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Dr Pamela Cotter is an ethnomusicologist with over ten years experience lecturing in Third Level Education, six years experience as Director of the Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance, and is currently Researcher on the University of Limerick’s inaugural Arts & Culture Framework.

Originally from Montreal, QC, Canada, Pamela completed the BA Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick as an Irish dancer and fiddler player. She graduated with first class honours in 2010 and went on to complete the MA Ethnomusicology at UCC the following year. In 2024, she completed her PhD at the University of Limerick; her research focused on the largest Irish cultural festival, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, situating it within the broader discourse of festival studies. She is also a qualified Irish dancing teacher (T.C.R.G.) with An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha.

Pamela has been working on the Arts & Culture Framework since its inception in September 2024.