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UVM is partnering with University College Dublin to offer an exciting summer program for high school students to experience Ireland. Students will challenge themselves academically, build a college resume, and enjoy the vibrant student and cultural life in Dublin, a celebrated European city.
History 195 — Modern Ireland 1607-Present
In Dublin, Ireland
With Professor Kevin Thornton and Laura Mina, Program Assistant
About Dublin
Dublin is a premier European city and capital, rich with history and culture and famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture. The city is also a modern center of education, the arts, science and industry. Dublin is safe and easy to access. Students will be guided and accompanied by UVM faculty and staff.
Student Travel Dates: July 10-26, 2013.
Online: Students work on final paper between July 29-August 9, 2013
This program is made up of two weeks spent in Dublin, Ireland, followed by an assignment online. The experience will include field trips, interactive workshops as well as social activities. Students will have the opportunity to experience the rich and exciting history and culture of Ireland through visits to many of Dublin’s most popular museums and tourist attractions.
Key features include:
- 3 University of Vermont credits-History 195
- Pre-college program for academic and cultural enrichment.
- Irish History and Culture course with UVM faculty Kevin Thornton (read Bio here)
- Faculty and staff-led immersion days and trips.
- Small course size – maximum enrollment is 20 students.
- On-campus accommodations.
- A variety of field trips, interactive workshops and social activities.
- Experienced residential advisors to supervise at UCD dorms.
- Students will attend activities with students from Ireland.
Rainbow in Ireland
Syllabus: The University of Vermont History 195
Modern Ireland, 1607- Present
Travel Course
Required Texts:
Joseph Coohill, Ireland: a Short History.
Frank O’Connor, Collected Stories
Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy
Seamus Deane, Reading in the Dark
Seamus Heaney, Field Work
Schedule:
Lecture 1: Ireland Before 1500
Lecture 2: The Tudor-Stuart Conquest
Reading: Coohill, Ireland: A Short History, Introduction and Chapter 1
Lecture 3: 17th Century Ireland
Lecture 4: The Protestant Ascendancy / The Rebellion of 1798
Reading: Coohill, Chapter 2; Frank O’Connor, Collected Stories, “My First Protestant”
Traditional Irish band
Lecture 5: Catholic Emancipation and the Repeal Movement
Lecture 6: The Famine
Reading: Coohill, Chapter 3; O’Connor, “The Old Faith,” “Peasants” and “The Teacher’s Mass”
Lecture 7: The Irish Diaspora/19th Century Irish Nationalism
Lecture 8: The Land War / Home Rule
Reading: Coohill, Chapters 4 and 5; O’Connor, “Ghosts”
Lecture 9: Rebellion
Lecture 10: The Irish Civil War
Reading: Coohill, Chapters 6 and 7; O’Connor, “Guests of the Nation” and “The Martyr”; Liam O’Flaherty, “The Sniper”
Lecture 11: The Republic Becomes Independent
Reading: Coohill, Chapter 8; Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy
Lecture 12: The Troubles
Reading: Coohill, Chapter 9; Seamus Deane Reading in the Dark; Seamus Heaney, Field Work
Assignments & Grading:
Discussion, 33%, Readings paper, 33%, Final Paper, 33%. Each student will help lead a discussion on a day for which s/he has prepared a readings paper.
Professor Contact Information:
Kevin Thornton
Phone: (802) 247-4427
Email: Kevin.thornton@uvm.edu
Work Expectations:
- Lectures – On site in Dublin
- Readings (both textbook and online) – The textbook is Joseph Coohill’s Ireland: a Short History. There will be one or two textbook chapters assigned and additional short web-based readings for discussion topics.
- Students are expected to read Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy, Seamus Deane’s Reading in the Dark before the trip to Dublin. They should bring all the books for the course with them. There will be regular reading assignments assigned while in Dublin, including selections from Frank O’Connor’s Collected Stories and Seamus Heaney’s Field Work.
- Discussion – Most days you will have both assigned readings and some primary source (i.e., original) documents to analyze and discuss.
- Written Work – You will be asked to write a final essay.