Our 18th annual postgraduate students' research conference will be held on 16-17 January 2025 at Trinity College Dublin, under the joint auspices of the SMI and the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditional Music and Dance. The keynote address will be given by Dr Méabh Ní Fhuartháin (Head of Irish Studies at the Centre for Irish Studies, University of Galway). The conference will feature the presentation of the Harry White Doctoral 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, 11 October 2024: A call for papers has been issued and may be downloaded here. The deadline for the submission of proposals is Friday 8 November 2024.
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, 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 conference committee will be hosting an Abstract-Writing Zoom Workshop on 22 October at 1pm aimed towards students who may be in the early stages of their research and considering applying to a conference for the first time. Please register your interest in this workshop by completing the form at this link.