NUI Galway, International Summer School, International Writers Course

Academic Director: Dr. John Kenny

University of Arkansas and NUI Galway

The Creative Writing Summer School was inaugurated in 1990 by National University of Ireland, Galway in association with the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. This Galway Summer School provides a unique setting for graduate and undergraduate students of creative writing to work under the direction of writers from Ireland and the United States, with contributions from several prominent Irish writers, such as Theo Dorgan, Kerry Hardie, Dermot Healy, Rita Ann Higgins, Mike McCormack, Paula Meehan and Tim Robinson, as well prominent faculty members from NUI Galway.

This Programme is divided into two 3 credit units, 'Reading Ireland' and 'Creative Writing' corresponding to the equivalent University of Arkansas courses, 'Irish Literature' and 'Creative Writing'. Credit is assigned for transfer from the University of Arkansas to the students' home institutions.

SU472 Reading Ireland
(UA ENGL.398V/510V Irish Literature)

This course involves an analysis of the development and style of modern English literature in Ireland paying specific attention to American parallels. In this context the class will study the earlier work of Yeats and Joyce and proceed to a detailed examination of the contemporary writing scene in Ireland. There will be individual contributions from a number of the country's leading writers.

SU473 Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction
(UA ENGL. 3013/5013 Creative Writing)

This course will be a workshop in the writing of fiction and poetry. Students may choose the genre they wish to emphasise, engaging in experimentation, writing and rewriting under the supervision of the directors and the faculty. Workshops will involve review, analysis and editing, in an atmosphere of constructive criticism and support.

Programme Directors

Molly Giles and Moya Cannon 

Molly Giles  is the author of two short story collections, Rough Translations and Creek Walk, and a novel, Iron Shoes.  She currently directs the Programs in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas.

Moya Cannon was born in Donegal and has lived for many years in Galway.  Her work is informed by the landscapes and seascapes of Galway, Clare and Donegal.  Her first collection, Oar, (Salmon Press, Galway 1990) won the inaugural Brendan Behan Award.   She has published two further collections, The Parchment Boat (Gallery Press, 1997) and Carrying the Songs, (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2007).   A limited edition art book, Winter Birds, was published by Traffic Street Press, (2005), in association with the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.  Her work-in-progress, ’Hands’, although mainly grounded in native territory, also relates to time spent in Spain, France and Latin America.   She has been editor of Poetry Ireland Review and in 2001 was the recipient of the Laurence O Shaughnessy Award, presented by the University of St.Paul, Minnesota.  She is a member of Aosdana, the Irish affiliation of creative artists.

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Programme Details

• Dates: June 21 - July 21, 2011
• Fees:   Details available from University of Arkansas 
• Credits: 6 undergraduate/graduate credits

Contact

For further information and registration, applicants should contact:
The Office of Study Abroad,
University of Arkansas,
Fulbright Institute, 
722 W. Maple St.,
Fayetteville, AR 72701.

Telephone: (479) 575-7582
Fax: (479) 575-7402

E-Mail:  studyabroaduark.edu
http://studyabroad.uark.edu/galway

or

Molly Giles,
UA Creative Writing Program.
mollyg uark.edu  

Special Requirements

All applicants must submit a sample of five poems or one story for evaluation, prior to acceptance on this course.

Enrolment deadline for this programme

   March 1, 2011.

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