IACI-USA.org Fellowship

2007-2008 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW:

Dr. Margot Backus

Dr. Backus earned a B.A. in English Literature from University of Massachusetts/Boston, an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently an Associate Professor of English at the University of Houston and is the author of The Gothic Family Romance: Heterosexuality, Child Sacrifice and the Anglo-Irish Colonial Order (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999).

Dr. Backus will conduct research for her work: Irish Scandal Culture and the Coming-of-Age Narrative.

2006-07 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW:

Dr. Clare Carroll

Dr. Carroll is the Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature and the Director of Irish Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. She received a B.A. in English from Oberlin College; an M.A. in English from Columbia University, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She is the author of Circe's Cup: Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Writing about Ireland. (Cork: Cork University Press, and Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2001); and the Co-Editor of Ireland and Postcolonial Theory (Cork: Cork University Press, and Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2001).

Dr. Carroll fellowship furthered her research for her work Exiles in a Global City: the Irish and British in Rome, 1607-1769.

2005-06 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW:

Dr. Philip O'Leary

Dr. O'Leary earned a B.A. in English from the College of the Holy Cross, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Boston College and was the Director of the MA Program in Irish Literature and Culture from 1991-2004 at Boston College. He is the author of Ideology and Innovation: The Prose Literature of the Gaelic Revival, 1881-1921 (Penn State Press, 1994), Deirc an Dochais: Leamh ar Shaothar Phadhraic Oig Ui Chonaire (Indreabhan, Conamara: Clo Iar-Chonnachta, 1995), and Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 (University College Dublin Press, 2004). He was a Consulting Editor for Eire-Ireland, the IACI's interdisciplinary journal of Irish studies from 1996 - 2007.

Dr. O'Leary's work at NUI-Galway was focused on completing the research for the third and final volume of a history of prose writing in the Irish language from the start of the Gaelic Revival in 1881-2 to 1951.

2004-05 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW:

Dr. Kenneth Nilsen

Dr. Nilsen received his B.A. from Brooklyn College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Nilsen is Chairman of the Department of Celtic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Dr. Nilsen's research project, "Cuimhni ar an Imirce - Memories of Emigration," addresses the Gaeltacht perspective on emigration.

2003-04 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW:

Dr. Robert Savage

Dr Savage received his B.A. from Boston College, his M.A. from University College, Dublin, Ireland and his Ph.D. from Boston College. Dr Savage is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History and Associate Director of Irish Studies at Boston College. In addition to contributing to the Irish American Cultural Institute’s Journal of Irish Studies, EIRE/IRELAND, he has authored three books.

Dr. Savage worked on “A Political and Social History of Irish Television 1960-1985,” investigating the establishment of Irish television as a state sponsored public authority in 1960 and chart the development of the service to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985.




	The IACI/NUI-Galway Visiting Fellowship in Irish Studies is made possible by joint funding from the Irish American Cultural Institute and the National University of Ireland - Galway. The Fellowship is granted to an Irish studies scholar, typically a resident of the United States, and provides a semester (4 months or more) at the National University of Ireland-Galway. The Fellowship includes a stipend of $13,000, transatlantic transportation, office accommodations, and visiting faculty status. Applications for the IACI / NUI-G Fellowship are accepted at anytime. Applications should be sent to the Irish American Cultural Institute. The deadline is December 31, 2008 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

	Please note that if submitting an application electronically (submit to Jackie Walsh), you may submit one copy. If submitting via mail, please send the requested number of copies. If you experience any difficulty in downloading the application, please contact Jackie Walsh at the IACI for a copy of the application.
	2007-2008 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW: Dr. Margot Backus Dr. Backus earned a B.A. in English Literature from University of Massachusetts/Boston, an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently an Associate Professor of English at the University of Houston and is the author of The Gothic Family Romance: Heterosexuality, Child Sacrifice and the Anglo-Irish Colonial Order (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999). Dr. Backus will conduct research for her work: Irish Scandal Culture and the Coming-of-Age Narrative. 2006-07 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW: Dr. Clare Carroll Dr. Carroll is the Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature and the Director of Irish Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. She received a B.A. in English from Oberlin College; an M.A. in English from Columbia University, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She is the author of Circe's Cup: Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Writing about Ireland. (Cork: Cork University Press, and Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2001); and the Co-Editor of Ireland and Postcolonial Theory (Cork: Cork University Press, and Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2001). Dr. Carroll fellowship furthered her research for her work Exiles in a Global City: the Irish and British in Rome, 1607-1769. 2005-06 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW: Dr. Philip O'Leary Dr. O'Leary earned a B.A. in English from the College of the Holy Cross, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Boston College and was the Director of the MA Program in Irish Literature and Culture from 1991-2004 at Boston College. He is the author of Ideology and Innovation: The Prose Literature of the Gaelic Revival, 1881-1921 (Penn State Press, 1994), Deirc an Dochais: Leamh ar Shaothar Phadhraic Oig Ui Chonaire (Indreabhan, Conamara: Clo Iar-Chonnachta, 1995), and Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 (University College Dublin Press, 2004). He was a Consulting Editor for Eire-Ireland, the IACI's interdisciplinary journal of Irish studies from 1996 - 2007. Dr. O'Leary's work at NUI-Galway was focused on completing the research for the third and final volume of a history of prose writing in the Irish language from the start of the Gaelic Revival in 1881-2 to 1951. 2004-05 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW: Dr. Kenneth Nilsen Dr. Nilsen received his B.A. from Brooklyn College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Nilsen is Chairman of the Department of Celtic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Nilsen's research project, "Cuimhni ar an Imirce - Memories of Emigration," addresses the Gaeltacht perspective on emigration. 2003-04 IACI/NUI-G VISITING FELLOW: Dr. Robert Savage Dr Savage received his B.A. from Boston College, his M.A. from University College, Dublin, Ireland and his Ph.D. from Boston College. Dr Savage is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History and Associate Director of Irish Studies at Boston College. In addition to contributing to the Irish American Cultural Institute’s Journal of Irish Studies, EIRE/IRELAND, he has authored three books. Dr. Savage worked on “A Political and Social History of Irish Television 1960-1985,” investigating the establishment of Irish television as a state sponsored public authority in 1960 and chart the development of the service to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985.