Summer School Content at a glance:

Culture - Music, Film, Literature
Politics - European Union, The Irish Economy, Conflict Resolution
Two Field Trips

GCD offers an exciting multi-layered residential Summer School in Contemporary Politics and Culture that runs over four weeks from June 25th 2007 and is open to students of all disciplines but is particularly valuable to Liberal Arts, Communications, Politics, Business and Communications majors.    The School consists of class-based Academic Programmes in Culture and Politics, a contextualised Fieldtrip to Belfast and Northern Ireland as well as an extended Fieldtrip to the West of Ireland.

The Cultural Module (3 Credits) comprises classes in Music, Ireland through Film and Twentieth Century Irish Literature.  Taken together, these three topics  provide a comprehensive, valuable and exciting exploration of our rich cultural legacy.

The Political Module (3 Credits) comprises classes in Conflict Resolution, Ireland in the European Union and the Celtic Tiger.  Taken together these three topics explore Ireland’s success story within the European Union, explains the basis of our unprecedented economic growth and our experience with the resolution of difficult and extended conflict.

Participants can experience the contemporary dynamism of Europe’s fastest growing and most exciting urban experience in Dublin combined with the contrasting tranquillity and rural tradition of the country-side in an environment that explores the nature and meaning of Contemporary Ireland both inside and outside the class-room.

The Programme begins and ends with a group Dinner and an opportunity to discover Ireland’s rich musical traditions first-hand. As well as the Fieldtrips, the Academic experience is supported by on-site visits to Museums, the Theatre, the Cinema and Historically important monuments both within and outside of Dublin. 

Taken together this Summer School attracts 6 US Credits that can form part of your home-based US Degree Programme.