Our 19th annual postgraduate students' research conference will be held on 14-15 January 2026 at the MU Cork School of Music, under the joint auspices of the SMI and the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. The keynote address will be given by Dr Joanne Cusack (Maynooth University). The conference will feature the presentation of the SMI's Alison Dunlop Graduate Prize. As in previous years, the postgraduate conference will also include a Careers Forum and a dedicated session featuring prize-winners of the annual CHMHE competition for undergraduate dissertations.
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Update, 3 October 2025: A call for papers has been issued and may be downloaded here. The deadline for the submission of proposals is Friday 7 November 2025.
Postgraduate students working in all areas of musical research are warmly invited to submit proposals for 20-minute papers or 30-minute lecture recitals of research conducted under supervision at a third-level institution. Poster presentations are also welcome. Areas of research include, but are not limited to, historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis, dance studies, composition, music technology, music pedagogy, popular music studies, performance studies, musical practice as research, psychology of music, and music and gender. Attendees should convey research findings and professional conclusions honestly and in alignment with established research integrity principles, including those relating specifically to the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). The programming committee will strive to include as many presentations as possible within the given capacity constraints.