Registration is now open for the 2023 BFE Autumn Conference! This event will take place online via Zoom and admission is free - click below to register via Eventbrite. We look forward to seeing you there! eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-foru…

The British Forum for Ethnomusicology invites submissions for the 2024 BFE Book Prize! The book submission deadline is Thursday 1 February 2024. To find out more, visit the Book Prize page of the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/news/bfe-book-…

BFE member Jonathan Stock is delighted to announce publication of a new book, The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora (New York: Oxford, 2023)! Find out more about the book here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Please consider submitting a proposal for the BFE 2024 Annual Conference! The theme will be The Impacts of Ethnomusicology, but presentations of any new research are also welcome. For more info, check out the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/conf/impacts-e…

Registration is now open for the BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2024, hosted by Cardiff University School of Music, 10th–12th January! For more information and to register, visit this page of the BFE website:bfe.org.uk/conf/bferma-re…

We are thrilled to announce that BFE member Stuart Young is working alongside climate policy communicator Kate Lock to support the Brass Bands England (BBE) climate working group! Find out more here: bbe.org.uk/news16112023-1…

BFE member Razia Sultanova is delighted to announce the publication of a new book "Afghanistan Dispossessed: Women, Culture and the Taliban" (Pen & Sword History, 2023)! For more information, check this page of the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/news/bfe-membe…

We are thrilled to announce the publication of the book by former BFE chairperson Carole Pegg! “Drones, Tones, and Timbres: Sounding Place among Nomads of the Inner Asian Mountain-Steppes” is now available from the University of Illinois Press website: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c045…

The BFE invites expressions of interest for a new Conference Liaison Officer! For more details, see this page of the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/news/call-new-…

A huge thanks to everyone for making the 2024 BFE-RMA Research Students' Conference a success! Take a look at the fantastic conference report by PhD researcher George Speck: bfe.org.uk/bfe-rma-resear…

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the for the BFE-ICTM Ireland joint 2024 annual conference at University College Cork! You can register for the conference here: conference.ucc.ie/british-forum-…

We are thrilled to announce a new episode in our Student Podcast series! Our fourth student podcast comes from Fulvia Torricelli and is called 'Pagani per tre giorni". Check out Fulvia's wonderful episode here: on.soundcloud.com/982fN

Submissions are now open for the 2025 RAI Film Festival! Click here to find out about the BFE-sponsored Ethnomusicology Film Award: bfe.org.uk/bfe-rai-ethnom…

MusicHE’s statement on University of Kent’s decision to close their music department. University of Kent Uni Kent Music School of Arts #musiceducation #music #musiche #highereducation #he

The British Forum for Ethnomusicology has written to the Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London to express concern regarding proposed cuts to music teaching and staff. For more information, visit the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/news/bfe-state…

Huge congratulations to this year’s BFE Fieldwork Grant recipients, Jiaxi Xie and Edda Starck! We wish them the very best of luck with their research. To find out more about their projects, visit the BFE website: bfe.org.uk/bfe-fieldwork-…

Reminder: the deadline for proposals for the BFE & RMA Research Students' Conference at Aberdeen (9-11 January 2025) is coming up soon - please share! rma.ac.uk/2024/07/08/cal…

How can creative practice bridge the divide? Researchers and artists join their forces and share their insights into ‘(In)Visible Publics: Performing (Non-)Belonging’. Join the UCD School of Music Online Conference. shorturl.at/R4AlC

Happening today! In the aftermath of war, creative practices enable the navigation of (non-)belongings. ‘(In)Visible Publics: Performing (Non-)Belonging’, proudly supported by the BFE: eventbrite.ie/e/invisible-pu…..