PhD
The Irish World Academy has a tradition of PhD level research since its inception in 1994. In the first instance, the research specialisation focussed on Irish Music Studies. Completed dissertations in this area include:
- Music Place and Community: Culture and Irish Heritage in the Ottowa Valley
(Johanne Trew) - Evolution of the Cape Breton Fiddle Tradition 1928 – 1995
(Elizabeth Doherty) - Laus Perennis: The Emergence of a Theology of Music with reference to post-Vatican 11 Irish Catholicism
(Helen Phelan) - The World of Traditional dance music in Brittany
(Desi Wilkinson) - Jimmy O'Brien Moran
- Matt Cranich
- Paul McGettrick
- Colette Moloney
- Anthony McCann
More recently, doctoral level research has expanded to reflect the specialist interests of the Academy's growing faculty, including ethnochoreology, ritual studies, chant studies, dance studies, music education, music therapy and community music. Current areas of doctoral research include:
- The Dance Experience and Sense of Being: Therapeutic Application of Modern Dance
(Olive Beecher)
18 February, 2008
