New Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Notre Dame

For the 2007 – 2008 academic year, the Fulbright Commission is introducing a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award in the Irish Language at the University of Notre Dame.

This award is being made possible due to the generous support of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the University of Notre Dame.
This award supports recent initiatives by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to promote the Irish Language in the United States. Applications are invited from established academics and, or professionals with a proven proficiency in the Irish language and the teaching and research experience desired by the host institution. At the University of Notre Dame (Indiana), the scholar will be based in the Department of Irish Language and Literature and focus on modern/contemporary literature. The teaching load for the academic year is two courses per term/semester. The exact nature of the grant activity and responsibilities will be negotiated and agreed between the successful candidate and the host institution. Each scholar will receive a maximum grant of €70,000 and accident and emergency insurance for the full academic year paid in 2 instalments by the Fulbright Commission in Dublin. Notre Dame will provide the scholar with an office and full administrative support, in addition to on-campus accommodation and one round trip ticket to/from Chicago.
Guidelines for Applicants and the Application Form are available on the Fulbright Commission’s website www.fulbright.ie or may be requested by email from info@fulbright.ie
CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS 17h00 FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2007. No late applications will be considered. For further information please contact:
Marianne Doyle, Administrator,
The Fulbright Commission, Brooklawn House,
Crampton Avenue, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
Email: info@fulbright.ie
Tel: +353-1-6607670
Fax: +353-1-6607668
Website: www.fulbright.ie.

Summer Internships

Keough-Naughton interns 2006

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies annually awards five summer internships that place Notre Dame juniors in positions relating to politics, commerce, culture, and society in Dublin, Ireland. Students interested in careers in public service have interned for various government departments, head offices of Irish political parties and Teachtaí Dála (members of the Irish Parliament), while juniors pursuing a career in Fine Arts have worked at numerous cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Film Center, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Other undergraduates have taken placements in social service organizations and served as research assistants in the Engineering and Applied Physics Departments of Trinity College Dublin.

Drawn from a field of highly qualified candidates, this year’s successful applicants (pictured above) had five exceptional summers in Dublin.

Teresa De Vries of Bloomington, Minnesota used her training as a Political Science and History major in the European Union Commision Representation in Ireland, facilitating communication between Brussels and Dublin on a variety of EU issues.

English and Sociology major Emily Krisciunas of Dearborn, Michigan worked in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Ireland. She spent her summer planning and evaluating museum events and coordinating the publicity for Nobel Laureate George Bernard Shaw’s 150th birthday celebration at the Gallery.

Atlanta, Georgia resident and Theology and English major Caroline Murphy spent her summer researching economic issues related to women, ethnic minorities, and the correlation between educational disadvantage and poverty for the Combat Poverty Agency.

Christina O’Donnell is a double major in Political Science and Psychology in the Honors Program with a minor in Government and foreign affairs. The Pittsburgh native worked in the Press Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs, overseeing offical visits and shadowing colleagues in the Legal, Consular, Irish Abroad and Irish Aid Divisions.

Finally, Arabic Studies major and Irish Studies minor Áine Richards of Seattle, Washington was employed by the Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform. In the Organisational Development Unit, Áine both assisted with important administrative tasks and worked directly with asylum seekers.

Information on applying for Keough_Naughton Internships is here

New Web Address

In keeping with Keough-Naughton's new name, we have changed the Institute's URL to http://irishstudies.nd.edu/. Please bookmark this address, as changes planned by the OIT next year may render http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/ obsolete.

Photos of Why Irish 2005

Photos of Why Irish? One-Day International Colloquium, September 30, 2005

Keough-Naughton Institute on BBC

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies was highlighted in a short documentary produced by the BBC. Information about the program is available in English and in Irish at the BBC's website, where you can also watch the nearly ten-minute feature (requires the download of RealPlayer).

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