Centre for Irish StudiesNational University of Ireland NUI, Galway
Léann na hÉireann/Irish Studies
Irish Studies is an
integrated, interdisciplinary programme of learning which seeks to
explore key aspects of the Irish experience in its historical and
contemporary settings. The Centre for Irish Studies at NUI, Galway was
established in Autumn 2000 and is dedicated to research and advanced
teaching on the cultural, social and political endeavours of Irish
people, on the island of Ireland and beyond. All of the Centre’s
programmes are located in Martha Fox House which was recently
refurbished and contains dedicated workspace for up to 12 fulltime
teaching and research personnel.
Irish Studies is a
designated Area of Excellence at NUI, Galway
Taught
Programmes
MA in Irish Studies
The MA in
Irish Studies is a one year programme drawing on the disciplines of
English, History, and Irish and including sociological and political
science perspectives. The programme focuses on the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries and provides a critical interrogation of key
junctions and issues in the historical, cultural and social development
of modern Ireland. The approach is interdisciplinary throughout, aiming
to provide a comprehensive overview of the Irish experience since the
early nineteenth century.
Irish Studies Online
This programme, the
first of its kind in the world, has been developed in partnership with
Regis University, Denver, Colorado, and is targeted at non-traditional
and mature students primarily who do not have access to traditional
programmes of study in this area.The purpose of the course is to provide
a basic introduction to Irish life and culture through the disciplines
of Archaeology, History, English, Irish, Political Science and
Sociology. The full programme will comprise five 8-week modules leading
to the award of a Certificate in Irish Studies for students who
successfully complete three of the modules and a Diploma in Irish
Studies from NUI, Galway for those who complete the full programme.
The course provides an
overview of Irish history from the pagan Celtic world and the coming of
Christianity, through to the cataclysmic famines of the 1840s, the
establishment of an independent state in 1922 and Ireland’s integration
into the European community which has been ongoing since the 1970s.
Students will be introduced to Irish literature in both the Irish
(Gaelic) and English languages from the Old-Irish sagas and early Irish
lyrics through the emergence of Anglo-Irish literature in the eighteenth
century and the twentieth century revival of writing in Irish.
Particular emphasis will be give to the study of Irish society since
independence with due consideration of such crucial issues as gender,
religion, modernization, identity and socio-economic development.
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Summer School in Irish Studies
The annual Summer School in Irish Studies
at NUI, Galway was inaugurated in 1984 and continues to offer a diverse
programme of interdisciplinary study for undergraduate and graduate
students. The modular course structure allows a considerable degree of
flexibility to students and is designed to reflect developments in the
world of Irish Studies since the programme was first established. The
full menu of courses is as follows:
Modules
The programme also includes a series of
field trips designed to complement the courses taught in the various
modules and is an integral element in the overall course structure.
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Diploma in Irish
Music Studies
This
two-year programme for part-time students provides an integrated
interdisciplinary introduction to the ways in which music and literature
have contributed to the creation of identity both in Ireland and for
communities abroad. Beginning in 1700, the course will investigate the
ways in which Irish writers in Irish and English and those involved in
the dissemination and revival of Irish traditional music and dance were
actively involved in the formation and reformation of modern Irish
identities. It will provide insights from music, dance, poetry,
television and film of the ways in which Irish performers and writers
have been actively involved in imagining and re-imagining Ireland, and
illustrating how these cultural expressions provide vital spaces for
societal discourse.
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Research fellowships
Personnel
Professor
Tadhg Foley
Chairman, Centre for Irish
Studies
Email:
t.p.foley@nuigalway.ie
Tadhg Foley teaches courses on Romanticism, Victorian culture and
society, theorising colonization in the nineteenth century, critical
theory, and gender and nation in 19thC Ireland. He is a former director
of the MA in Culture and Colonialism and he has organised/co-organised
several conferences in colonialism, Irish Studies, and Irish-Australian
Studies. His doctoral work was on the concept of ‘taste’ in the 18thC.
His main research interest is in the history of ideas in 19thC Ireland
and he has collaborated extensively with Professor Tom Boylan of the
Economics Department on the production, distribution, and consumption of
economic ideas
Louis de Paor was
educated at University College Cork. He has published articles on a
broad range of writing in Irish from the court poetry of medieval
Ireland to the work of contemporary poets such as Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
and Michael Davitt. His books include a study of narrative technique in
the short fiction of Máirtín Ó Cadhain and an anthology of twentieth
century poetry in Irish co-edited with Seán Ó Tuama. He is currently
working on a study of the writings of Flann O’Brien.
Email:
louis.depaor@nuigalway.ie
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details of personnel:
http: //www.nuigalway.ie/cis/personnel.html
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