International Summer School
International Summer School 2010
The International Summer School will take place 19 July - 6 August 2010 inclusive. Fees for 2010 should be available by approximately the end of November 2009 and the programme will follow at a later date. To view the 2009 exciting programme please click on link below. (Please note that the present link to fees refers to the 2009 Summer School).
Closing date for applications is 14 May 2010.
Scholarships available for 2010 - closing date 24 March 2010.
This interdisciplinary programme is hosted by the Institute of Irish Studies and held at the historic Queen’s University of Belfast. Dates for our 2010 summer school are 19 July - 6 August inclusive. Closing date for scholarship applications is 24 March 2010.
The summer school has participants of all ages (18 - 60+) and from a variety of backgrounds. Students are administrators, teachers and professors as well as undergraduates and postgraduates and those who simply have a passion for Irish history and culture. Read about some of the students' experiences.
Lectures and seminars are given by internationally-acclaimed scholars on various aspects of the study of Ireland, including history, politics, anthropology, film and theatre, language and literature.
Students will be given the opportunity to meet and have discussions with representatives of Northern Ireland’s political parties. This usually takes place at Stormont Parliament Buildings, the seat of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Meetings will also be arranged with representatives of local community groups, church leaders and with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
In addition, participating students will visit sites of historical and cultural interest in Belfast and beyond, such as Stormont Parliament Buildings and Clifton Street Cemetery. A fieldtrip to the historical city of Derry includes a visit to the Tower Museum, the Museum of Free Derry and a tour of the murals and the city walls. Traditional learning is enhanced with fieldwork and social activity.
An exciting new partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre for poetry provides students with the opportunity to take 5 days of poetry, fiction and script-writing workshops. Click here for the Seamus Heaney Centre Summer School Programme.
Lecturers provisionally taking part in the programme include:
Irish History & Politics
Anthropology & Sociology
Film, Theatre and Music
Literature, Language and Cultural History
- Dr Gillian McIntosh
- Dr Eamonn Hughes
- Dr Gordon McCoy
Archaeology, Landscape and Environment
Poetry, Fiction and Script-writing
- Profiles of the staff of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry.
For a reading list, please visit our Summer School FAQ section.
More about life and culture in Northern Ireland ....
Click here to see television coverage of our 2001 summer school [site under re-contruction].