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), Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2023), and the Guangxi University for the Arts, China (2025). The ninth biennial conference will be held at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, from 5 to 7 March 2027.