 About IASPM
What is IASPM?
The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) is an international organisation established to promote inquiry, scholarship and analysis in the area of Popular Music. Founded in 1981, IASPM has grown into an international network of almost 600 members world-wide. The organisation's activities include conferences, publications, and research projects designed to advance an understanding of Popular Music and the processes involved in its production and consumption. To build a large and diverse body of knowledge of Popular Music, IASPM is interprofessional and interdisciplinary. It welcomes as members anyone involved with Popular Music. To preserve its autonomy, the association remains independent of all commercial and governmental interests.
Membership of IASPM UK and Ireland is staggered according to wage, status and payment method. as follows...
Waged person/household by standing order £21
Waged person/household by cheque £23
Unwaged person/household by standing order £10
Unwaged person/household by cheque £12
Non-profit making institution (by cheque only) £43
Profit making institution (by cheque only) £63
The benefits of being an IASPM member:
2 UK branch newsletters and 2 copies of RPM (the international IASPM newsletter) per year.
Membership of the international IASPM e-mail list, allowing you to contact over a hundred members almost instantaneously.
Discount on subscriptions to the journal Popular Music. In 2000, the full rate for individuals subscribers to this journal is £40 for three copies; the rate with your IASPM reduction is £31. Contact Cambridge University Press Journal Subscriptions, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU; credit cards on 01223 325968.
Access to UK & Ireland branch and international IASPM conferences and events.
Joining IASPM
If you are interested in joining IASPM UK and Ireland, please download the appropriate application form...
UK application form (payment in Sterling)
Ireland application form (for payment in Euros)
If you wish to pay your membership fee by standing order, please download one of the following:
Standing order form (sterling)
Standing order form (euros)
If you would like us to send you a membership form by post, or have any queries about membership of IASPM UK and Ireland, please contact Holly Tessler.
Holly Tessler
IASPM UK and Ireland Membership Secretary and Treasurer
c/o Institute of Popular Music
Roxby Building
Chatham Street
University of Liverpool
Liverpool
L69 7ZT
Email: enquiries@iaspm.org.uk |
