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Courses Offered — 9 credits

Students are required to enroll in three courses appropriate to their academic level and area of concentration. All participants must register for both English and Art and a final project, either in writing or visual arts, must be submitted by the end of the summer session. Most Art students will enroll in 6 credits of Art and 3 credits of English. Most English students will enroll in 6 credits of English and 3 credits of Art. If you are not either an English or Art major, please select appropriate courses based on interests or to satisfy academic requirements.

English

ENGL 145 (3 credits) (GH;IL) Modern Irish Literature
ENGL 199 (3 credits) Foreign Study — English (prerequisite: ENGL 015 or 030)
ENGL 399/499 (3 credits) Foreign Study — English: Final Project
ENGL 404 (3 credits) Mapping Identity, Difference, and Place (prerequisite: ENGL 015 or 030)

Our literature course will start with readings from the Celtic Revival that figure the West of Ireland and Irish mythology prominently within the project of cultural nationalism. We will study writers who pay special attention to place, ranging from J.M. Synge’s Aran islands, to James Joyce’s Dublin, to more contemporary representations of Ireland as a multicultural, modern space. The course will include drama, film, and prose and will feature some outings to dramatic performances.

Art

ART 199 Beginning Art (3 credits) Foreign Study
ART 299 Intermediate Art (3 credits) Foreign Study
ART 499 Advanced Art (3 credits) Foreign Study

These courses explore the creation of visual and verbal responses to the context of place. We will investigate the idea of site, place, and time as they apply to historical perspectives and contemporary art-making practices. Students will be encouraged to experiment with a wide variety of traditional materials and methods to develop their own personal vocabulary of practice techniques, promoting and developing self-expression and discovery. I am interested in the construction of a completed visual travel log, a journal specific to the context of being in Ireland at this time in history.

Eligibility

The program is open to all Penn State students and students from other institutions with a minimum 2.5 grade-point average. Applicants are considered on a first-come, first-served basis. Students are encouraged to apply early, as enrollment is limited.

Faculty

Janet Lyon, associate professor of English, has co-led the Ireland study abroad program several times. She has been teaching literature and critical theory at Penn State for ten years, and her specialties include Irish literature, modernism and the avant-garde, and disability studies. She has won many teaching awards, most recently the Penn State Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010). She loves teaching in Ireland.

Helen O’Leary, artist, born in County Wexford, Ireland, is currently a professor of art at Penn State. Her art has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pollock-Krasner awards (1989, 1996), and a Joan Mitchell Award for painting and sculpture (2000); fellowship at Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2010); and numerous grants from the Arts Council of Ireland. She is also a recipient of a Penn State Excellence in Teaching Award. She has had solo exhibitions internationally in both museums and contemporary art galleries, and has been invited to guest lecture at universities and art schools around the world.

 

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