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4.00 Credits
Focuses on conversational fluency, reading complex literature in Irish, and writing in the Irish language, further encouraging students to strengthen their pronunciation and command of spoken Irish. Fulfillment of the Morse Academic Plan (MAP) Language Requirement The language requirement in Italian may be fulfilled either by two 6-point intensive courses (ITAL-UA 10 and ITAL-UA 20) for a total of 12 points, or by the extensive sequence of four 4-point courses (ITAL-UA 1, ITAL-UA 2, ITAL-UA 11, and ITAL-UA 12) for a total of 16 points.
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4.00 Credits
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the traditional and contemporary music of the Celtic areas of Western Europe: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, and Galicia. Recordings and live performances present the extraordinary range of singing styles and the musical instruments employed in each culture, including harps, bagpipes, and a variety of other wind, free reed, keyboard, and stringed instruments. Forms and musical styles are explored in depth, along with a study of their origin, evolution, and cultural links.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the symbiotic relationship between New York City and the Irish from the 18th through the 20th centuries, as well as the impact of political, social, and cultural changes in Ireland and America on a transnational population. Factors beyond race and language, which help define and preserve ethnic group identity, as well as the city's role in the creation of a pseudo-Irish identity that is disseminated on both sides of the Atlantic, are also explored. Readings are broadly drawn from immigration, urban, and social history. Primary documents, literature, and film are also used as texts.
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4.00 Credits
Emphasis varies by semester; designed to allow flexibility in course offerings from visiting scholars and specialists in particular fields. Past examinations have included imagery and ideology of Irish nationalism, Irish American popular folk culture, and the Irish in America. Recently, focus has concentrated on comparative study of famine and emigration in Irish and world history, and on the distinctive contributions of Irish migrants to the development of European and Atlantic cultures in the early modern world.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the English conquest of Ireland from the reign of Elizabeth I to the last meeting of the Irish Parliament. Key themes include the plantation of Ireland with settlers from England, Scotland, and Wales; the decline of the Gaelic political order and culture; the religious reformation and Counter-Reformation; Ireland as a site of English and European wars; the imposition of a penal code; and the vain attempt to rebel against British rule in the late 18th century, resulting in the Act of Union, which disestablished the Irish Parliament in Dublin.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the general themes that have shaped Irish history from 1800 to the present. Particular attention is paid to the complex geopolitical relationship that has existed between Ireland and Britain. Examines the place of the historical memory in fashioning inherited identities shaped most explicitly by nationalism and unionism. In the aftermath of revolution, a bitter civil war and partition, the island saw two state-building projects emerge catering to the needs of two jurisdictions. Using the lens of Ireland, this class seeks to locate the Irish experience in the context of world history as a nation massively influenced by Britain and the United States.
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4.00 Credits
Intensive examination of specific areas of Irish history, with an emphasis on critical reading and individual research projects. Past themes include the development and modernization of the Republic of Ireland with particular consideration of the economy; the Great Famine of 1845-51, which was an immediate and long-term catastrophe for the Irish people but also the catalyst for substantial changes-positive and negative-in Irish society and culture; and the cinematic representations of Irish Americans.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the Irish experience in the United States courses Minor in Irish Studies by considering the history of the relationship from both sides of the Atlantic. Encompasses the period from 1845 to the present: the years from the potato famine to the Celtic Tiger. Areas covered include the political, social, and economic forces in Ireland that prompted emigration; the demographic patterns of immigration; the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the development of the community; Irish immigrant influence and involvement in the American political system and labor movement; the persistence of the Irish nationalist movement in America; and how the Irish experience in America is reflected in literature and on stage and screen. Course materials range from readings in immigration history and original source material to Irish American drama and film.
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4.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the techniques and practice of the oral history interview, including background research, drafting questions, conducting the interview, and creating supporting documentation. They explore issues about history ethics and the significance of oral history for historical literature. Students conduct one supervised interview and create all supporting documentation to create a final web-based project that is also deposited in the Archives of Irish America in NYU's Bobst Library.
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4.00 Credits
Concentrates on the variety of images, particularly feature films since 1900, that have been used to characterize the Irish who live in the United States. Analyzes the roots of that imagery and the implications of cinematic representation for Irish American history. Students learn how to "read" American cinema as documentary evidence of the visual construction of ethnicity. The skills acquired in this seminar translate into a heightened awareness of the relationship between ethnicity and all forms of media in contemporary American popular culture.
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