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Hello everyone,

This is an announcement that applications for the next SysMus Executive Committee are now open! 

There are six positions on the Executive, including Chair/Co-Chair, Secretary, Advisor and two Members-at-Large. The Chair, Co-Chair and Advisor positions should be filled by someone who has already served on the Council prior or by someone who has been a part of a previous SysMus organising team (not necessarily the director). The secretary and members-at-large positions may be filled by any member of the SysMus community. Tell all of your friends, colleagues, and mentors who might be interested!

If you would like to run for any of the positions on the Executive Committee, please send a short (~ 100 words) statement of motivation to sysmus.executive@gmail.com by Friday the 16th of October 2026! 

For more details on each position, see the SysMus guidelines (https://sites.google.com/.../sysmus.../executive-documents).

The SysMus Council will vote on prospective candidates and report back to the candidates by November 2026. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to any of the current Executive members at sysmus.executive@gmail.com, we'd be happy to get in touch with you!

Best, 

Connor Kirts

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The profiles for each position are detailed below:

2.1 Chair

• Heads the Executive (in close collaboration with the Vice-Chair), and by extension the SysMus Council

• Oversees the Executive- Calls meetings and prepares meeting agendas

• Is a point of contact for future SysMus conference hosts and the main person
  responsible for the effective functioning of the SysMus Series

• Leads in strategic planning and execution of strategic plan

• Must be a member of the Council or a former Hosting Committee

• Must be a Master’s or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having completed her/his graduate studies

2.2 Vice-Chair

• Oversees the Executive in close collaboration with the Chair

• Supports the Chair in all issues regarding the functioning of the SysMus Series

• Calls meetings and prepares meeting agendas

• Leads in strategic planning and execution of strategic plan

• Must be a member of the Council or a former Hosting Committee

• Must be a Master’s or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having completed his/her graduate studies

2.3 Secretary

• Manages communications to and from the Executive to the Council and wider
  audiences via the SysMus Executive’s shared email account

• Takes minutes at meetings and circulates to Executive and Council

• Maintains and updates the general SysMus conference series website

• Manages social media pages and Google Group

• Recruits candidates for the election of the Executive

• Manages the list of active Council members

• Must be a Master’s or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having completed her/his graduate studies

2.4 Members-at-large

• Participates in meetings and decision-making and supports other members of the Executive

• Flexibility to further define role as member-at-large and Executive see fit

• In general, shall see the welfare of the SysMus conference series

• Must be a Master’s or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having completed
  her/his graduate studies

• Should belong to different sub-disciplines of systematic musicology to represent the field in its diversity, preferably with one member representing the humanities side of systematic musicology

2.5 Advisor

• Participates in meetings and decision-making

• Promotes the SysMus Series to academics

• Must be a former Supervisor or Conference Director of a SysMus

• Conference and member of the Council

Dear SysMus community,

Have you always wanted to organise a conference? We're currently looking for hosts for SysMus25!

We encourage interested parties to submit a proposal to host the International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology in 2025 and build on over fifteen years of SysMus conferences run by students and for students of Systematic Musicology and related disciplines. SysMus provides an opportunity for early-stage researchers to network and practise presenting their work to a friendly audience of their peers.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in conference planning, and the SysMus Council and Executive Committee will help by providing support and guidance to the local organising committee.

If you'd like to apply to host this fantastic conference, please submit a short proposal to sysmus.executive@gmail.com that presents your vision for SysMus25 and covers the following:

·      Proposed venue

·      Proposed dates

·      Available human resources (i.e. a hosting committee, volunteers, etc.)

·      Demonstrate available research group resources (i.e. AV/other specialized equipment, research expertise, supervision, etc.)

·      Demonstrate potential financial resources

·      Answer to the following questions:

o   What will make you a good conference director?

o   Why would you like to host a SysMus conference?

For further guidance with applications, previous successful proposals can be found on our website (https://sites.google.com/view/sysmus/links/previous-host-applications)

The deadline for proposals is 01 February 2024. We look forward to receiving your proposals!

 Have you always wanted to organise a conference? We're currently looking for hosts for SysMus24!

We encourage interested parties to submit a proposal to host next year’s International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology and build on over a decade of SysMus conferences run by students and for students of Systematic Musicology and related disciplines. SysMus provides an opportunity for early-stage researchers to network and practise presenting their work to a friendly audience of their peers.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in planning, and the SysMus Council will help by providing support and guidance to the local organising committee.

If you'd like to apply to host this fantastic conference, please submit a short proposal to sysmus.executive@gmail.com that presents your vision for SysMus24 and covers the following:

·      Proposed venue

·      Proposed dates

·      Available human resources (i.e. a hosting committee, volunteers, etc.)

·      Demonstrate available research group resources (i.e. AV/other specialized equipment, research expertise, supervision, etc.)

·      Demonstrate potential financial resources

·      Answer to the following questions:

o   What will make you a good conference director?

o   Why would you like to host a SysMus conference?

For further guidance with applications, previous successful proposals can be found on our website (https://sites.google.com/view/sysmus/links/previous-host-applications)

Deadline for proposals is 01 March 2023. We look forward to receiving your proposals!

The hosts for SysMus23 have been working hard this past year to ensure a great conference this October. They have just released the website for the conference where you will be able to find information and updates: https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/sysmus23/home 

The new SysMus Executive Committee serving 2022-2024 has been elected: 

• Chair: Landon Peck 

• Vice-chair: Joshua Bamford

• Secretary: Rebecca Scarratt

• 2 Members-at-large: Annie Liu and Diana Kayser

• Advisor: Jan Stupacher

These members will lead the conference series with the support of the SysMus Council.

Always wanted to organise a conference? We're currently looking for hosts for SysMus23, that will build on over a decade of conferences run by students, for students of Systematic Musicology and related disciplines. SysMus provides an opportunity for early-stage researchers to network and practise presenting their work to a friendly audience of their peers. The SysMus Council provides support and guidance to local organising committees. Examples of previous conferences can be found here.

If you'd like to host this fantastic conference, submit a short proposal to sysmus.executive@gmail.com that will cover the following:

• proposed venue

• proposed dates

• available human resources (i.e. a hosting committee, volunteers, etc.)

• demonstrate available research group resources (i.e. AV/other specialized equipment, research expertise, supervision, etc.)

• demonstrate potential financial resources

• answer to the following questions:

  • What will make you a good conference director?

  • Why would you like to host a SysMus conference?

Deadline for proposals is 31st of January, 2022. We look forward to receiving your proposals!

The new SysMus Executive Committee serving 2020-2022 has been elected: 

• Chair: Joshua Bamford

• Vice-chair: Diana Kayser

• Secretary: Landon Peck 

• 2 Members-at-large: Claudia Stirnat and Rory Kirk

• Advisor: Birgitta Burger

These members will lead the conference series with the support of the SysMus Council, which has currently 13 members. 

SysMus19, mid-September 2019, Berlin, Germany 

@ SRH Hochschule der Populären Künste

Stay tuned!

The SysMus Executive Committee serving for the coming two years has been elected: 

• Chair: Sarah Sauvé

• Vice-chair: Joshua Bamford

• Secretary: Diana Kayser

• 2 Members-at-large: Claudia Stirnat and Jan Stupacher

• Advisor: Kelly Jakubowski

These members will lead the conference series with the support of the SysMus Council, which has currently 17 members.