Mary Gallagher, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs"Contagious Capitalism Revisited: Labor, Law, and Justice in China" The Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture Series invites top scholars who examine the theme of justice in relation to Asia and with awareness of Asian cultures and traditions. The series is part of the Liu Institute’s organizing theme of “Justice and Asia” that examines and supports thematic work from a range of perspectives, projects, disciplines, and collaborations. This year, Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, will present, "Contagious Capitalism Revisited: Labor, Law, and Justice in China." The lecture title is derived from her book “Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China” (Princeton, 2005). A political scientist and top scholar of contemporary China, Gallagher examines Chinese domestic politics, political economy, and industrial relations. Before joining Notre Dame in 2024, Gallagher directed the International Institute at the University of Michigan where she was also the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Chair in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights. Her international experience includes teaching at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing and visiting professorships at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai and at the KoGuan School of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Gallagher has received multiple honors for her research, including two Fulbright awards and grants from the National Science Foundation and the Luce Foundation. She also serves as a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and a consultant for the World Bank, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Labor and many other nongovernmental and international organizations. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu — a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat — in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU payout and cast his lot with a sinister black-market operation that is decimating the Mediterranean fish population and the livelihoods of the local families who depend on it. Luzzu won a Sundance Jury Prize for its nonprofessional lead actor Jesmark Scicluna, a real-life Maltese fisherman, and heralds the arrival of writer-director-editor Alex Camilleri. His gripping film operates in the neorealist tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rosselini, and the Dardenne brothers and calls to mind the socially engaged cinema of Ken Loach and the film’s producer Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart).   Get TicketsThis is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Register to attend via Zoom here The recent drastic restructuring of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the overtaking of the offices by DOGE, have brought to the forefront the way the current administration actions have undercut peacebuilding efforts locally and globally. This flash panel, including George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, Lisa Schirch, the Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, Elizabeth (Liz) Hume, executive director, Alliance for Peacebuilding, and Kroc Institute Advisory Board member, Angela Lederach (Ph.D. '19), assistant professor of peace studies at Chapman University, and others will discuss the history and significance of USIP for peacebuilding around the world, including the work of the Kroc Institute. The panel will also consider the consequences these actions have on the broader policies of peacebuilding globally. Background: The USIP is an independent, nonprofit, national institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. It provides research, analysis, and training to individuals in diplomacy, mediation, and other peace-building measures. Following years of proposals for a national peace academy, the USIP was established in 1984 by congressional legislation signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame and a national voice for civil and human rights, served as a member of the board of directors of USIP from 1991-2000 and as co-chairman of the USIP Building Campaign. At the groundbreaking ceremony, Hesburgh said, “Amidst all these reliquaries of wars, we are going to commit a temple of peace.” A hall was named in honor of Father Hesburgh to house the Institute's Religion and Peacemaking Center. The USIP is officially nonpartisan and independent, receiving funding only through a congressional appropriation to prevent outside influence. The Institute is governed by a bipartisan board of directors with 15 members, which must include the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and the president of the National Defense University. The remaining 12 members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.   Register to attend via Zoom here Photo: The U.S. Institute of Peace's headquarters. Credit: (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is an annual conference organized by undergraduate peace studies students at the University of Notre Dame. During this free conference, undergraduate and graduate students from across the U.S. and abroad present original research, showcase innovative practices, and network with peers who share their passion for peace. More information about this year’s conference will be provided in the coming months. Students and faculty who wish to learn more about participating in the upcoming conference can visit the conference program page. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

This event, hosted by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and co-sponsored by the Keough-Naughton Institute and Native American Initiatives, brings together Potawatomi and Gaeltacht community members and scholars to discuss shared and divergent experiences in preserving and revitalizing language. The gathering will take place in the Pokagon Band Family Activity Center in Dowagiac, Michigan, and will include music and a traditional Potawatomi meal. PanelistsKevin Daugherty Language Teacher and Elder, Pokagon Band Bmethwen/Kyle Malott Advanced Language Specialist, Pokagon Band Mskwathigwék/Rhonda Purcell Director of Ėthë Bodwéwadmimwat, Pokagon Band Adhna Ní Bhraonáin Public Relations Officer, BÁNÚ Róisín Nic Dhonncha Lecturer, Department of Irish, Mary Immaculate College Rónán Ó Dochartaigh Course Manager, Oideas Gael   If you are interested in attending the event and transportation options from campus to the Pokagon Band Family Activity Center,  please complete this registration form.  Any questions can be directed to Ariel Clark-Semyck, program administrator, at aclarkse@nd.edu.Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.

For the 11th annual Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial event, the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Department of Irish Language and Literature will host a symposium on the future of Irish Language Studies. The symposium has been organized by Prof. Brian Ó Conchubhair and Fulbright FLTA Róisín Ní Bhroin. Questions about the symposium can be directed to organizer Róisín Ní Bhroin at rbyrne6@nd.edu. Todhchaí Léann na Gaeilge Seimineár lae é seo de chuid Roinn Theanga agus Litríocht na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Notre Dame, agus Institiúid Mhic Eochaidh-Uí Neachtain um an Léann Éireannach le staid reatha agus le todhchaí Léann na Gaeilge a mheas agus a iniúchadh. Déanfar plé ar ghnéithe éagsúla de Léann na Gaeilge mar dhisciplín acadúil agus mar ábhar taighde; aimseofar bearnaí agus laigí sa ghort taighde mar atá faoi láthair agus pléifear conas spriocanna ardaidhmeannacha a aimsiú agus conas aghaidh a thabhairt orthu. Beidh grúpa scoláirí idirnáisiúnta ó réimsí éagsúla léinn ag cur síos ar staid an disciplín, mar a fheictear dóibh é, agus ag moladh tograí taighde idirinstitiúideach. Fáiltítear go háirithe roimh thograí a thagann agus a chuireann le fís agus le ráiteas misin Choláiste Keough um Ghnóthaí Domhanda in Ollscoil Notre Dame. Tuilleadh eolais ag https://keough.nd.edu/about/. Tá spéis faoi leith i dtograí a bhaineann leis an nGaeltacht; polasaí rialtais i leith teangacha; pleanáil teanga; digitiú agus na meáin shóisialta ; intleacht shaorga; na healaín bhéil; na meáin chumarsáide; cúrsaí oideachais agus mionteangacha; an timpeallacht agus an teanga; agus stair na Gaeilge lasmuigh d’Éirinn. The Future of Irish Language Studies This is a one-day seminar organized by the Department of Irish Language and Literature, University of Notre Dame, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies to assess and explore the current state and future of Irish Language Studies. Various aspects of Léann na Gaeilge will be discussed as an academic discipline and as a research topic; gaps and weaknesses in the current research field will be identified, as well as how to identify ambitious goals and how to address them. A group of international scholars from different fields of study will be describing the state of the discipline, as they see it, and proposing inter-institutional research proposals. Proposals align with and contribute to the vision and mission statement of the Keough College of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame are especially welcome. More information at https://keough.nd.edu/about/. There is particular interest in proposals relating to the Gaeltacht; government policy towards languages; language planning; digitization and social media; artificial intelligence; the oral arts; the media; educational matters and minor languages; the environment and the language; and the history of the Irish language outside of Ireland. Schedule  9:00 am: Check-in 9:15 am - 10:30 am: Panel 1 1. Radvan Markus, Charles University Prague (zoom), on Transnational Irish 2. Brendan Kane, University of Connecticut (zoom), on Digital Humanities 3. Natasha Sumner, Harvard University, on Digital Humanities 4. Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh, University of Edinburgh, on A Gaelic Atlantic? Chair: Róisín Ní Bhroin, Notre Dame Fulbright FLTA 10: 30 am -10:45 am: Coffee/tea 10:45 am - 12:15 pm: Panel 2 1. Kevin Scannell, Saint Louis University, on AI 2. Síle Denvir, Dublin City University, on Culture and Creativity 3. Nicholas Wolf, NYU, on History of the Irish Language 4. Regina Uí Chollatáin, UCD/Chair, Foras na Gaeilge (National Irish-Language State Body), on Minority Language Media 5. Samuel Fisher, Catholic University of America, on Indigeneity Chair: Róisín Nic Dhonncha, Mary Immaculate College 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Panel 3 5. Fionntán de Brún, Maynooth University, on ARINS 6. Treasa Uí Lorcáin, Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, on Irish-language Medium University Education 7. Dermot Nestor, Mary Immaculate College, on Teacher Education 8. Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Dublin City University, on Digital Humanities Chair: Róisín Ní Raghallaigh, Fulbright FLTA, University of Wisconsin 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Coffee/tea 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Panel 4 9. Andy Caomhánach, Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, on AI 10. Gearóidón Uí Laighléis, Dublin City University, on Mobile and Web Technologies 11. Conchúir Ó Giollagáin, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, on Gaelic Scholarship and Society 12. Brian Ó Broin, William Patterson University, New Jersey, on Parity of Esteem Chair: Máirín Ní Ghadhra, Raidió Teilifís Éireann 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: General Discussion Chair: Colin Barr, Notre DameRannpháirtithe  Tá Colin Barr ina Ollamh le Nua-Stair na hÉireann, agus ina Stiúrthóir ar Institiúid Mhic Eochaidh-Uí Neachtain um Léann na hÉireann in Ollscoil Notre Dame. Foilseoidh Cló Ollscoil Cambridge The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878, an leabhar is déanaí uaidh, an bhliain seo chugainn. Is Léachtóir le Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise é Andy Caomhánach le hAcadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. I measc na spéiseanna taighde atá aige, tá logánú bogearraí, teicneolaíocht an oideachais, cartlannú digiteach agus intleacht shaorga. Tá sé ina bhall den “Plean Digiteach don Ghaeilge: ArdIntleacht (AI) na Gaeilge” atá á riaradh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta. Ollamh le Nua-Ghaeilge in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad é Fionntán de Brún. Ar na foilseacháin is déanaí leis tá Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019) agus an t-úrscéal staire, Béal na Péiste (2023) a bhuaigh Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin. Is scoláire idirdhisciplíneach, amhránaí sean-nóis agus cláirseoir í an Síle Denvir a bhfuil saineolas aici ar thraidisiún na hamhránaíochta Gaeilge, ar an gcultúr béil agus ar an taighde ealaíonta. Tá dhá leabhar faoi chumadóirí amhrán as Conamara foilsithe aici agus tá suim faoi leith aici i nasc a dhéanamh idir an taighde agus an chruthaitheacht. Is Ollamh Cúnta í in Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá Samuel K. Fisher ina Ollamh Comhlach le Stair in Ollscoil Chaitliceach Mheiriceá. Is staraí comparáideach é a bhfuil a chuid taighde ag díriú ar phobail Ghaelacha agus ar phobail bhundúchasacha Mheiriceá sa tréimhse 1600-1800. Is údar The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution: Diversity and Empire in the British Atlantic 1688-1783 é agus bhí sé ina chomheagarthóir ar an díolaim filíochta dhátheangach Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior. Is Ollamh le Stair is le Litríochtaí, Cultúir is na Teangacha é Brendan Kane ag Ollscoil Connecticut. Is é a phríomhghort taighde ná Éire is Sasana sa Nua-Aois Luath, le spéis ar leith aige sa choilíneachas is chéad-teagmháil. Is duine de bhunaitheoirí is stiúrthóirí an Encounters Series é, clár dioscúrsa poiblí a cheanglaíonn taighde acadúla le cúraimí an phobail. Is ball é de fhoireann oibre Léamh ó 2014. Is Léachtóir Sinsearach le Gaeilge agus le Léann na hÉireann é Radvan Markus in Ollscoil Shéarlais i bPrág. Tá a lán foilsithe aige ar phrós agus ar dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge san fhichiú haois, monagraf ar Mháirtín Ó Cadhain san áireamh. Bíonn sé ag aistriú ó Ghaeilge go Seicis. Tá an tOllamh Dermot Nestor ina Uachtarán ar Choláiste Mhuire gan Smál, i Luimneach, Éire. Sula ndeachaigh sé i mbun oibre sa phost seo i mí na Samhna 2024, bhí sé ina Ollamh le Bíobla Eabhraise agus roimhe sin bhí sé ina Dhéan Feidhmiúcháin ar Dhámh na Diagachta agus na Fealsúnachta in Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hAstráile (Sydney). Baineann a chuid taighde den chuid is mó leis an stair agus leis an reiligiún ársa Iosraeilíteach le béim ar léith ar léann an chultúir ábhartha agus ar an teanga ársa. Is í Adhna Ní Bhraonáin Oifigeach Caidrimh Phoiblí BÁNÚ, eagraíocht feachtais atá ag moladh breis tithíochta do mhuintir na Gaeltachta agus do chainteoirí Gaeilge. Is FLTA Fulbright í Róisín Ní Bhroin, atá ag múineadh Gaeilge in Ollscoil Notre Dame faoi láthair. Bhain sí céim Dlí agus Gaeilge amach ó Choláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh in 2023, agus bronnfar Máistreacht uirthi go luath sna hábhair chéanna. Agus í ina foghlaimeoir agus múinteoir teangacha, tá spéis mhór ag Róisín i múinteoireacht cruthaitheach na Gaeilge mar ghné d'fhorbairt agus de chaomhnú na teanga. As na Forbacha i gContae na Gaillimhe í Máirín Ní Ghadhra agus tá sí ag cur fúithi ar an gCeathrú Rua le blianta fada. Thosaigh sí ag obair le Raidió na Gaeltachta mar bholscaire leanúnachais le linn di a bheith ar an ollscoil agus tá sí fostaithe ag RTÉ ó shin i leith. Le cúrsaí nuachta agus cúrsaí reatha is mó atá sí luaite agus tá suim ar leith aici i dtoghcháin agus polaitíocht. Faoi láthair, bíonn Máirín ag laithriú An tSeachtain ar RnaG gach Satharn agus 7Lá ar TG4 gach Máirt. Chomh maith lena cuid oibre sa gcraoltóireacht bhí baint ag Máirín le tionscsadal le leabhair chliútacha Bhéarla do pháistí a aistriú go Gaeilge. Is FLTA Fulbright í Róisín Ní Raghallaigh, a bhíonn ag teagasc na Gaeilge in Ollscoil Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Tá dlúthbhaint ag Róisín le Gaeltacht Thír Chonaill agus tá neart taithí aici ar an nGaeilge a mhúineadh ansin agus in áiteanna eile ar fud na hÉireann. Tá léann an chultúir, gnéithe den bhéaloideas, an litríocht bhéil agus an prós nua-aoiseach i measc na réimsí spéise atá ag Róisín Nic Dhonncha. Is Léachtóir le Gaeilge í i gColáiste Mhuire gan Smál, Luimneach. Ollamh le teangeolaíocht agus litríocht in Ollscoil William Paterson, NJ is ea Brian Ó Broin. Tá go leor foilsithe aige ar an nGaeilge, litríocht na Gaeilge, agus léann na Meánaoise in Éirinn agus an Bhreatain. Cloistear go minic é ar raidió na hÉireann ag plé cúrsaí reatha Mheiriceá. Scéalaí díograiseach, bhain sé an dara duais amach i gcomórtas scéalaíochta Oireachtas 2024 leis an scéal fiannaíochta Fionn Mac Cumhaill agus an Bhean Rua. Beidh alt uaidh ar an difríocht idir comhréir Ghaeilge craoltóirí uirbeacha agus Gaeltachta ag teacht amach go luath in Foundational Approaches to Celtic Linguistics. Is Ollamh le Gaeilge é Brian Ó Conchubhair. Tá sé ina cheann roinne eatramhach ar Roinn Theanga agus Litríocht na Gaeilge agus ina comhalta taighde d'Institiúid Mhic Eochaidh-Uí Neachtain um Léann na hÉireann. Is é Rónán Ó Dochartaigh Bainisteoir Cúrsaí Oideas Gael in iardheisceart Thír Chonaill. Ó bunaíodh Oideas Gael sa bhliain 1984 tá na mílte duine ag tarraingt gach bliain ar a chuid cúrsaí Gaeilge agus cláracha cultúrtha. Céimí de chuid Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, tá Rónán ag plé le teicneolaíocht na faisnéise le fada agus chuidigh sé le roinnt tionscadal mór sna daonnachtaí digiteacha a fhorbairt, amhail le www.duchas.ie (Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD/Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath). Tá Conchúr Ó Giollagáin ina Ollamh Taighde in Ollscoil na Gaeltachta agus na nOileán, Alba, agus ina Stiúrthóir ar Institiúid na nEolaíochtaí Teanga san ollscoil chéanna. Tá sé ar dhuine de na húdair a d’fhoilsigh na saothair is cuimsithí ar shochtheangeolaíocht na bpobal urlabhra Gaeilge agus Gàidhlig: Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíoch ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht (2007; nuashonraithe 2015) agus The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community: A Comprehensive Sociolinguistic Survey of Scottish Gaelic (2020). Léachtóir Sinsearach le Ceiltis agus Léann na hAlban in Ollscoil Dhún Éideann é Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh. Tá riar mhaith foilsithe aige ar Ghaeilge na hÉireann agus ar na teangacha Gaelacha eile. Tá taighde ar bun aige faoi láthair ar scríbhneoireacht na Gaeilge Albanaí sna hIndiacha Thiar go luath san naoú céad déag. Ollamh Cúnta é Brian Ó Raghallaigh in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath (DCU), áit a bhfuil sé ina bhall de ghrúpa taighde Gaois (www.gaois.ie). Is é atá mar Phríomh-Thaighdeoir (PI) ar thionscadal Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann agus mar Chomh-PI ar thionscadal Díchódú Oidhreachtaí Folaithe. Bhí Kevin Scannell ina Ollamh le Matamaitic agus Ríomheolaíocht in Ollscoil Saint Louis, Missouri ó 1998 go 2023. Oibríonn sé i gcomhairle le grúpaí bundúchasacha ar fud an domhain chun acmhainní ríomhaireachta a fhorbairt a chuidíonn leo a dteanga dhúchais a úsáid ar líne. Tá spéis ar leith aige sa Ghaeilge agus sna teangacha Ceilteacha eile. Is Ollamh comhlach í Natasha Sumner i Roinn na dTeangacha agus Litríochtaí Ceilteacha in Ollscoil Harvard agus Stiúrthóir Bhunachar Bhéaloideas na Féinne. Díríonn a cuid taighde ar an bhFiannaíocht. Múineann sí cúrsaí ar litríocht agus bhéaloideas i nGaeilge na hÉireann agus na hAlban. Is as Dún na nGall do Regina Uí Chollatáin agus í ina hOllamh Sinsearach i dTeanga agus Litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge sa Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath. Is í an Príomhoifigeach/Déan í ar Choláiste na nEalaíon agus na nDaonnachtaí i gCOBÁC fosta. Athbheochan na Gaeilge agus na Meáin Ghaeilge na príomhréimsí taighde atá aici agus neart foilsithe aici sna réimsí seo ag leibhéal náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta. Bhí sí ar Bhord TG4 agus ceapadh í ina Cathaoirleach ar Fhoras na Gaeilge i 2021. Is Ceann Scoile Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Bhaile Atha Cliath í Gearóidín Uí Laighléis. Tá trí leabhar óna peann aici, an ceann is déanaí ná Seosamh Mac Grianna i mBaile Átha Cliath - Léarscáil Litríochta (2024). Tá suim faoi ieith aici i stair an Ghúim agus cúpla leabhar scríofa aici ar an ábhar sin, ceann acu Gallán an Ghúim (Coiscéim 2017) a bhain Duais Leabhar Taighde na Bliana ACIS 2017. Is í Treasa Uí Lorcáin Ceannasaí Eatramhach Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, Scoil de chuid Choláiste na nDán, na nEolaíochtaí Sóisialta agus an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Cainteoir dúchais Gaeilge í a bhfuil breis agus tríocha bliain caite aici ag treabhadh gort na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge. Tá spéis ar leith aici i gcúrsaí pleanála teanga, i seachadadh na teanga ó ghlúin go glúin agus cén chaoi ar féidir feasacht faoi theangacha mionlaithe a ardú i measc an phobail. Is Leabharlannaí agus Staraí é Nicholas Wolf ag New York University, áit ina bhfuil sé ag obair mar Cheann Roinn Seirbhísí Sonraí, agus mar Stiúrthóir Comhlach ar chursaí taighde agus foilsitheoireachta, Glucksman Ireland House. Déanann sé taighde ar stair Gaeilge agus chultúr na hÉireann sa naoú haois déag. Bhuaigh a leabhar An Irish-Speaking Island (2014) duaiseanna Michael J. Durkan agus Donald Murphy ón American Conference for Irish Studies.Participants Colin Barr is professor of modern Irish history and the Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame. Cambridge University Press will publish his latest monograph, The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878 next year. Andy Caomhánach is a lecturer in information technology with Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, University of Galway. Andy’s research interests include software localization, educational technologies, digital archiving and artificial intelligence. He is a member of the “Digital Plan for the Irish Language: Advanced Intelligence (AI) for the Irish Language” which is administered by the Irish state agency, Údarás na Gaeltachta. Fionntán de Brún is professor of modern Irish at Maynooth University. His recent publications include Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature (2019) and the historical novel, Béal na Péiste (2023), which was awarded the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin prize. Síle Denvir is an interdisciplinary scholar, sean-nós singer and harpist with expertise in the Irish language song tradition, oral culture and artistic research. She has published two books on Connemara songwriters and she has a particular interest in combining her academic and creative work. She is currently an assistant professor in Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge in Dublin City University. Samuel K. Fisher is associate professor of history at The Catholic University of America. He is a comparative historian whose research focuses on Gaelic and Native American communities in the period 1600-1800. He is the author of The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution: Diversity and Empire in the British Atlantic 1688-1783 and co-editor of the bilingual poetry anthology Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior. Brendan Kane is professor of history and of literatures, cultures and languages at UConn. His research interests include early modern Ireland and England, with particular attention to colonialism and encounter. He is founding co-director of the Encounters Series, a program for public dialogue that links scholarly research with community concerns. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2014. Radvan Markus is senior lecturer in the Irish Language Irish Studies at Charles University, Prague. He has published widely on twentieth-century Irish-language prose and drama, including a recent monograph on Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and is a translator from Irish to Czech. Dermot Nestor is president of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. Prior to taking up his appointment in November 2024, he was professor of Hebrew Bible and previously executive dean for the faculty of theology and philosophy at the Australian Catholic University (Sydney). His research is broadly in the area of ancient Israelite history and religion with a specific focus on material culture studies and ancient language. Adhna Ní Bhraonáin is the public relations officer for BÁNÚ, a campaign organization advocating for increased housing for Gaeltacht natives and Irish language speakers in Ireland. Róisín Ní Bhroin is a Fulbright FLTA who currently teaches Irish at the University of Notre Dame. She received a degree in law and Irish from University College Cork in 2023 and will soon graduate with a masters degree in the same subjects. As a learner and teacher of languages, Róisín is interested in the creative teaching of Irish as an element of its promotion and preservation. Máirín Ní Ghadhra from Na Forbacha Co. Galway originally, she has worked with RTÉ for over 30 years. As well as her work in broadcasting Máirín has collaborated on projects translating classic Enid Blyton children's books to Gaeilge. Máirín Ní Ghadhra was born and raised in the Connemara Gaeltacht and has worked there in broadcasting for over thirty years. She works predominantly in news and currents affairs and currently presents An tSeachtain on Raidió na Gaeltachta and 7Lá, both weekly current affairs programs. Róisín Ní Raghallaigh is a Fulbright FLTA currently teaching Irish in the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Róisín has a close connection with the Donegal Gaeltacht and has a lot of experience teaching Irish there as well as all over Ireland. Róisín Nic Dhonncha’s research interests include cultural theory, Irish traditional music and song performance, folklore, oral literature and modern prose in the Irish language. She is a lecturer in the Department of Irish in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Brian Ó Broin teaches linguistics and literature at William Paterson University, NJ. He has published widely on the modern Irish language, modern Irish literature, and medieval studies of both Ireland and Britain. He also makes frequent Irish media appearances as a commentator on American current affairs. A prize-winning storyteller, he competed in the 2024 Oireachtas na Gaeilge festival with the traditional Irish story Fionn Mac Cumhaill agus an Bhean Rua, winning second prize. His latest paper, comparing the syntactic complexity of urban and Gaeltacht radio broadcasters, is forthcoming in Foundational Approaches to Celtic Linguistics. Brian Ó Conchubhair is a professor of Irish. He is interim head of the Department of Irish Language and Literature and a research fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies. Rónán Ó Dochartaigh is course manager at Oideas Gael in southwest Donegal, Ireland. Since its foundation in 1984, Oideas Gael has helped thousands of adults from Ireland and across the world learn the Irish language and continues to provide an exciting program of cultural activity holidays. A graduate of Maynooth University, Rónán has a background in IT and he has helped build several large digital humanities projects such as www.duchas.ie (National Folklore Collection of Ireland, UCD/Dublin City University). Conchúr Ó Giollagáin is the Gaelic Research Professor in the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, and the director of the UHI Language Sciences Institute. He is one of authors of the most comprehensive surveys of the Gaelic vernacular communities in Ireland and Scotland: Comprehensive Linguistic Study of the Use of Irish in the Gaeltacht (2007; updated 2015) and The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community: A Comprehensive Sociolinguistic Survey of Scottish Gaelic (2020). Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh is senior lecturer in Celtic and Scottish studies at the University of Edinburgh. Has published extensively on Irish and the other Gaelic languages. Currently leading a project on Scottish Gaelic writing in the early nineteenth-century Caribbean. Brian Ó Raghallaigh, an assistant professor at Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University, where he is a member of the Gaois research group. He is principal investigator (PI) on the Placenames Database of Ireland project and Co-PI on the Decoding Hidden Heritages project. He is a member of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) Board and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Historical Dictionary of Irish Management Board. His current research is focused on the creation of digital Irish-language resources for general and specialist users, language technology and other applications. Kevin Scannell was professor of mathematics and computer science at Saint Louis University in Missouri from 1998 to 2023. He works with indigenous and minority language groups around the world to develop computational resources that help them use their native language online. He has a particular interest in Irish and the other Celtic languages. Natasha Sumner is an associate professor of Celtic languages and literatures at Harvard University and director of the Fionn Folklore Database. Her research focuses on the Gaelic narrative corpus about the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. She teaches courses on Irish and Scottish Gaelic literature and folklore. Regina Uí Chollatáin is from Donegal and she is the senior professor of Irish language and literature in University College Dublin. She is also the principal/dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Her main areas of research are language revival and media and she has published widely nationally and internationally in these areas. She served on the board of TG4 and was appointed chair of Foras na Gaeilge in 2021. Gearóidín Uí Laighléis is an associate professor in Irish in Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge in DCU. Her main areas of research are book publishing history and modern/contemporary Irish language literature. She is the author of three books, one which won the American Conference for Irish Studies Prize for Research Book of the Year in the Irish Language in 2017. Treasa Uí Lorcáin is the interim head of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, a school within the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies at the University of Galway. She is a native Irish speaker who has spent more than thirty years working in the field of Irish-medium higher education. She has a particular interest in language planning, the intergenerational transmission of the language, and how awareness of minority languages can be raised among the public. Nicholas Wolf is a librarian and historian at New York University, where he works as head of the data services department and associate director for research and publishing initiatives, Glucksman Ireland House. He researches the history of the Irish language and Irish culture in the nineteenth century. His book, An Irish-Speaking Island (2014), won the Michael J. Durkan and Donald Murphy prizes from the American Conference for Irish Studies.   The Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial LectureThis annual lecture honors the memory of Breandán Ó Buachalla (1936-2010), who was the inaugural Thomas J. and Kathleen M. O'Donnell Chair of Irish Language and Literature at the University of Notre Dame. Ó Buachalla was instrumental to the success of both the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the Department of Irish Language and Literature. Read more about the Ó Buachalla lectures here.     Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.