A recognized interdisciplinary minor in Irish Studies is in development, target date 2017-18.
In the meantime, the English department offers courses in Irish literature and film, the Sociology department offers a course on social conflict in Northern Ireland, and the Geography department offers a course on the geography of Britain and Ireland.
Study abroad opportunities to Ireland are offered on a regular basis, led by faculty in English and Geography. We also have a memorandum of understanding with the University of Ulster which allows FSU students to complete one- or two-semester study abroad experiences in Northern Ireland.
Courses
Irish Literature
Contemporary Irish Literature
Seminar in Literature: Irish Modernism
Literary Study: James Joyce
Studies in Film: Irish Film
Social Conflict in Northern Ireland
Geography of the British Isles
I’m a professor emerita at Framingham State University, where I taught Film Studies and Writing. I authored the books Electronic Eros: Bodies and Desire in the Postindustrial Age, and James Dean Transfigured: The Many Faces of Rebel Iconography, and co-edited
Kelly Matthews is Professor of English at Framingham State University. She holds degrees from Harvard, Trinity College Dublin, Boston University, and Ulster University. Her first book, The Bell Magazine and the Representation of Irish Identity, was published by Four Courts