HISTORY: TRANSATLANTIC CURRENTS: IRELAND AMERICA IN THE MODERN ERA
Instructor David Kilroy
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course offers an examination of the historical connections between the U.S. and Ireland over the past two hundred years. In readings, discussions, and lectures we will explore the impact of Irish emigration to America for both the United States and Ireland, from the early Scots-Irish settlers through the exodus of the Great Famine and the generations of emigrants who followed down to the end of the twentieth century.
FILM: SCREENING IRELAND: IRISH FILM INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Instructor: Séamus White
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the cultural, social, and political contexts of Irish cinema. We will examine key themes and issues in films made about and in Ireland and how they have constructed notions of Irishness.
Specifically, the course will address
Historical cinematic representations of Ireland and the Irish by US and British film makers
The emergence of an Irish Film industry in the 1970s
Ireland’s most prolific and critically acclaimed film directors
Contemporary Irish cinema