Welcome!
IASPM-SEA (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music – Southeast Asia) is a branch of IASPM dedicated to scholarship in popular music in, from, and around Southeast Asia. Founded in 2019, our membership base has grown rapidly and we have hosted a well attended annual conference. If you are interested in interdisciplinary research in popular music from Southeast Asia or beyond, this is the place for you!
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SEAnic Solidarities Podcast
Listen to our official podcast, featuring interviews of our members
Past Conferences
See photos and information from our previous conferences
NEWS
CfP: Regimes, Negotiations, Resistance – Power & Popular Music Studies in Southeast Asia
IASPM SEA x PSN Indonesia 2026 Conference Popular music has been historically positioned and utilized to both reify as well as defy authority. Gen-Z popular culture dominated recent protest movements globally and across Southeast Asia both on and offline. In places such as Indonesia, Timor Leste, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar, activists, students, protestors, and…
SEAnic Solidarities: Episode 4 – Krina Cayabyab & Les The DJ – Tracing A Record Economy
Krina and Les join forces to bring us through an aural journey through Southeast Asia through cover songs between 1972-1982! Hearing cover versions that are almost exactly like what we consider as originals is always thrilling and intriguing. Often translated (in varying levels of approximation) with arrangements that are a bit modified, cover records offer…
SEANIC Solidarities: Episode 3 – Jonathan Chan – Reflections on being an IASPM-SEA Member
Jon shares his background in music that led him to pursuing a PhD, that ultimately led to his discovery of IASPM-SEA. This is a special episode hosted by IASPM-SEA’s Executive Assistant, Jonathan Chan. In this episode, Jon shares his background in music that led him to pursuing a PhD, that ultimately led to his discovery…
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