Joint SMI & ICTMD-IE Postgraduate Conference 2026

MTU Cork School of Music

14–15 January 2026

Email - smi.ictmd.2026@gmail.com

The Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) and the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD Ireland) are pleased to announce their annual joint postgraduate conference will take place at MTU Cork School of Music on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 January 2026.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Joanne Cusack (Maynooth University) to give the 2026 keynote address. The conference will feature the presentation of the SMI 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.