Visiting Scholar, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, 2018-19
I can report that, once again, the Glucksman Ireland
House, New York University, has negotiated on my behalf the processes within
NYU - and I am now, again, still, one of NYU's Visiting Scholars, in the year
2018-19.
As ever I acknowledge the patient
encouragement of Miriam Nyhan Grey, Director of Graduate Studies, Glucksman
Ireland House, and of Eli Elliott, Administrator, Glucksman Ireland House, who
choreographed the process. And thank all
the team at Glucksman Ireland House - who understand how people like me fit in
to the Universe.
And, once again, as ever, I take all this as an
Instruction from The Universe that I should continue to do academic, scholarly
work, and make myself available within the scholarly networks, as best I can.
I am now at that September/ October stage, seeing what projects
have firmed up for the coming year - and what resources I have available.
Still doing the other kind of work, of course... For example, doing a lot of work in the
recording studio, tidying the song lyric record - in every sense - and working
on new songs.
In recent times I have tried to be a better Visiting
Scholar, and - despite my notorious aversion to travel - do some actual visiting. For example, I attended two major conferences
in Ireland, the Global Irish Diaspora Congress, Dublin, August 2017, and the American Conference for Irish Studies, ACIS, Cork, June, 2018. At both conferences I was
able to informally confer with NYU colleagues.
I have established informal contact with New York University, London,
England. I have attended meetings with
the British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS), here in England, and meetings
with other Irish centres, including meetings at the Irish Embassy, London.
I will note that one of the events I attended this year,
2018, was a valedictory celebration of the career of Professor Joe Lee, the
retiring Director of the Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, in the Glucksman Art
Gallery, Cork, Ireland – as part of the gathering of the American Conference
for Irish Studies 2018. I would like to
record my appreciation of Joe Lee’s friendly interest in my work and his
support over the past decades. Joe, I
was there in June 2018 - mine was one of the hundreds of glasses raised, to
wish you a long, happy, productive retirement.
And I welcome the new Director of Glucksman Ireland House,
Kevin Kenny - whose strengths I know, and whose strengths will be needed.
Patrick O'Sullivan
October 2018
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