Emma Arthur

Area of proposed thesis

Emma’s DPhil research, supervised by Professor Laura Tunbridge, is focused on the amateur music-making of women in nineteenth-century Ireland. Through the exploration of Irish women from various social, political and religious backgrounds, it examines how societal influences impacted how women engaged with music and its significance as a tool for social mobility, marriage and employment. In particular, it seeks to understand how women's engagement with music in non-public and non-professional contexts (such as the home and the school) contributed to the formation of various facets of their identities as well as facilitated and reflected their position in wider Irish society.

Research interests

Music in the nineteenth century, women's music-making, domestic music, music education, music and identity, Irish cultural history, music and girlhood.

Subjects taught

Extended Essay, Schooling Music

Funding

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Open Oxford Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership

The Clarendon Fund

The Merton College Scholarship

Degrees

Bachelor of Music (BMus), University College Dublin (2022)

Master of Musicology (MMus) in Music and Culture, University College Dublin (2023)