Read about the two new book projects of acclaimed author Alice McDermott, why she is rereading Dostoevsky's "Demons," and how the pandemic has changed her outlook on planning for "the future."
From Galway, Dr. Nessa Cronin writes of her continued focus on the environment and our troubled relation to it. She also recommends poems and books that have brought insights and solace during the pandemic.
"Ireland's Generation X?" led by Professor Barry McCrea captivated listeners this past year. Presented by the Museum of Literature Ireland and the Institute, all episodes are now available on YouTube and in podcast form.
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.
Patrick Griffin, the Madden-Hennebry Professor of History and Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute, is one of 25 distinguished scholars, librarians, curators, writers, and artists elected this spring to the American Antiquarian Society.
As the world reopens, Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University and a former visiting faculty fellow at the Institute, writes about his new book on Charles Haughey and what, during the pandemic, he has missed.
Always a formative experience for students and faculty marked by intense intellectual exchange, the 2021 graduate IRISH Seminar, which occurred this year virtually, wraps up this week.
Andrew Gannon, an Economics major with Irish Studies and History minors, was awarded the 2021 Donald and Marilyn Keough Award for Excellence in Irish Studies at Commencement 2021.
Nicholas Ames, who researches historic migration and the influence immigrant communities have on the development of contemporary urban America, received his PhD in Anthropology at Commencement 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."