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THE KENNEDY LEGACY<\/strong> Outside St. Michael\u2019s Theatre, New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland for the Kennedy Summer School (from left): Dr. Michael Howlett, Dean of Social Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology; Dr. Howard Keeley; Brendan Howlin, Ireland\u2019s Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; Austin Currie, Irish Civil Rights leader and former Minister of State; and Bobby Kennedy III.<\/p>\n

Center for Irish Studies Director Lectures at John F. Kennedy Summer School<\/h3>\n

Summer school took on a whole new meaning this September, when one Georgia Southern professor participated in a unique event that took him back to his homeland. Howard Keeley, director of Georgia Southern\u2019s Center for Irish Studies, traveled to the historic river port of New Ross in the southeastern Irish county of Wexford as a distinguished speaker at the John F. Kennedy Summer School, a symposium exploring JFK\u2019s legacy. Attended by three generations of the Kennedy clan, the Summer School was motivated by next year\u2019s 50th anniversary of JFK\u2019s historic homecoming trip to Ireland. The President\u2019s family originated in the New Ross area, and the Kennedy ancestral home will soon be designated a national monument.<\/p>\n

In addition to Keeley, the exclusive three-day event included sessions featuring major politicians, professors, broadcasters, writers and editors from both Ireland and the United States. Geraldine Kennedy, the former editor of the Irish Times<\/em>, was on hand to discuss the festival\u2019s themes of the Irish-American relationship and the Kennedy legacy. \u201cThe symposium operated by means of different plenary and panel sessions that explored legacy issues and what we can learn from great lives,\u201d Keeley said. He added, \u201cAn essential part of JFK\u2019s career was civil rights, and Irish people learned much from his executive, judicial and legislative initiatives in that arena when addressing their own massive and longstanding civil rights challenges during and after the 1960s.\u201d<\/p>\n

A packed house attended Keeley\u2019s keynote presentation, \u201cThe Kennedy Civil Rights Legacy: Lessons for Modern Ireland,\u201d which was acknowledged on stage by Ireland\u2019s Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and covered by the national press.<\/p>\n

Keeley also had the opportunity to discuss his lecture with around 350,000 listeners during his interview on \u201cToday,\u201d the flagship current affairs program on RT\u00c9, the country\u2019s national radio service.<\/p>\n

In addition to his role directing the Center for Irish Studies, Keeley is the founding co-director of the University System of Georgia\u2019s Study Abroad program at the Waterford Institute of Technology, near New Ross. For the past four summers, Keeley has taken 60 students on a five-week trip to the region. \u201cIt offers experiential learning with a very attractive student- teacher ratio,\u201d he said, going on to explain that \u201cstudents travel to and analyze sites of historic and cultural interest throughout the Waterford region and in Dublin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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