From marin at ujaen.es Mon Nov 17 05:37:17 2025 From: marin at ujaen.es (=?UTF-8?B?SmF2aWVyIE1hcsOtbi1Mw7NwZXo=?=) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:37:17 +0100 Subject: [iberoamericanmusiclist] Information on Current AMS Concerns Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing as Chair of the Ibero-American Music Study Group because several important developments have taken place within the American Musicological Society over the past days, and I want to ensure that all members of our group ?including those who did not attend the annual meeting in Minneapolis or who are not active on social media? have access to the same information. During and after the Minneapolis meeting, various concerns and irregularities affecting the governance and functioning of the Society came to light. Thanks to the generous and careful work of several colleagues, a great deal of documentation has been gathered and made publicly available. This information continues to grow day by day. For those who may not have seen it, here is a central resource that summarizes the situation and compiles relevant statements, resignations, memos, and reports: https://amsaccountabilityarchive.carrd.co A petition has also been circulating in response to these events. If you wish to read it, it is available here?instructions for adding your signature, should you wish to do so, appear at the top of the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PdfMKI1X09S1sJQqITGy3olP4DeiJo3W9gBdMeEXt5s/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawOH-t5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEehw_vGFFINO-wgO5HHysNP2LtOvnDxNTTApUNLLKKgtRxDf3cydfX1mvg52Y_aem_d0zRb2wN_2XLfOGZ_5a8VA&tab=t.0#heading=h.nbfber6ru9mb To briefly summarize: several committees ?including the Program Committee and the Ethics Committee? submitted memoranda to the AMS Council during the conference. Shortly thereafter, broader structural issues surfaced, leading to the resignation of members from the Accessibility Task Force, the AMS 50 Award Subcommittee, the Development Committee, the Eileen Southern Committee, the Paul Pisk Prize Committee, and from the Board itself. Concerns raised in these documents include overreach by the Executive, lack of transparency from the Board and Executive leadership, and instances of unprofessional communication. The archive linked above contains the relevant materials for those who wish to review them in detail. It is also worth noting that members of our own Study Group have served on various AMS committees over the years, contributing to ?and benefiting from? the Society?s academic and institutional growth. I believe it is important to acknowledge this shared history as we try to understand the present moment. President Julie Cumming has also written to the membership acknowledging these concerns and indicating that the Board and officers are working on a careful response. As a Study Group, our mission is to continue fostering a collegial and supportive community for scholars working on Ibero-American music within the AMS. My intention in writing is simply to ensure that everyone has access to the available information, so that each of you can form your own understanding of the situation. Whatever may be happening at the broader Society level, I remain committed to maintaining our Study Group as a constructive, collaborative, and welcoming space. If you have questions or would like to discuss any of this further, please feel free to reach out. Abrazos - Abra?os - Warm regards, Javier Mar?n-L?pez, PhD Chair, Ibero-American Music Study Group American Musicological Society Professor of Music, Universidad de Jaen -- *Javier Mar?n-L?pez* Catedr?tico de Universidad, ?rea de M?sica Director del Secretariado de Editorial Universitaria y Proyecci?n de la Cultura www.javiermarinlopez.com marin at ujaen.es Directorio de redes sociales | *Social Media Profile List* *NUEVO / NEW* Canal de YouTube: Hispanic Historical Music (Latin America, Greater Mexico & Spain) *Universidad de Ja?n* Dpto. Did?ctica de la Expresi?n Musical, Pl?stica y Corporal Facultad de Humanidades y CC. Educaci?n, Edif. D2-127 Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n - 23071 - Ja?n (Espa?a) | +34 953 213 374 Vicerrectorado de Cultura Antigua Escuela de Magisterio - Cultura y emprendimiento, dependencia 311B C/ Virgen de la Cabeza, 2C - 23008 - Ja?n (Espa?a) vicultura at ujaen.es [image: Universidad de Ja?n] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: