Call for Paper and Works: RMA-SMI-EADH Conference 2026 at SARC
Pedro Rebelo
In 2026, the Royal Musical Association , the Society for Musicology in Ireland and the European Association for Dance History will join together for a collaborative annual conference, taking place between Saturday 29 August and Tuesday 1 September 2026. The conference will be hosted at SARC (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music), Queen’s University Belfast.
We anticipate that most of the conference will take place in person, but there will also be certain hybrid elements for those unable to travel. (Information on travel options, provided by ‘visitBelfast’, is found here.) The plenary speakers will be Professor Bettina Varwig, University of Cambridge (Dent Medal recipient); Professor Michael Burden, University of Oxford (Le Huray plenary), and Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley, Maynooth University (SMI plenary).
This conference aims to promote research and practice in music, sound, or dance across all repertories, contexts, methodologies and approaches. For example, the place of music or dance within societal well-being; historical, hermeneutic or ethnographical studies of persons, repertories, performances, formats (e.g., film, iconography, choreography), technologies (including AI), musical instruments, notation systems, or institutions/societies. The perspectives of analysis, perception, psychology, or identity are equally of interest. In short - music, sound and dance in all their manifestations. Proposals that reflect insights from other disciplines are encouraged, as are performance, composition, or scholarly collaborations between musicians and dancers.
- Participation is invited in the following formats:
- Individual papers (20 minutes + 10 for Q& A)
- Themed sessions or round tables (90 minutes, including Q&A)
- Lecture-recitals – music or dance (20 minutes + 10 for Q& A)
- Poster presentations (up to 10 minutes)
- Audio Visual Artworks for gallery presentation (maximum 30 minutes)
- Practice-based research workshops (90 minutes)
- Compositions and performances (up to 15 minutes)
- Compositions, choreographies, or new musical instruments as a ‘paper and demonstration’ presentation (20 minutes)
- Composition workshop with Hard Rain (work in progress)
- Composition workshop, electroacoustic (work in progress)
- Composition completed work for public performance
Deadline: 15th December
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