Week 1

Monday
July 18

9.30–10.00 Registration for the programme. (Elmwood Learning and Teaching Centre Lecture Theatre (No 19 on Campus map)

10.10-12.10 Induction: Introduction and background to the Summer School. An opportunity to meet core staff of the Institute ofIrish Studies.

12.15-1.00 Walking tour of Queen’s University

2.00–4.00 Tour of Belfast: Murals, Interfaces and Economic Development (Dr Dominic Bryan, Dr Gordon Gillespie, IIS). Coach departs from Institute of Irish Studies (IIS), 53-67 University Road at 2.00 pm

Tuesday
July 19

9.30-11.00 Introduction to History of Ireland - (Dr Peter Martin, School of History and Anthropology)

11.30-12.30 Introduction to History of Northern Ireland– (Dr Dominic Bryan, Institute of Irish Studies)

2.30-4.00 Understanding the Conflict – (Dr Dominic Bryan, Institute of Irish Studies)

8.00 Ceilidh (Irish Dancing) in the Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast

Wednesday July 20

9.30–11.00 Introduction to Archaeology People and Place - (Prof Jim McAdam, Dept of Applied Plant Science, QUB)

11.30-12.30 Land and Landscape - pre-famine and post-famine – (Prof Jim McAdam, Dept of Applied Plant Science, QUB)
 

2.00–4.00 Irish Emigration Lecture Irish Migration: 1607-2007 - (Dr Brian Lambkin and Dr Patrick Fitzgerald, Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh)

Thursday
July 21

8.30–6.00pm Field Trip to Centre for Migration Studies, Ulster American Folk Park, to visit the outdoor museum's old and new world exhibits, telling the story of emigrant life on both sides of the Atlantic. Coach departs from Reception at the Queen’s Elms Halls of Residence (QEHOR) at 8.30 am arriving at Folk Park at 10.30 and departs Folk Park at approx 4.30pm

Friday
July 22

9.30–11.00 Introduction to the History of Belfast - (Dr Gillian McIntosh, School of History and Anthropology, QUB)

11.15–12.30  Contemporary Economic Issues in the Two Irelands - (Dr Graham Brownlow, School of Management, QUB)

Free afternoon

Saturday
July 23

8.30–6.30 Optional Field Trip to the Antrim Coast, Glens of Antrim and Giant’s Causeway. The drive north along the Bann, and then east past the Giant's Causeway and down the marine drive follows 60 miles of the most beautiful coast you could imagine. (An extra charge of £15 to be paid by Tuesday morning 19 July – lunch included in the price) Coach departs from Reception at the Queen’s Elms Halls of Residence (QEHOR), at 8.30 am

Week 2

Monday
July 25

Cultures of Ireland 

9.30-11.00   Introduction to Literature of Ireland - (Dr Eamonn Hushes, School of English and Assistant Director, Institute of Irish Studies)

11.30–1.00 Literatures of Belfast - (Dr Eamonn Hughes, School of English and Assistant Director, IIS)

2.30-4.00 Popular music in Ireland - (Dr Eamonn Hughes, School of English and Assistant Director, IIS)

7.00-9.00 Workshop on Irish Music with renowned musicians Brendan Monaghan and Mark Wilson  (Seminar Room 1, IIS, 53-67 University Road).

Tuesday
July 26

Belfast Industry and Culture

9.30–11.00 Industrialisation in 19th Century Belfast (Professor Liam Kennedy, School of History and Anthropology)

11.30-5.00 Titanic tour Titanic: the Belfast Connection (Stephen Cameron, Belfast Titanic Society) Coach departs from IIS, 53-67 University Road at 12.00 pm

7.00–9.00 pm  Northern Ireland and Cinema From Ourselves Alone to Game of Thrones (Dr Gordon Gillespie, Research Associate, IIS)  (Seminar Room 1, IIS, 53-67 University Road)

Wednesday
July 27

Conflict in Northern Ireland

9.30–11.00 Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland - (Dr Gordon Gillespie, Institute of Irish Studies) 

11.30-1.00 Flags - (Dr Dominic Bryan, Institute of Irish Studies) 

2.00-3.30 Dealing with the past - (Kate Turner, Healing Through Remembering)

3.30-5.00 Conflict Transformation - (Michael Culbert, Coiste na nlarchimi, and Frankie Gallagher, Charter NI)

Thursday
July 28

Language

9.30–10.30 Introduction to Language (Professor Dónall Ó Baoill, School of Languages, Literature and Performing Arts, QUB)

11.00-12.00 Irish Language The Irish Language Movement in Northern Ireland (Dr Gordon McCoy, Ultach Trust)

12.00–1.00 Ulster-Scots (Dr Frank Ferguson, University of Ulster)

Free Afternoon.

Friday
July 29 

7.15–6.30 Field Trip to City of Derry / Londonderry 

The field trip will include a visit to the Tower Museum , the Guildhall, a tour of the murals and the City Walls.  Coach departs from Reception at the Queen’s Elms Halls of Residence (QEHOR), at 7.15 am

Week 3

Monday
August 1

Politics in Northern Ireland

9.00-10.00 Republicanism and Nationalism - (Dr Peter McLoughlin, School of Politics)

10.00-11.00 Unionism and Loyalism - (Dr Dominic Bryan, Institute of Irish Studies)

11.15-12.00 Devolved Government - (Dr Dominic Bryan, Institute of Irish Studies)

12.30-5.00 Visit to Stormont, to include a discussion panel with representatives from the political parties in Northern Ireland followed by coffee and a tour of Stormont. Coach departs from IIS, 53-67 University Road at 12.30 pm.

Tuesday 
August 2

Women in Ireland

9.30–11.00 Marriage and Family in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - (Dr Katie Barclay, Institute of Irish Studies, QUB)

11.30–1.00 'Sweet, gracious, dignfied womanliness': women outside the home in nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland - (Dr Elaine Farrell, School of History and Anthropology, QUB)

2.00–3.30 Peace building and policy making: the role of women in the community and voluntary sector - (Dr Margaret Ward, Director of the Women's Resource and Development Agency, Belfast)

7.00-8.00 An evening with Jeffrey Donaldson MP (Seminar Room 1, IIS, 53-67 University Road).

Wednesday
August 3

Religion in Ireland 

09.30-10.30 The role of religion in responding and contributing to conflict - (Dr Gladys Ganiel, the Irish School of Ecumenics)

11.00 am - 1.00pm Discussion panel made up of religious leaders in Northern Ireland: Rev Harold Good, Rev Dr Norman Hamilton, Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop Harold Miller.

Afternoon with the Institute Staff (Seminar Room 1, Institute of Irish Studies, 53-67 University Road).

2.30 - 4.30 In-depth look at research in the Institute with academics, research fellows and honorary fellows.

Thursday
August 4

8.30-3.30 Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Visit to Antrim to meet police officers from various units including the Tactical Support Group.  Coach departs from Reception at Queen’s Elms Halls of Residence at 8.30am and returns to the Halls of Residence for 3.30pm

7.00 pm Quiz and traditional music in the Treehouse Bar and Restaurant at Queen's Elms Halls of Residence

Friday
August 5

11.30 Informal Discussion and Feedback: final session

Optional Irish History Programme Week 2 - Seminar Room 2, Elmwood Learning and Teaching Centre

Monday
July 25

Historical Moments: 1798, The Famine and 1916 

9.30-11.00   1798 and the Transformation of Belfast (Ulster) Politics (a theme around these three moments - (Dr Andrew Holmes, School of History and Anthropology

11.30–1.00 The Famine in History and memory - (Professor Peter Gray, School of History and Anthropology)

2.30-4.00 A History of the 1916 Easter Rising - (Dr Fearghal McGarry, School of History and Anthropology)

7.00-9.00 Workshop on Irish Music with renowned musicians Brendan Monaghan and Mark Wilson  (Seminar Room 1, IIS, 53-67 University Road).

Tuesday
July 26

Belfast Industry and Culture

9.30–11.00 Industrialisation in 19th Century Belfast (Professor Liam Kennedy, School of History and Anthropology)

11.30-5.00 Titanic tour Titanic: the Belfast Connection (Stephen Cameron, Belfast Titanic Society) Coach departs from IIS, 53-67 University Road at 12.00 pm

7.00–9.00 pm  Northern Ireland and Cinema From Ourselves Alone to Game of Thrones (Dr Gordon Gillespie, Research Associate, IIS)  (Seminar Room 1, IIS, 53-67 University Road)

Wednesday
July 27

Religion, Class and Ascendancy in Ireland

9.30–11.00 The History of Religion in Ireland - (Professor Sean Connolly, School of History and Anthropology) 

11.30-1.00 The Big House in Ireland - (Dr Olwen Purdue, School of History and Anthropology 

2.00-3.30 Masculinity: Class, Gender and Memory - (Dr Sean O'Connell, School of History and Anthropology)

3.30-5.00 A Case STudy on the DIPPAM Project Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration - (Professor Peter Gray, School of History and Anthropology

Thursday
July 28

Researching Irish History

9.30–10.30 Ireland and Empire (Dr Chris Shepard, Research Fellow, Insitute of Irish Studies)

11.00-12.00 Clergy and Transatlantic Migration (Dr Sarah Roddy, School of History and Anthropology)

12.00–1.00 Partition and Memory in Northern Ireland (Dr Robert Lynch, Research Fellow, Institute of Irish Studies)

Imperial history walking tour of Belfast with Professor Keith Jeffery

Friday
July 29 

7.15–6.30 Field Trip to City of Derry / Londonderry 

The field trip will include a visit to the Tower Museum , the Guildhall, a tour of the murals and the City Walls.  Coach departs from Reception at the Queen’s Elms Halls of Residence (QEHOR), at 7.15 am