May 10 – June 8, 2024
The Dublin Summer Culture Program aims to offer students a unique opportunity to explore Irish culture, history, and community identity through the lens of borders over an immersive summer session, fostering a deeper understanding of culture and politics through engagement with place. By combining Core 203 and 204, and an active faculty collaboration between the two campuses, an intensive study abroad experience will be created that differs from what is possible during a full semester term at either campus, drawing from the combined knowledge and experience of participating faculty. The program will pioneer a new combined course model that enhances teaching and learning at the college, while also building precedent for future course collaborations between the two campuses.
Includes tuition, housing, international health insurance and some activities. Students are expected to arrive on campus Friday, May 10 and leave the residence by June 8, 2024.
Champlain College students: Students interested in the Core 200s program must have completed all core 100 courses by the start date.
Students from other institutions: Minimum of 30 college credits. With your application, please submit a transcript from your home institution.
Dublin Faculty
Liz is from the Liberties. She has a Diploma in Classical Animation Studies and a Degree in Irish History. Liz currently works as a Researcher for the History Show on RTE Radio and has lectured at Champlain College since 2018. One of Liz’s favorite things about teaching is watching the students develop their own judgements of Irish history.
Burlington Faculty
Jonathan has a background in international relations and urban research methods. He has led a number of intensive fieldwork based courses in locations around the world. He teaches a Core 204 course about global borders, which includes case studies from Ireland/Northern Ireland. Jonathan is also familiar with Ireland, and particularly West Belfast, having lived and visited multiple times over the past 20 years.
Contact professor Jonathan Banfill at jbanfill@champlain.edu about the program.
Contact the Champlain Abroad office at champlainabroad@champlain.edu about the application process and the Dublin campus.