Dr. Danijela Kulezic-Wilson was a member of staff at the University College Cork Music Department until her passing in 2021. Her innovative research on film music and sound is respected worldwide and is an outstanding exemplar of interdisciplinary thought.

In honour of Dr. Kulezic-Wilson’s work, and to further interdisciplinary research in artistic fields, UCC will host the second Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial Postgraduate Symposium this year.

The one-day event will host presentations by researchers from Ireland and abroad, and provide the opportunity to exchange ideas, methodologies, and inspiration, as well as to network with others across and between specialisations.

Organisers

Maxine Acton-Carey (Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial PhD Scholar, Theatre Department, UCC)

Maedea Farrell (Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial PhD Scholar, Music Department, UCC)

Rishin Singh (Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial PhD Scholar, Music Department, UCC)

Schedule and Presenters

Registration: 8.45am

Morning Session - Ó Riada Hall, Department of Music: 9.00am - 1.00pm

Your PhD as Voice: Building a career as an Artist-Academic who crosses disciplines - Prof. Yvon Bonenfant (UCC Department of Theatre)

Algorithmic composition, orchestration, and sound design in one - A dream - Shayan Chakraborty (Maynooth University Department of Music)

Tacet Knowledge - Brian Sheehan (MTU Cork School of Music)

Whose senses count? Towards a disability informed methodology in Ethnomusicology - Ili Chrysikou (UCC Department of Music)

Stepping Through the Traces of Absence: Improvisatory Method, Synaesthesia, and Musical Holes in Practice-Based Research - Olga Krashenko (Maynooth University Department of Music)

Cosmic Musical Atlas: Sonifying Astronomical Data as a Creative Process - Marco Varvello (TU Dublin Conservatoire)

Negating representation and identity in my chamber opera ‘The White Man’s Burden’ - Rishin Singh (UCC Department of Music)

Afternoon Session - Kane Screening Room (B10.B), Kane Building, Department of Film and Screen Media: 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Lindy Hop, Bollo, Boloye: dancing social synchrony (remote) - Dr. Deirdre Molloy (UCC Department of Music/University of Toulouse)

Ritual Ecologies: Red is the Blood - Maedea Farrell (UCC Department of Music)

Shooting to Sound: Cinematography, Music, and the Silent Film Methodology of Stupid August (Trehy, 2025) - Rupert MacCarthy-Morrogh (MTU Crawford College of Art & Design)

Why Medical Students Want Drama: a student perspective - Maxine Acton-Carey (UCC Department of Theatre)