UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies

The mission of the UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies is to engage with the 80 million people around the world who identify themselves in some way with Ireland and Irishness.

About UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies

The Institute is named in honour of the politician and Nobel Laureate John Hume. Current staffing includes the Institute Director, Dr Brian Jackson, and four associated Principal Investigators, together with four additional research staff, five funded postdoctoral research staff and six PhD students. A further six PhD students are currently being recruited.

Funding

The Institute’s academic research programme is funded under Cycle 4 of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions.

Key area of research

The Institute’s academic research programme ‘Transforming the Study of Ireland and its Diaspora’ consists of four core research strands:

Footprints of Ireland: heritage and landscape
Irish Identities from the Seventeenth Century: cultural and linguistic expression
State and Society: historical development and contemporary challenges
The Irish experience of conflict resolution in a British-Irish, European and global context.

Outputs

Each year, the Institute’s research is presented in a series of events, including:

The UCD John Hume Institute public lecture programme
UCD John Hume Institute guest academic lecture programme
The Annual Irish Diaspora Forum

Collaboration

The programme “Transforming the Study of Ireland and its Diaspora” is part of the Humanities Serving Irish Society initiative headed by the Royal Irish Academy.

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