Glucksman Ireland House marks 20th Anniversary with Seamus Heaney and Sir James Galway

NYU Irish studies announces major scholarship opportunities

Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney recently described Glucksman Ireland House and the vision of its founders, Lew and Loretta Glucksman, in the following way:

That edifice off 1 Fifth Avenue –
Fit monument to herself and Lew –
Is like a small translated Clonmacnoise,
An amplifier for the native voice

Of Irish writing, culture, scholarship,
An answer given to the famine ship,
A feis, a court of poetry, a seisiún,
Academy and legacy, a boon.

Seamus Heaney, “Lauds for Loretta” February 2013

In 1993, Seamus Heaney and Sir James Galway celebrated the opening of Glucksman Ireland House NYU and recently returned to Greenwich Village to mark twenty years by honoring its co-founder, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, at a gala attended by an impressive cross-section of New Yorkers. Heaney’s poetics were complemented by Galway’s virtuosity in dedicating “The Derry Air” to the honoree. A fitting opening to a year of celebrations for Glucksman Ireland House and timely context to announcing major new scholarship opportunities for the MA in Irish and Irish American Studies: http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/graduate.scholarships

Glucksman Ireland House, a landmark townhouse on Fifth Avenue, is home to New York University’s Center for Irish and Irish American Studies.  Here, within the MA Program in Irish and Irish-American Studies, you'll have an exceptional opportunity to learn what makes the Irish such a distinctive people and, under the direction of its distinguished faculty, make connections with a vibrant community of students, scholars, and intellectuals. The MA Program in Irish and Irish-American Studies attracts both recent graduates, as well as professionals and retirees returning to school to deepen a lifelong interest in Irish history, politics, literature, culture, language, and society. Full or part-time enrollment and financial aid are available. 

About the Program

TEACHING

Teaching is at the heart of any graduate program. The Ireland House faculty is led by Joe Lee, Glucksman Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of History, former member of the Irish Senate, and prolific author and commentator on Irish public affairs.  With fellow historians Thomas Truxes, Marion Casey, Linda Dowling Almeida, Miriam Nyhan and Nicholas Wolf, the graduate program at Glucksman Ireland House covers nearly six centuries on both sides of the Atlantic, with particular attention to colonialism, emigration, and enduring links between New York City and Ireland.  Irish literature scholars John Waters, Greg Londe, and Abby Bender bring insight and inspiration to the teaching of one of the world’s great literary traditions, from Jonathan Swift to Seamus Heaney and beyond.  Courses in Irish culture studies are taught by Global Distinguished Professor of Music Mick Moloney; by the faculty’s latest recruit, world-renowned dancer and choreographer Jean Butler; and by award-winning Irish-language teacher and native Irish speaker Padraig O’Cearuill, along with Limerick-native Hilary Mhic Suibhe.

RESEARCH

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