We will be focusing on Belfast: culture, identity, history, and politics (week 1); key developments in Irish history (week 2) and cultural expressions of Irish identity (week 3), with classes led by many of the leading scholars in Irish Studies at Queen's.

Summer School dates are June 15 to July 3 2026, with accommodation available on the University campus.

Field Trips include Belfast Murals, Derry/Londonderry, Ulster-American Folk Park, the Seamus Heaney Homeplace and Springhill House, Co. Tyrone

Applications are welcome from all students interested in any aspect of Irish Studies, with a closing date in late March (early bird offer by late January)

Group bookings are possible - contact the Summer School administrator to discuss this

We are part of the Fulbright UK Summer Institute Scholarship programme - applications for this close in February