News: August 2021

Ailbhe Darcy (MFA and PhD, Notre Dame) is a prize-winning poet, critic, and Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. With David Wheatley, she has imagined and edited a new book on Irish women’s poetry.

In the Fall 2021 term, Irish Studies Librarian Aedín Clements will offer three sessions focused on Irish Studies resources—ranging from periodicals to Northern Ireland resources to new treasures in Rare Books.

A joint endeavor of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, the ARINS Project is providing substance to the debate around Ireland’s future.

Lisa Caulfield, Director of Notre Dame's Kylemore Abbey Global Centre, tells us how she and her team pivoted during the pandemic [Hint: one way was finding a global audience in virtual book clubs] and how they are re-opening.

English PhD student and Irish studies minor Claudia Carroll is a graduate fellow at Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study. The theme for the 2021-2022 year: Resilience.