MISSION
Eighty million people around the world identify themselves in some way with Ireland and with Irishness. The mission of the UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies is to
- Engage, connect and develop this diverse global community as an active social network of global citizens
- Engage with the past, the present and the future of Ireland and the Irish
- Connect the Irish in Ireland and the global Diaspora as an active community
- Capture and map the global Irish community
- Explore new directions in the study of Ireland and the Irish
- Apply specific learning outcomes from thematic areas into wider contexts such as conflict resolution, interculturalism, integration and development
FUNDING
The Institute academic research programme is funded under PRTLI Cycle 4 . This programme “Transforming the Study of Ireland and its diaspora” is part of the Humanities Serving Irish Society initiative headed by the Royal Irish Academy. The Digital Humanities Observatory is a core project of that initiative.
RESEARCH STRANDS
The PRTLI funded programme, “Transforming the Study of Ireland and its diaspora” consists of four core research strands:
STAFFING
Current staffing includes the Institute Director, Dr. Brian Jackson, four associated Principal Investigators, together with four additional associated research staff, five funded post doctoral research staff and six PhD students. A further six PhD students are currently being recruited.
PATRON
The Institute is named in honour of the politician and Nobel Laureate John Hume
EMIGRANTS AT COBH
The above painting “Emigrants at Cobh” (c. 1937) by Joseph Wilson is reproduced by kind permission of the Wilson Family, Cobh, Co. Cork
