Opening 📍 Bailey Allen Hall

Opening of the 2026 International Forum on Artistic Research

Presented by: David Burn, Rebecca Braun, Triona Ni Shiochain, Tomás Ó Síocháin

🗓️ Tuesday, 23 June — 3:00pm - 3:30pm (30 mins)

Presenters

Abstract

The 2026 Forum International Forum on Artistic Research is opened by David J Burn, President of the University of Galway, and Rebecca Braun, Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies at the University of Galway. The official opening features contributions by Tríona Ní Shíocháin, Head of the School of English, Media, and Creative Arts and Established Professor of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Galway, as well as Príomhfheidhmeannach | CEO of Údarás na Gaeltachta, the state agency that supports and develops Irish as the spoken language in the Gaeltacht region across seven counties of Ireland.

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.