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Despite the relatively obscure status of Irish Studies in America, O Coilean has big plans for his department and for the field in general...
Last spring, Professor of Irish Studies Sean O Coilean was teaching at the National University of Ireland's College at Cork, introducing students to their country's native heritage. There, he says, "If you say you are in Irish Studies, no one asks...
This fall, as a newly arrived Harvard professor, O Coilean faces a different student body. "At the first class, you've got to take out a map of Ireland and show them where it is," he says...
...able to fulfill my interests here better than elsewhere," says O Coilean, whose name translates in English as John Collins...
Harvard's Celtic Department consists of O Coilean, the new chairman, one associate professor, a handful of graduate student concentrators, and about 100 course offerings...