Study Away
Dublin Program
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General Information
Program and Contact Information
- Classes in travel writing and Irish identity at central Dublin campus
- Optional group trip to to Belfast (Northern Ireland) or
Dingle (County Kerry)
- Intensive programworth six credits in four weeks
- Weekends free for travel
Dublin is a modern metropolis, a large and sophisticated European city on the cutting edge of innovations in film, design, music, and architecture.
Since the economic boom of the early 1990s earned this capital city the nickname of the “Celtic Tiger,” its population is increasingly multicultural and its cultural scene has an international flavor, an incubator for artistic and multimedia innovation. The city’s Temple Bar area, on the “Left Bank,” boasts an arts complex and trendy new restaurants and galleries, frequented by the city’s inhabitants, half of whom are under age 30.
Sites of historic importance and natural beauty are close to Dublin and can be seen in day trips. North of Dublin lie Newgrange, a Stone Age tomb built a thousand years before Stonehenge; the Hill of Tara, a religious and political meeting place from the first millennium, linked to Irish myth and legend; and Monasterboice, a site of 10th-century monastic ruins and the ornately-carved Celtic Cross of Muiredach. Also along the northern coast are the seaside towns of Howth and Malahide. To the south, in County Wicklow, are Glendalough, site of a 6th-century monastery founded by St. Kevin, and Powerscourt, a grand, 18th-century estate with extensive gardens.
Students will have weekends free to travel to further on their own. Popular areas accessible by rail and bus include the scenic coastland along the Ring of Kerry near Killarney in Ireland’s southwest; Ireland’s “second city” of Cork and the Blarney Castle to the south; and the stunning Cliffs of Moher in the west. Thanks to high-speed ferry service, Wales and Scotland are possible weekend destinations as well. IES will provide an optional weekend group trip to either Belfast or Dingle in County Kerry. The cost is an extra 130 Euros (about $190) per trip.
The Temple Dublin Faculty Director for Summer 2008 will be Dustin Morrow. Mr. Morrow is a filmmaker, photographer, and a writer; he currently teaches media production at Temple University. His short films have won numerous awards and been shown in venues around the world. He writes about film and pop culture for a host of publications, and his photographs have been featured in a number of art and culture magazines, as well as public exhibition spaces. Morrow's work seeks to explore Irish music, politics, and culture through short and long-form narrative, documentary and avant-garde pieces.
Program and Contact Information
The host institution for the Temple Dublin program will be the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES), which works with many major American universities to provide education space and student housing in some 40 countries. Their classrooms are in central Dublin.
Admission is competitive. For information on application procedures, please contact:
Erin Palmer
Assistant Director, Study Away Programs
School of Communications and TheaterTemple University
Annenberg Hall, Room 13E2020 N. 13th St., Philadelphia PA 19122
Ph: 215-204-6535Fax: 215-204-6641
erinj@temple.edu
