Keough-Naughton Institute Campuses

The Notre Dame Campus hosts the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, an interdisciplinary hub within the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. This campus focuses on advancing the understanding of Irish culture across historical periods and global contexts, emphasizing language, literature, history, and contemporary issues like migration, empire, revolution, religious pluralism, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping. It supports undergraduate and graduate students through minors, fellowships, seminars, and research opportunities, including the renowned IRISH Seminar and partnerships with the Royal Irish Academy. The institute established the first Department of Irish Language and Literature outside Ireland and maintains a world-class Irish Studies collection in the Hesburgh Library.

• Irish Language and Literature: Foundational and advanced courses such as Beginning Irish, Irish poetry, and prose, with the first U.S. chair in Irish Language in over a century.
• Irish History: Comprehensive coverage from medieval to modern eras, including 'The Fighting Irish: A History,' the Northern Ireland 'Troubles,' and themes of famine and rebellion.
• Literature and Cultural Studies: 'Great Irish Writers,' 'Yeats and Heaney,' 'Women's Voices,' 'Ireland on Screen,' and Irish Folklore, exploring literary giants and cinematic representations.
• Archaeology and Heritage: 'Archaeology of Ireland,' delving into ancient sites and material culture.
• Modern and Global Irish Studies: Through the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland and ARINS (Advanced Research Initiative in Social Sciences), addressing diaspora, colonialism, and global human development.