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Welcome Message from the Dean of Arts
The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies welcomes students whose academic interests include such fields of human activity as languages, literatures, philosophy, historical, legal, social, behavioural and mathematical sciences. Teaching and learning in the College are designed to develop in students strong capacities for critical analysis, an ability to assess evidence and probabilities, and confidence in the solving of problems. At the same time students of the College are encouraged to develop important communicative skills, such as the command of foreign languages and of information technology, and a greater proficiency in writing and speaking.
The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies is the largest in the University, with over 6400 students engaged in learning and in research. These include a growing number of overseas students, mainly from North America and Europe. The College also welcomes a significant proportion of mature students and provides many avenues of full-time and part-time study to lifelong learners. There is no simple rule to determine whether a person should enrol as a student in Arts.
Potential students should consider their interest in and also their aptitude for one or more of the disciplines offered by the College. It is important to have a good command of Irish or English, both written and spoken, and to have acquired the habit of reading.
Arts students must be prepared to explore a topic, to consider the informed views of others who have written on it, and finally to form and to communicate their own opinions and judgement.
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Recent Submissions
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A "global nervous system": The rise and rise of European humanitarian NGOs
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)Going a step beyond the guiding principle of Amnesty International and the human rights movement that individuals could change the policies of foreign governments humanitarian NGOs emphasised the power of ... -
All that Fall by Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre Company
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011)The first thing to say about Pan Pan’s performance of Beckett’s 1956 radio play is this: if you’re planning on going to it, please don’t read this review – it would be a shame to spoil the surprise that awaits you. And ... -
Only an Apple by Tom MacIntyre, Peacock Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2009)You have to wonder why Irish dramatists keep writing plays about politicians. In 1969, Brian Friel’s The Mundy Scheme brilliantly satirised the political life of that period, while anticipating much that would follow. Yet ... -
The theatre of Marie Jones: telling stories from the ground up
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-11)It’s sometimes asserted that Irish women writers are doubly marginalised: first by their nationality and then by their gender. If that statement is true, we might add to it that Marie Jones has been marginalised a third ... -
Once: the musical by Enda Walsh, Gaiety Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)As we enter the Gaiety, we discover that Once has already begun: the cast are gathered in what looks like an ordinary pub where a session is underway. They play music for about twenty minutes while members of the audience ... -
An enemy of the people, Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)Ibsen’s 1882 An Enemy of the People is sometimes described as a problem play, in that it dramatises a compelling debate between two brothers about the nature of morality and individual responsibility. But that term might ... -
Tackling a live subject: the Hinterland controversy
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2002)The ramifications of the controversy over Sebastian Barry’s latest play echo well beyond the "Hinterland", argues Patrick Lonergan. What, exactly, is so bad about Hinterland? Using aspects of the career of Charles ... -
Architecting the third teacher: Solid foundations for the participatory and principled design of schools and (built) learning environments
(Wiley, 2017-07-03)This special issue of the European Journal of Education examines a crucially important, though largely overlooked area within educational design research: architecting and building physical educational environments. ... -
Reflection in Language Teaching/Learning: Is the European Portfolio the Answer?
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Military participation and moral authority: women's political participation in Nicaragua, 1975-1995
(Women's Studies Centre, University College Galway, 1995)The growth of a dynamic and assertive constituency of women in Nicaragua is inseparable from the most recent phase of 'Sandinismo' in Nicaraguan history. An examination of the complex and ever-changing relationship between ... -
From Athens to Managua: Myth and sacrifice in Michele Najlis' Cantos de Ifigenia
(Liverpool University Press, 2012)Michele Najlis is a Nicaraguan poet whose work emerged alongside the Sandinista insurrection. The Sandinistas were removed from office in 1990, creating, in political and cultural terms, one of those 'boundary situations' ... -
Does mindfulness enhance critical thinking? Evidence for the mediating effects of executive functioning in the relationship between mindfulness and critical thinking
(Frontiers Media, 2016-01-19)Mindfulness originated in the Buddhist tradition as a way of cultivating clarity of thought. Despite the fact that this behavior is best captured using critical thinking (CT) assessments, no studies have examined the effects ... -
A protocol for a randomised active-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive control, critical thinking and key thinking dispositions in a university student sample
(BioMed Central, 2016-04-12)Background While most modern research focuses on the clinical benefits of mindfulness, an emerging body of work suggests that mindfulness can facilitate self-regulation of everyday thinking in typically developing ... -
The roles of financial threat, social support, work stress and mental distress in dairy farmers' expectations of injury
(Frontiers Media, 2016-06-21)Farming is dangerous, with fatalities among the highest in any occupation. Farmers often work alone, for long hours, with unreliable equipment and in difficult weather conditions with hazardous chemicals and livestock. In ... -
Shakespearean productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985
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Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)It took Samuel Beckett about three weeks to write Krapp’s Last Tape. During that time, the play went through seven distinct stages which, according to the scholarship, involved a gradual stripping away of sentimentality: ... -
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2004)Dancing at Lughnasa premiered at the Abbey in 1990, and was produced in Dublin during five of the ten subsequent years – using the same director and designer every time. Our understanding of the play has therefore been ... -
HURL by Charlie O’Neill, Barrabas Theatre Company, Black Box Theatre, Galway
(2003)Minutes into Hurl, Charlie O’Neil’s play about a multi-ethnic hurling team, a ripple of discomfort sweeps through the audience. On stage, a man and woman have entered the house of an alcoholic ex-priest; understandably, ... -
Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)During the last decade, Owen Roe has emerged as one of Ireland’s very best actors – yet, until now, he’s rarely filled a major leading role. His performance as the Irishman in Ben Barnes’s 2001 Gigli Concert was astonishing ... -
Shakespeare and the Irish Writer edited by Janet Clare and Stephen O Neill
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)Shakespeare, wrote Ben Jonson, was both the “soul of the age” and “for all time”. His work, that is, encapsulated the life of his society – but it also transcended space and time, acquiring universal importance. That ...