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WELCOME TO THE 21ST ANNUAL POP CONFERENCE

HOSTED BY THE CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC

The premiere annual music writing and pop music studies conference, Pop Conference — now in its 21st year — features the world's leading scholars, journalists, writers, musicians as they present papers, roundtables, discussions, and performances about popular music. 

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This year’s Pop Conference is supported by Critical Minded, a granting and learning initiative cofounded by The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Ford Foundation to support cultural critics of color in the United States, where they are underrepresented in the coverage of all artistic disciplines.
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