The ICTMD Early Career Scholars Network — established in July 2023 — brings together ethnomusicology students and graduates from around the world. The network aims to foster connections and engagement between early career scholars as well as serve as a focal point for emerging scholars by representing their interests within the ICTMD to ensure the organisation is better equipped to support scholars at all stages of their careers. 

The network is guided by a committee composed of ICTMD Executive Board Members and early career scholars (see below), providing spaces — both digitally and at conferences — for ECSN members to connect and grow their scholarly networks by organising events and workshops to equip those at the early stages of their academic careers to better face the challenges ahead of them. Further, the committee plays an essential pastoral role within the network, listening and reacting to members’ questions, suggestions, and comments, and regularly updating ECSN members with information and opportunities relevant to their development as scholars.

Joining ECSN

The ECSN currently communicates through a mailing list that is hosted directly by ICTMD. If you are interested in signing up for that mailing list to receive and share information relevant for early career scholars within ICTMD, be updated on any news concerning ICTMD events such as colloquia, conferences, and special meetings etc., please write a message to kendra-iris.stepputat@kug.ac.at and we will sign you up.

Composition of Committee

Chair, ICTMD Executive Board Member:

• Kendra Stepputat, Professor, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria. kendra-iris.stepputat@kug.ac.at

Committee Members

• Armaghan Fakhraeirad, PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania, USA. faar@sas.upenn.edu

• Subash Giri, PhD Student, University of Alberta, Canada. sgiri@ualberta.ca

• Meri Haami, Kairangahau (Researcher) and PhD, Tū Tama Wāhine o Taranaki. meri.haami@tutamawahine.org.nz

• Andrew Kagumba, PhD Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. akkagumba@mun.ca

• Alexandra Leonzini, PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK. avl31@cam.ac.uk

• Mark Lenini Parselelo, PhD Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. mlparselelo@mun.ca

• Pablo Rojas, PhD Student and Scientific Staff, University of Vienna, Austria. pablo.rojas@univie.ac.at

• Kurt Schatz, PhD Student and University Assistant, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria. kurt.schatz@kug.ac.at

• Jose Taton Jr., PhD Student, University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines. jrtaton@up.edu.ph

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