The call for proposals has been issued for the joint SMI and ICTM-IE postgraduate research conference to be held on 17-18 January 2020 at the University of Limerick. The deadline for submitting proposals is 1 November: see the details here.

The Royal Irish Academy recently published a set of three position papers (on Science, Music, and the Irish language) that were prepared in response to the Creative Ireland Forum, the five-year initiative of the Irish Government that aims to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The paper regarding Music was prepared by the President of SMI, Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley, MRIA, and is available to read online here: https://musicologyireland.com/public-outreach

The deadline for the Call for Papers for the following conference is Friday, 18 January 2019.

Conference: Music and Sound Design for the Screen
Maynooth University, Friday 6^th and Saturday 7^th September 2019
Keynote speaker: Miguel Mera, City, University of London
Panel discussion with composer Stephen Rennicks

The call for papers and other proposals for the Society's 17th Annual Plenary Conference has been announced. The conference will be held on 28–30 June 2019, at Maynooth University, and the deadline for the submission of proposals is 3 March. For details, see https://musicologyireland.com/plenary-conference-june-2019-maynooth