILM’s resources, ask questions, provide feedback, or just say hello. You can also find more details on this event on the conference website.

RILM will participate in the Teaching Music History Conference at New York University, 20–22 June 2025, organized by the American Musicological Society. 

On Saturday, 21 June, 9–9:30am EDT, Associate Editor Stella Li and Editor Ralph Whyte will give a joint presentation on the Global Music History panel entitled “Bibliodiversity in music history pedagogy: Expanding global perspectives through multilingual scholarship”. Ralph and Stella will discuss how non-English-language sources can enrich music history syllabi.  

To learn more about the event, go to the conference website, or read the program.