Three Questions with . . . Enrico Terrinoni
Enrico Terrinoni, Università per Stranieri di Perugia, continues work on James Joyce while exploring a new project that applies insights of quantum physics to theories of literary interpretation.
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Cathleen Houlihan '19: Irish Studies Minor and Visa Officer, Ireland's Consulate in Chicago
Cathleen (“Caiti”) Houlihan ND ’19 is the visa officer for the Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago—and one with a recognizably Irish name. -
Resurrecting Irish Monks
In a research program led by Faculty Fellow Ian Kuijt and that includes current postdoctoral scholar Naughton Fellow Ryan Lash '10, archaeologists trace the history of island Catholicism. -
Three Questions with . . . Jennifer Todd
Professor Jennifer Todd, Fellow at the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin, focuses her research and writing on the interrelation of socio-economic and political processes and processes of cultural change. -
Director Patrick Griffin named the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford
The prestigious fellowship will allow Professor Griffin the opportunity to spend a year at Oxford's Queen's College and Rothermere American Institute lecturing and researching his next book. -
“Teaching as a Way of Thinking”: Graduate Irish Minors Design and Teach Innovative Undergraduate English Courses
After a rigorous mentoring process, English PhD students earning an Irish Studies minor teach innovative undergraduate courses with " passion and insight"—and teaching becomes a transformative experience. -
Three Questions with . . . Ailbhe Darcy
Ailbhe Darcy is a poet, a critic, and Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. Read about her new book and what, during the pandemic, she is missing. In short: "I miss it all. I love the world dearly and I dearly want it back." -
Faculty Fellow Bob Schmuhl calls American politics “like it invariably is” for the Irish
Since 2004, Faculty Fellow Robert Schmuhl has been essential reading and listening in Ireland for analysis and commentary on American presidential politics. His goal? "To tell why it is as it is and what it means.” -
Launch of Analysing and Researching Ireland, North and South (ARINS)
Analysing and Researching Ireland, North and South (ARINS) provides authoritative, independent, and non-partisan research and analysis about constitutional, institutional, and policy options for the island of Ireland. -
Bríona Nic Dhiarmada on the enduring words of W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming"
Listen to a podcast in which Bríona Nic Dhiarmada speaks to the enduring legacy of W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," published at a time of political polarization and a pandemic. -
A new book by Brian Ó Conchubhair celebrates Galway City and its naming as the 2020 European Capital of Culture
A new anthology of prose and poetry, "Gaillimh: Díolaim Cathrach," provides an overview of the ways poets and writers interpreted, imagined, and understood Galway City, the capital of Irish-speaking Ireland. -
Three Questions with . . . Daniel Carey
Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, NUI Galway, answers "Three Questions." Find out what he is reading, researching, and—during the pandemic—missing. -
Three Questions with . . . Sonja Tiernan
Sonja Tiernan is the Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies and co-director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She inaugurates a new series for our website: Three Questions. -
Madelyn Lugli: The interdisciplinary lens of Irish Studies
Now at Northwestern University as a doctoral student in History, Madelyn Lugli '16 reflects on how the interdisciplinary training she received in Irish Studies fostered an ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into her work. -
Clíona Ní Ríordáin's newest book explores a unique generation of poets at University College Cork
The newest book of Clíona Ní Ríordáin, Professor of English at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, explores the factors that gave rise to this unique cohort of Irish poets. -
The Institute's signature Speakers and Public Talks Series goes virtual
The Institute will offer its signature Speakers and Public Talks Series virtually this semester, with talks on the effects of the global pandemic on the university, immigration in Ireland, and conversations with writers and artists. -
"The Role of a Global University in a Global Pandemic" inaugurates a Global Irish Network series
The Institute inaugurated the "Global Irish Network" series in a webinar featuring the leaders of three universities facing unprecedented challenges in their teaching, research, and outreach missions during the COVID-19 pa... -
Commentary: "We need a hive mind, not a herd mentality"
Nessa Cronin, Lecturer in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, and Associate Director of the Moore Institute, NUI Galway, asks important questions on life after lockdown in a commentary published by the Irish Humanities Alliance: W... -
Reflections on the Poetry of Eavan Boland
Marie Doyle '21 offers her reflections on encountering the poetry of Eavan Boland (1944-2020) while studying abroad in Notre Dame's program at the National University of Ireland Galway and enrolled in the course "The West in th... -
The Keough-Naughton Institute Celebrates the Achievements of its 2020 Irish Studies Minors
We celebrate and honor our 2020 Irish Studies Minors: Mary Hope Clark, Anja Renkes, and Jessica Flynn.