Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame

9-13 th March 2026 Miranda House, University of Delhi

Despite the many differences between contemporary Ireland and India, the two countries also share rich, historical affinities.
The conference brings together a broad range of scholars working on Irish-Indian relations to examine the historical, political, economic, or cultural links between the two former colonies. How were these connections forged? How were these connections challenged? How are such connections remembered?

Michelle Boyle’s exploration of intersections between identity and landscape revealed that the engagement between Ireland and India — and the often conflicted sense of identity that could accompany it — surfaced in other modes of creative expression and could shape one’s experience with the natural and spiritual worlds.

Organised by Jill Bender Visiting Ass Professor Keogh Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Dhiraj Mehra, Director for Initiatives in India University of Notre Dame,

Conference contributors :

Catherine Healy (Epic, The Irish Emigrartion Museum) Mark Doyle (Middle Tennessee State University) lArthur Duff (WEFT Foundation) Jay Roszman (University College Cork) Arunansh Goswami (Scindia Research Centre) Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin) Jyoti Atwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University) M. Satish Kumar (Queen’s University Belfast—GIFT City Campus) Pushkar Sohoni (IISER Pune) Sucheta Mahajan (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Tom Bartlett (University of Aberdeen) Patrick Griffin’s (University of Notre Dame) Robert O’Sullivan’s (University of Notre Dame) Kristin Mahoney’s (Michigan State University) Projit Mukharji’s (Ashoka University) Michelle Boyle (Artist)

Conference Summary :

https://irishstudies.nd.edu/news/india-and-ireland-conference-miranda-house-university-of-delhi