Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME) Conference 2025: Call for Proposals

Mary Immaculate College and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.
Deadline: 16 December 2024

Call for Proposals
The 17th Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME) conference will take place in Limerick, 30th September – 2nd October, 2025. The CDIME conference has provided a platform for the exchange of practices and research related to cultural diversity in music education since 1992. The conference is co-hosted by Mary Immaculate College and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.

The CDIME 2025 Conference invites presenters to reflect on ‘Living Diversity, Imagining Inclusivity: Practicing (Non-)belongings in Music Education’. The conference will explore the multifaceted, everyday experiences and expressions of diversity, and the factors that determine its plurality in terms of cultures/cultural repertories, i.e. race, class, religion, (dis)ability, gender, among others.

They invite proposals, panels, or arts practice presentations that consider the conference themes and questions posed. The conference welcomes from a wide range of academic disciplines and community collaborators, with intersections between music education and other disciplines such as ethnomusicology, community music, musicology, music therapy and performance studies, as well as broader transdisciplinary perspectives drawing on disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, politics, or geography.

Proposals should be submitted via the conference Call for Proposals online form before 16 December, 2024.

For more information, submission guidelines and online application form see www.mic.ul.ie/CDIME2025