If there are at least five members of the Association in a country or a supra-national region, they may – according to the statutes – form a branch (or a chapter as it is called in some countries). Currently IASPM is subdivided in these branches:
 
Australia/New Zealand |
| The branch currently has over 100 members. Our Australian members predominantly hail from New South Wales, although Queensland and Victoria are also well represented. The majority of our New Zealand members are from Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. While networks are being established for monthly seminars, the main forum for members remains the annual conference. Members’ interests encompass a range of disciplines: cultural studies, ethnomusicology, sociology, media, music and film studies, with increasing interest from journalists and local musicians. |
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Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) |
| IASPM Benelux has over 40 members. In cooperation with Music Centre the Netherlands we organise seminars on current research. Occasionally small scale conferences are held. The most recent conference was held in Amsterdam on October 17th and 18th, 2001. The theme of this conference was ‘Popmusic, Globalization, and Identity’ and speakers included Timothy Taylor, Susanne Binas, Simon Frith, and René Boomkens. More recent, lectures were given by international academics including Peter Christenson (US), Hyunjoon Shin (Korea) and Will Straw (Canada). |
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Bulgaria |
| At present the branch members are affiliated to the Institute of Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (21 Krakra St., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria; Phone: +3592 441901). Their research interests encompass different aspects of pop, rock, jazz, ethno, dance, urban instrumental, and electronic Music, approached from a broad range of perspectives including cultural studies, media, musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, history and theory, politics, sociology, new technology. |
- Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Claire Levy
- Membership Secretary: Prof. DSc. Rosemary Statelova
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Canada |
| There are close to fifty members of IASPM-Canada, many of whom participate at both the national and the international level. Among our membership are academics, performers and journalists who share a common interest in Popular Music. |
- President: Charity Marsh (University of Regina)
- Membership Secretary: Susan Fast (McMaster University)
- Treasurer: Scott Henderson (Brock University)
- Communications Coordinator: Jacqueline Warwick (Dalhousie University)
- Elections/Conference Coordinator: Holly Everett (Université Memorial)
- Graduate Student Representative: Marlie Centawer (Brock University)
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D-A-CH |
| IASPM D-A-CH is the German-speaking branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). The abbreviation D-A-CH represents the countries Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH). The branch emerged from a network of both young and established scholars from different academic disciplines and is open to anyone interested in the academic discussion of popular music. |
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France |
| This branch (branche francophone d’Europe) joins French speaking scholars from all over Europe. |
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Hungary |
| The Hungarian branch, launched in 2010, attempts to connect not only the academic community in Hungary, but also music critics, scene members and journalists affiliated with research on musicological, sociological, philosophical and various other aspects of all forms of popular music. Our main research activities focus on recent developments concerning the changing role of popular music within culture, namely: online music communities, extreme music scenes, music piracy, and the transformation of the traditional music industry. |
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Italy
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| Along with research projects in the field of Popular Music, the main activity concerns the organization of lectures, seminars, and conferences in collaboration with various universities (Bologna, Trento), and institutions like SIEM (Italian Society for Music Education) and GATM (Music Analysis and Theory Group). Newsletter (annual): Vox Popular. |
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Japan |
| Established in 1988, the Japanese branch of IASPM is affiliated not only by academics but also music critics, journalists, teachers, and fans. Today most of the activities have been officially transferred to its sister organization, the Japanese Association for the Study of Popular Music (JASPM). It holds meetings every trimester at four regional branches and one national annual meeting. The 9th International IASPM conference in Kanazawa held in 1997 was the largest event the branch organized. |
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Korea |
| The Korean branch of IASPM was established in 2005 and organized a Korean music panel at the IASPM Rome Conference the same year. The branch is operated by the Korean Association for the Study of Popular Music (KASPM), which holds a biannual conference and publishes Korean Journal of Popular Music (in Korean). |
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Latin America |
| IASPM-Latin America (IASPM-AL) organizes some 300 scholars of Latin American popular music who regularly convene in congresses that have been held, thus far, in Colombia (2000), Mexico (2002), Brazil (2004), Argentina (2005), Cuba (2006), Peru (2008) and Venezuela (2010). For the 2010-2012 term, the Latin American Branch’s Officers are: |
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Nordic Countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Denmark) |
| The main goal of the Nordic Branch is to provide a forum for those involved in the study of Popular Music in Nordic countries, to meet and to exchange information. Special interest has been given to the history of Popular Music in the Nordic countries. |
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Spain |
| The current Spanish branch has around twenty members from different parts of the country, coming mainly from the academic world (ethnomusicology, anthropology, sociology…), but it is expected to broaden into new groups such as musics, media, etc. in order to promote multi-professionality. Within the projects of the branch it is included to try to tighten the links of co-operation with the Spanish speaking countries of America. At the moment, the Spanish branch is part of the ethnomusicological society SIBE – Sociedad de Etnomusicología. |
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Turkey |
| The recently founded Turkish branch is made up of members from different disciplines of the academic world. The branch gives priority to increase its membership, to encourage for research on Popular Music, to organize annual conferences and to start publication. |
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Address for Ayhan, Yetkin, Fırat, İbrahim, Aykut and Levent:
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Güzel sanatlar Fakültesi Müzik Bilimleri Bölümü
Gündoğdu Sokak. No. 4 Narlıdere/ İZMİR/TURKEY35320
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United Kingdom & Ireland |
| The UK & Ireland branch of IASPM has around 120 members. It publishes a Newsletter twice a year and has its own e-mail list. The UK & Ireland branch organizes a conference every year where there is no international conference. |
- Chair: Mark Percival (Queen Margaret University, Lecturer in Media, Communication and Sociology)
Queen Margaret University
Edinburgh EH21 6UU
United Kingdom
- Membership Secretary/Treasurer: Jacqueline Waldock (University of Liverpool)
- Newsletter Editor: Simon Poole (Buckinghamshire New University)
- Postgraduate Student Rep: Catherine Baker (UCL)
- Member At Large: Martin Cloonan (University of Glasgow)
- Webmaster: Simon Barber (University of Liverpool) (non-Executive)
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United States of America |
| IASPM-U.S. has been very active during the last few years, which has led to a growth in membership of now almost 300 which also includes a few non-US members. An effort is being made to reach out to non-academics who study Popular Music from the fields of journalism and elsewhere. Four times per year the branch publishes a journal, Journal of Popular Music Studies, (Editors-in-Chief Gustavus Stadler and Karen Tongson, with Associate Editors Anthony Kwame Harrison, Wayne Marshall, David Suisman, Alexandra Vazquez, Eric Weisbard and Mina Yang).
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- President: Barry Shank
- Past President: Beverly Keel
- Vice President: Eric Weisbard
- Secretary: Karl Hagstrom
- Treasurer: Caroline Polk O’Meara
- Open Seat: Rebekah Farrugia
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Even if you cannot find your country represented, you are still very welcome to join us individually. Single IASPM members are also in these nations and regions:
            
China (incl. Hong Kong), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ghana, India, Israel, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Taiwan
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| For further information contact a member of the Executive Committee. |
- To join IASPM, if you cannot join a branch/chapter, please email the International Treasurer:
Violeta Mayer
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