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The Work of Metaphor in the Coronavirus Pandemic

June 01, 2020

In a piece published by the Irish Humanities Alliance, Professor Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway, writes abou...
History PhD and Irish Studies Graduate Minor Lauren Jean Wins the ACIS Larkin Dissertation Research Fellowship

May 26, 2020

Lauren Jean, a PhD student in History with an Irish Studies graduate minor, has been awarded the American Conference of Irish Studies’ (ACIS) 2020 Larkin Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Living in Lockdown: Can Literature Help?

May 17, 2020

What can literature offer us during a pandemic? Keough-Naughton Faculty Fellow Barry McCrea, the Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies, and Professor of English, Irish Language and Literature, and Romance Languages and Lit...
Report from Spain: The Strictest Lockdown in Europe/Societal Changes Ahead

May 12, 2020

With nearly 27.000 deaths due to COVID-19, Spain has suffered greatly. As the country emerges from lockdown, what are the effects of the virus on Spain's economy and social services? José Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez, a form...
Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan Wins the ACIS' Murphy “First Book” Prize for "A Landscape of Words"

May 08, 2020

In her prize-winning A Landscape of Words: Ireland, Britain and the Poetics of Space, 700-1250 (Manchester University Press, 2019), Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan demonstrates that medieval Irish thinkers and writers possessed a sophisticated consi...
The Arts in Ireland: The Massive Impact of COVID-19

April 29, 2020

With remarkable ingenuity and creativity, arts organizations throughout Ireland have reached out to citizens isolated in their homes. Yet, lacking live audiences and patrons, the COVID-19 pandemic poses an existential threat to the arts. Catheri...
How are Ireland and other European Nations Responding to Reports of Increased Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

April 22, 2020

How are Ireland and other European governments responding to the widespread increase in domestic violence during the global COVID-19 pandemic? Clare O’Hare, a lawyer and doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame Law Scho...
Robert Schmuhl's "The Glory and the Burden" a Finalist in the 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards

April 20, 2020

The latest book by Keough-Naughton Faculty Fellow Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Journalism, has been nominated for the 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Translation . .or a hundred years of ulyssitude

April 14, 2020

Enrico Terrinoni, Full Professor Chair of English Literature at Università Per Stranieri di Perugia and a Visiting Fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute in Fall 2019, writes about completing his new translation of James Joyce&...
France and Ireland: Flattening the Curve, Restricting Easter Travel

April 09, 2020

Clare O’Hare, a lawyer and doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame Law School as well as an active member of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies Graduate Student Working Group and a Graduate Fellow of the Nanovi...
The Keough-Naughton Institute is Operating Virtually

March 18, 2020

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies is operating virtually.
Our Year of "Global Ulysses"

March 01, 2020

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, the Keough-Naughton Institute has worked with its distinguished faculty fellows and many partners to create a year called "Global Ulysses."
Ireland’s “Drive For 5” Campaign at the United Nations—with Faculty Fellow Bríona Nic Dhiarmada . . and Bono

February 21, 2020

On February 11, Faculty Fellow Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, the Thomas J. & Kathleen M. O'Donnell Professor of Irish Studies, joined Bono and other distinguished guests at the United Nations for the launch of Ireland's &quo...
The New Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland

January 10, 2020

Notre Dame will expand its study of Ireland and its place in the world with the creation of a center to study modern Ireland, made possible by a leadership gift from Brian and Deidre Clingen.
The Snite Museum's exhibition of Irish art, "Looking at the Stars," captivates the University community

October 02, 2019

An extraordinary exhibition at the Snite Museum of Art': "'Looking at the Stars': Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame" has captivated the University community since its opening in August. The Keough-Naughto...
Marina Carr at Notre Dame

September 23, 2019

In early September, the Keough-Naughton Institute welcomed the acclaimed Irish playwright Marina Carr to Notre Dame for a ten-day residency. She read from three of her works at the Snite Museum of Art, participated in a roundtable with Notr...
New application cycle for the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies: Applications due Sept. 20, 2019

August 14, 2019

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Notre Dame International are pleased to announce the continuation of the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies. The award provides grant funding to assist scholars who tr...
Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan Wins the 2019 Four Courts Press/American Society for Irish Medieval Studies Michael Adams Prize for Best Article

June 07, 2019

Faculty Fellow Amy Mulligan is the winner of the 2019 Four Courts Press/American Society for Irish Medieval Studies Michael Adams Prize for the best article or essay in Irish medieval studies.
Theology, Studio Art, and Irish Studies Come Together in Undergraduate Anja Renkes' Creative Research Project on Ireland’s Holy Wells

May 10, 2019

Notre Dame junior and Irish Studies minor Anja Renkes has three passionate academic interests: theology, landscape art, and Irish culture. Through the Irish Internship Program, she will merge the three together in an interna...
Faculty Fellow Susan Cannon Harris Named Winner of the Gender Studies Teaching Award

May 02, 2019

In honor of her innovative teaching as well as contributions to the intellectual growth of Notre Dame students and the development of the Gender Studies program, Faculty Fellow Susan Cannon Harris has been selected as the 2019 recipient of...

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