International Musicological Society Regional Association for East Asia (IMSEA)

Our Mission Statement

The aim of the IMS Regional Association for East Asia (IMSEA) is to provide a forum for exchanges among music researchers in the region, regardless of their areas of specializations and subjects of studies. IMSEA was founded at the Western Music Research Institute, Seoul National University, Korea (September 16–18, 2011), and has held meetings every two years: National Taiwan University (2013), The University of Hong Kong (2015), Tokyo University of the Arts (2017), Soochow University, China (2019), Jeonbuk National University, Korea (2022), and Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2023). The eighth IMSEA conference will be held at Yunnan University in China from September 19 to 21, 2025.