Imagallamh, which means “mutual discourse,” seeks to emphasize the international and comparative elements of Irish studies and to bring the next cohort of scholars in the field into meaningful dialogue with one another and with key figures in Irish scholarship, the arts, and society. The two-week program is held each year in June, with one week at Notre Dame Kylemore in Connemara and the second week at another location such as Dublin or Paris. Barry McCrea, the Donald R. Keough Family Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, serves as director.
Imagallamh: The Keough-Naughton Summer School in Irish Studies is open to all graduate students who are currently completing a PhD (or, in exceptional cases, a Master’s degree) in any discipline and who have an interest in Irish studies. Students from both within and outside the University of Notre Dame are warmly encouraged to apply.
This is a fully funded program. All successful applicants will receive comprehensive support from the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, covering travel, tuition, accommodation, and on-site meals in Kylemore.
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History
Imagallamh launched in 2024 as a new iteration of Keough-Naughton Institute’s Irish Seminar, which ran from 1999 to 2022. The themes of past Irish Seminars included Ireland and Britain, Classical Influences, Irish Modernisms, Ireland and Italy, and Peripheral Modernities? Ireland, Argentina, and Latin America.