News announcements (to March 2019)

  • 14 May
    2020

    Election of President for 2021-24

    We are pleased to announce that the President of the Society for Musicology in Ireland elected for the three-year term 2021–2024 is Dr John O'Flynn, Associate Professor of Music at Dublin City University. John will take up the position of President-Elect for the academic year 2020–2021, and will take over as President at the SMI plenary conference in Trinity Conference Dublin in May 2021.

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  • 01 May
    2020

    David Connolly RIP

    It is with immense sadness that we report the death of Dr David Connolly, who passed away on 28 April 2020. He had been a member of the SMI since 2005. David was a Lecturer in the Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music at Dundalk Institute of Technology, and a much-loved colleague also at Maynooth University. He graduated from Maynooth University with a first-class honours degree in music and mathematics, a first-class honours MA in performance and musicology and a Higher Diploma in Education.

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  • 01 May
    2020

    Hilary Bracefield RIP

    It is with great sadness that we report the death of Dr Hilary Bracefield, who passed away on 22 April after battling with a long illness. The following obituary was written by Professor Jan Smaczny.


    Hilary Maxwell Bracefield (1938-2020)

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  • 02 Apr
    2020

    SMI Plenary Conference, Dublin, 2020

    Owing to the COVID-19 situation, the SMI plenary conference originally scheduled for 25-27 June has been postponed and is now planned for 29-31 October. Further updates will be posted at https://musicologyireland.com/SMI-2020

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  • 08 Jan
    2020

    International conference on Bach and Italy (Turin, 26-28 November 2020)

    A call for papers has been issued for the first international conference on the theme of 'Bach and Italy' that will take place on 26-28 November 2020, hosted by the Conservatorio di Musica in Turin. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 31 March; for full details see https://www.jsbach.it/cfp
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  • 08 Jan
    2020

    Conference programme, 17-18 January 2020

    The programme for the upcoming joint SMI/ICTM postgraduate conference (17-18 January 2020, Limerick) is available here: /sites/default/files/uploads/conf/SMI_ICTM_Final_Programme.pdf

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  • 07 Jan
    2020

    Registration etc., SMI/ICTM Conference, 17-18 January 2020

    The organisers of the joint SMI/ICTM postgraduate conference (17-18 January 2020, University of Limerick) have provided a vital information sheet with advice for all who are plan to attend or thinking of attending -- about registration, accommodation, the conference dinner, travel and parking. They are also asking for volunteers to help with the management of the conference (see the final page of the document).

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  • 05 Nov
    2019

    8 November: extended deadline for proposals

    The deadline for the Joint ICTM-IE/SMI Annual Postgraduate Conference (17-18 January 2020) has been extended to 8 November. See the Call for Proposals at extended-deadline-2020-pg-conference.

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  • 10 Oct
    2019

    SMI Annual Plenary Conference 2020

    Advance announcement: the 18th SMI annual plenary conference will be held on 25-27 June 2020, hosted by the School of Music, University College Dublin. See the Call for Papers.

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  • 10 Sep
    2019

    Postgraduate conference: call for papers (deadline 1 November)

    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.

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