The next Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) will be held jointly with the Irish Chapter of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM Ireland) on 27–30 May 2021, hosted by the Department of Music, Trinity College Dublin. A call for papers has been issued (December 2020) - full details at musicologyireland.com/SMI-2021 - with 8 February as the deadline for proposals to be submitted.

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

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).

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.