The 14th Annual KCL–UNC Graduate Student Music Conference, held on 28–29 May 2025 at King’s College London, Strand Campus, brought together postgraduate researchers from King’s College London and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for two days of international scholarly exchange. The hybrid format enabled wide participation and lively discussion across institutions.
The programme featured panels on topics including sonic identities, gendered listening, improvisation, and music’s political and social roles, alongside a Qawwali Performance Workshop and a postdoc-led roundtable supporting early-career development.
Yajie Ye (KCL) served on the organising committee, helping to shape the event and foster a welcoming, collaborative space for graduate researchers. Her involvement reflects a strong commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and community-building within music scholarship. The conference highlighted the energy and diversity of current graduate research and the value of sustained collaboration between KCL and UNC.
SUPPORTED BY:
KCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UNC Institute for Arts and Humanities
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
Yajie Ye, Marco Pace, Javier Rivas Rodriguez, Sarah Angleitner, Abbas Alsadeq
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Matteo Charles Sammartano, Danny Paul Allen
CHAIRS:
Dr Rim Irscheid, Dr Marco Ladd, Marco Pace, Samuel Buttler, Merel Dubois-Van Slageren, Wajiha Naqvi (workshop)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Professor Katherine Butler Schofield, Professor Martin Stokes, Dr Andy Fry, Dr Flora Willson
Full Programme:
