Síle Denvir

Senior Lecturer in Irish in Dublin City University

Dr. Síle Denvir is an interdisciplinary scholar, sean-nós singer, and harpist from Indreabhán in the Connemara Gaeltacht, and Senior Lecturer in Irish in Dublin City University. She is a leading expert on the Irish-language song tradition, and has published books on Connemara song-composers Tom a’ tSeoighe: Amhráin (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 202) and Ciarán Ó Fátharta: Amhráin (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2008), in addition to numerous articles and chapters and various aspects of sean-nós singing and song repertoire. She is an award-winning performer, including the prestigious TG4 Singer of the Year award 2023, and her release the same year of her sola album, Anamnesis, to great critical acclaim. Her pioneering artistic research collaborations with young Gaeltacht artists have been celebrated in the Bláth na hÓige documentary and award-winning album, and in multiple high-profile performances and engagements. Síle is a passionate advocate for Irish-language artistic research.

Forum Contribution

Aniar Aneas, Aniar Aduaidh

Endangered Conceptual Worlds

The 2026 International Forum on Artistic Research takes place from 23 to 26 June 2026. Hosted by the University of Galway on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, the Forum addresses the challenges of Endangered Conceptual Worlds. As the 17th annual conference of the Society for Artistic Research it is the largest conference on practice-based research within and through the arts, bringing together more than 300 international participants: leading practitioners, scholars and policymakers from the entire range of arts-based disciplines.

Slightly extended deadline for submissions

The 2026 Forum on Artistic Research website has been inaccessible for several hours on Friday night and Saturday morning. Unfortunately, an update to the web server was scheduled to take place, which automatically activated maintenance mode and prevented any work on the submissions during the night and the next morning. We have therefore decided to slightly extend the deadline for submissions to Monday 2 March 2026 at 23:59 GMT. Feel free to work on your proposals until then.