Scribner Seminar Program
Course Description
Ireland: Myth, Reality, Conflict, Identity
Instructor (s): James Kennelly, Management and Business
Ireland did not really enter the 20th century until nearly the end of it. Yet, when
it did so, it was at a dizzying pace. We will explore, in a broad interdisciplinary
manner, patterns of modern and contemporary Irish life and culture, Ireland's unique
"sense of place," and finally, the issue of Irish identity (including the conflict
between the "two traditions" in Northern Ireland). We set aside simplified stereotypes
of the Irish and explore instead the diversity and plurality of Irish identity. Ultimately,
we seek to answer such questions as: What does it mean to be Irish in an Ireland that
has radically changed the way it views itself and the world? Can the Irish remain
the most "globalized" economy in the world, without becoming less Irish? If the country
buries its past, what will replace it?
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