Welcome from Byron Dueck, Chair of the BFE
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) aims to advance the study of musical life in its full richness and diversity. We provide a forum for engaging in debate and sharing the findings of research through our many conferences and study days and through the publication of our journal Ethnomusicology Forum, in association with Routledge. We offer awards to recognise outstanding scholarship, including the BFE Book Prize and grants and prizes for student members.
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Latest Announcements
'(In)Visible Publics: Performing (Non)belonging'
The BFE is proud to support the upcoming one-day conference '(In)Visible Publics: Performing (Non)belonging', hosted by the Department of Music at University College Dublin.
BFE statement on Goldsmiths
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.
Call for BFE Committee Members
Deadline for Nominations: Wednesday 8th May 2024
Members' News
New book from former BFE Chair Carole Pegg on the music of Altai-Sayan peoples
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the book “Drones, Tones, and Timbres: Sounding Place among Nomads of the Inner Asian Mountain-Steppes” (University of Illinois Press) by C
BFE member Thomas Graves joins the BFE Podcast team
We are thrilled to welcome Thomas Graves as our n