[Commlist] Call For Papers: 2026 ICTMD Ireland Annual Conference, RTÉ

/Broadcasting Music and Dance/

*Call for Papers: International Council for Traditions of Music & Dance 
Ireland Annual Conference, RTÉ, Donnybrook Campus, Dublin 4*

*Friday-Saturday, 17-18 April 2026*

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*Keynote Speaker:*

Professor Christina Baade (McMaster University)

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*Call for Papers*

ICTMD Ireland celebrates the diversity of traditions and practices of 
music and dance in Ireland and around the globe. In 2026 we celebrate 
one hundred years of public service broadcasting in Ireland, a milestone 
shared by many public broadcasters around the world in this decade. In 
response, the 2026 ICTMD Ireland Annual Conference invites contributions 
on the theme of “Broadcasting Music and Dance.” We invite contributions 
that reflect on local and international histories, approaches to 
commemoration, archives, and the futures of music and dance in public 
service broadcasting. We particularly welcome contributions focusing on:

·the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of broadcasting, 
of music, and of dance traditions

·historical and historiographic reflection and theorisation on 
mediations between sounds, technologies, and human and non-human worlds

·archives in their many guises – from institutional repositories and 
listener-generated recordings, to the embodied knowledge that is passed 
between practitioners and their apprentices

·how audiences are imagined, relationships with and between audiences, 
exploration of participatory models of production, the audience’s role 
in remembering and in (re)constructing archives of content, or any new 
research related to reception and audiences.

Proposals based on new research that does not directly engage with the 
conference theme will also be considered. We look forward to welcoming 
participants engaged in research across all musical genres in the fields 
of ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, musicology, popular music studies, 
and complementary disciplines.

*Please note that all primary presenters must be members of ICTMD 
Ireland at the time of the conference. *See 
https://www.ictmd.ie/join-now#join 
<http://www.ictmd.ie/join-now#join> for membership details.

*DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 30 January 2026.* Successful applicants will 
be notified by 20 February 2026.

*Conference Codes of Conduct*

The conference will be run in accordance with the ICTMD Ireland Code of 
Conduct (https://www.ictmd.ie/code-of-conduct 
<https://www.ictmd.ie/code-of-conduct>). By taking part in the 
conference, you agree to be bound by this code.

To submit a proposal, please send an email attachment (.doc or .docx, 
not .pdf) to (ICTMDIreland2026 /at/ ucc.ie) <mailto:(ICTMDIreland2026 /at/ ucc.ie)> by 
6pm, Friday 30 January 2026**with the following details:

·Title of paper

·Abstract (max 300 words)

·Full name and institutional affiliation

·Short biography (max 100 words)

·Please state which of the following you are proposing:

oIndividual paper

oPanel

oRoundtable

oSound, film, or other media presentation

oPoster

oPerformance-based presentation or workshop

oCollaborative presentation

Please submit all information in a single Word document. Proposals will 
be anonymised prior to peer review, and applicants will be notified of 
the review process outcome by Friday 20 February 2026.**

**

*Travel Bursaries*

ICTMD Ireland will invite student, independent, and low-waged scholar 
members to apply for travel bursaries to attend the conference. Details 
of these bursaries will be circulated via the ICTMD Ireland members’ 
mailing list in early 2026.

/Please note that this conference will be delivered entirely in person 
at the RTÉ Campus in Donnybrook, Dublin 4/.

*Programme Committee Chairs*

Dr Jack Talty (University College Cork)

Dr Helen Gubbins (Independent)




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