AMS Study Groups
The AMS supports the following Study Groups:
- Cold War and Music Study Group
- Ecocriticism Study Group
- Ibero-American Music Study Group (formerly Hispanic Study Group, or HSG)
- Jewish Studies and Music Study Group
- LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) Study Group
- Music and Disability Study Group
- Music and Philosophy Study Group
- Pedagogy Study Group
- Popular Music Study Group
Those whose interests intersect with these areas and topics are invited to participate in Study Group activities. See the respective Study Group web sites for further information on becoming involved.
AMS Study Groups are given web site resources and a place at the AMS Annual Meeting. Specific study group activities are wide-ranging and determined by study groups themselves.
Forming a Study Group
A group of scholars with shared interests may form a Study Group by applying to the Board of Directors. An application should include:
- a statement of rationale
- information about the group’s activities prior to making formal application (if applicable)
- the names of the primary organizers
- a list of active members
- a bibliography
The rationale should be persuasive in terms of the need for an ongoing study group for the subject. All primary organizers of study groups sponsored by our Society must be AMS members. There should be at least ten active participants and a broad and diverse membership in terms of career stage and institutional representation.
Applications should be sent as e-mail attachments to the office of the AMS. The Board of Directors will consider applications at their semiannual meetings.
