California Studies in Global Musicology

Global musicology is a fact: musicologists are everywhere. However, musicology has yet to shift its epistemologies to acknowledge the multiple perspectives of scholars across the globe. California Studies in Global Musicology (CSGM) aims to reorient the foundations of the discipline by moving beyond the centralized agenda of academic powerhouses in the Global North, exclusive focus of postcolonial critique, and disciplinary boundaries that divide the world into “the West” and “the rest.” CSGM catalyzes the current momentum toward global thought by providing a forum in which to chart the future of musicology towards the cosmological, cosmopolitan, and relational dimensions of music. To stimulate global thought and disrupt current methods, we seek projects that emphasize collaboration across regions; porous disciplinary and geographical borders; new voices from different corners of the globe; and the exploration of music as a peripatetic object, constantly shapeshifting across the cultural landscape.

Global musicology also involves real people living on an inequitable planet. To put global musicology into practice CSGM promotes free worldwide engagement through Open Access publishing and provides support for scholars who are first in their family to graduate from university through UC Press’s FirstGen Program.