All students take the following core module:
IRS7011: 'Belfast: Place, Identity and Memory in a Contested City' offers a unique introduction to Irish Studies through the study of Belfast - Ireland's second city and the capital of Northern Ireland – its history, culture and society, and relationship to the rest of the island and the wider world.
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Student must choose at least ONE research methods course from the list below:
ANT7007 – Advanced Anthropological Methods - Spring Semester
ENG7163 - Literary Research Methods - Autumn Semester
HAP7001 – Approaches and Debates in Research Design – Autumn Semester
MHY7020 – Becoming an Historian – Autumn Semester
SOC9012 – Approaches to Social Research – Autumn Semester
Course Details
The MA is arranged into a number of core and optional modules (courses).
Detailed Programme Information
For detailed programme information please see the Irish Studies Gateway: https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
Dissertation
Dissertation
IRS7010 - Irish Studies Dissertation (triple weighted) - a 15,000 word piece of original research supervised by a specialist member of staff
Elective Modules
Students choose FOUR optional modules, under guidance from the Programme Director, from a list of those relevant to Irish Studies from across the faculty. These currently include:
ANT7008 – Advanced Anthropological Perspectives– Autumn Semester
ANT7053 - MA Specialisation (Anthropology of Ireland) – Spring Semester
ENG7261 – Reading Historically: The Irish Novel in the 20th Century - Spring Semester
ENG7305 - Irish Poetry - Spring Semester
FLM7012 - Political Conflict and Form in Cinema – Autumn Semester
MHY7011 - Individually Negotiated Topic in History - Autumn Semester
MHY7025 - Presenting Sources - Spring Semester
MHY7035 - Theory in History - Spring Semester
MHY7077 - Public History Internship (with placement in a museum/heritage centre in Northern Ireland) - Spring Semester
MHY7081 - Topics in Irish History - Spring Semester
MHY7090 - Pathways Through History - Autumn Semester
PAI7021 - The Politics of Northern Ireland - Autumn Semester
PAI7022 - Politics of the Republic of Ireland - Spring Semester
PAI7027 - Conflict Intervention – Spring Semester
PAI7028 - Violence, Terrorism and Security - Autumn Semester
SOC9062 - Conflict & Change in Northern Ireland AND SOC9069 – University Research and Civil Society– Spring Semester
Modules from other programmes may be selected with the approval of the programme director.
Some options may require that particular methods courses be taken or the student to have a particular academic background. The dissertation may be supervised by Institute staff or, subject to the agreement of the Head of School, by members of co-operating academic departments.
For detailed programme information please see the Irish Studies Gateway: https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
Part-time Students
Part-Time Students
Part-time students complete three taught modules in Year 1, three taught modules in Year 2, and submit their dissertation by May of Year 3.
Comment
Irish Studies highlights
Internationally Renowned Experts
• The MA in Irish Studies is unique in offering a broad range of options in the social sciences as well as the humanities, making our programme truly interdisciplinary.
• There are more than 70 teaching and research staff in the university who specialise in Irish Studies related subjects and who work closely with the Institute.
Student Experience
• The Institute is the oldest centre for Irish Studies research in the world (founded in 1965), and has strong links with Irish Studies centres and programmes in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and Australasia.
• The Institute hosts a lively research culture featuring regular seminars, conferences, workshops and reading groups in which postgraduates are encouraged to participate.
• Queen's has world-class resources for research in Irish Studies and collaborates closely with many partner institutions and organisations in Northern Ireland and beyond.
• The MA in Irish Studies at Queen's provides students with an unrivalled opportunity to examine Ireland in its global contexts, with options from Literature, History, Politics, Conflict Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology. The MA allows students to pursue challenging cross-disciplinary themes such as heritage and identities, language and arts, peace and conflict, reflecting the rich cultural legacy of Ireland across the world.
• Students can explore the possibilities and opportunities in interdisciplinary work in one of the world's leading centres of Irish Studies research.
•The MA in Irish Studies at Queen's provides students with an unrivalled opportunity to examine Ireland in its global contexts. With options from Literature, History, Politics, Anthropology, and Sociology. The MA allows students to pursue challenging cross-disciplinary themes such as heritage and identities, language and arts, peace and conflict, reflecting the rich cultural legacy of Ireland across the world. Students will explore the possibilities and opportunities in interdisciplinary work in one of the world's leading centres of Irish Studies research.
•Based in Belfast, we have unrivalled access to the people that were part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.
•The Institute supports a series of weekly research seminars and a number of annual research events in Irish Studies.