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Founder and Past Chairs

Founder

Suk Won Yi (KR)

Past Chairs of the Steering Committee

Ying-fen Wang (TW, 2011-2017)

Jen-yen Chen (TW, 2017-2022)

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Youn Kim (HK, 2022-2025)

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Members of the Current Steering Committee

Hui Yu (CN) Chair

Distinguished Professor at Nanjing Normal University, Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology form Wesleyan University.

Edwin Li (HK)

Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. in Music Theory from Harvard University.

Yvonne Liao (HK)

Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. in Musicology from King’s College London.

Feng-Shu Lee (TW)

Associate Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Ph.D. in Music History and Theory from the University of Chicago.

Kyung Myun Lee (KR)

Associate Professor at KAIST, Ph.D. in Music Cognition from Northwestern University. 

Meebae Lee (KR)

Professor at Jeonbuk National University, Ph.D. in Musicology from the City University of New York.

Hiroko Nishida (JP)

Professor at Kyushu University, Ph.D. in Musicology from the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Nozomi Sato (JP)

Professor at International Christian University, PhD in Musicology from Tokyo University of the Arts.

Fumitaka Yamauchi (TW)

Professor at National Taiwan University, PhD in historical ethnography from the Academy of Korean Studies.

Boyu Zhang (CN)

Professor at The Chinese Universiy of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Ph.D. in Ethnmusicology from Turku University.

Rules for IMSEA Governance (approved by the steering committee, September 20, 2025)

1. The term of the steering committee chair will span the interval between three iterations of the IMSEA biennial conference; the term of the steering committee member will be up to ten years, or six iterations of the IMSEA biennial conference. 

2. The selection of a new steering committee chair will take place through discussion and consensus of the members of the steering committee.

3. The responsibilities of the various committees for each biennial conference are as follows:

a. Steering committee: selection of the local host; selection of the members of the program and local organizing committees (the program committee must include one member each from the steering and local organizing committees); general oversight

b. Program committee: determination of all scholarly content, including individual paper presenters, panelists, keynote speakers, and conference theme;

c. Local organizing committee: provision of all logistical requirements, both on-site and virtual;

d. All members of the above committees must also be members of the IMS.

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