Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy

William F. Kelleher Jr. Dies

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff
Share
in memoriamMaxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
William F. Kelleher

William F. Kelleher

William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, passed away on Sept. 18 in Syracuse. A cultural anthropologist, Kelleher was an affiliate of the European Union Center in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and much of his recent work dealt with issues in Ireland. His 2003 book, “The Troubles in Ballybogoin: Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland” (University of Michigan Press, 2004), was widely acclaimed; he also authored a number of articles and book chapters, many of which dealt with issues in Ireland.

Kelleher was a popular teacher who was currently working on a project that examines peacemaking and healing among Irish nationalists in the borderlands of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The study takes account of the suffering caused by past political violence and the processes by which both victims and perpetrators of violence attempt to heal, re-establish themselves as citizens and construct civil society.

In 2002, Kelleher co-founded the Ethnography of the University Project at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, which worked to involve undergraduate students in researching the institutions that surround them. As part of an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate students and faculty members, he completed a yearlong ethnography of an intensive effort by the University of Illinois to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

Kelleher’s research focused on labor and class relations, the anthropology of work, the effects of long-term political violence on everyday life, the work of historical memory in reproducing such violent conflict and the ethnography of race in institutions of American higher education. His specialties were colonialism and post-colonialism, religion and politics, North America and Ireland, where he spent several years on ethnographic research.

Kelleher’s off-campus activities included service on the board of the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility and assistance to released inmates transitioning to life after prison. He was also a member of the parish council at St. Lucy’s Church.

Funeral services will be on Saturday at 1p.m. at St. Lucy’s Church, 432 Gifford St. Calling hours will be held Friday, 4-7 p.m. at the Edward J. Ryan & Son Funeral Home, 3180 Bellevue Ave.

Burial will be in Massachusetts. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Kelleher’s memory may be made to the Department of Anthropology, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, 209 Maxwell Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 to support student projects.

  • Author

News Staff

  • Recent
  • Turning Gratitude Into Opportunity
    Friday, March 5, 2021, By Dan Bernardi
  • University Selected to Host Hult Prize Regional Competition
    Friday, March 5, 2021, By Cristina Hatem
  • Message From Chancellor Kent Syverud
    Thursday, March 4, 2021, By News Staff
  • Final Report of the Board Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion
    Thursday, March 4, 2021, By News Staff
  • Burton Blatt Institute Hosts Poetry Reading
    Thursday, March 4, 2021, By News Staff

More In Media, Law & Policy

‘Intelligence Strategy Highlights Workforce’

Corri Zoli, associate teaching professor in the College of Law and director of research for the Institute for Security Policy and Law, and Brian Holmes, dean of the Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence at the National Intelligence University…

‘Black Content Needs: Black Capital and Control?’

J. Christopher Hamilton, assistant professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, wrote an op-ed for LA Progressive titled “Black Content Needs: Black Capital and Control?” Hamilton, who is also an attorney and executive producer, has spent his…

‘Is Election Disinformation Free Speech or Defamation? Courts Will Decide’

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, wrote an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “Is election disinformation free speech or defamation? Courts will decide.” Gutterman,…

Hilda A. Frimpong Becomes the First Black Student to Lead Syracuse Law Review

Second-year College of Law student Hilda A. Frimpong has been elected by her peers as the next editor in chief of Syracuse Law Review. When she assumes her duties for Volume 72 (2021-22), Frimpong will be the first Black student…

‘8 Tips for Grad Students for Planning in 2021’

Timur Hammond, assistant professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed titled “8 Tips for Grad Students for Planning in 2021.” Hammond also serves as a faculty liaison for the Future…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2021 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.