Study Abroad Trip to
AUGUST 14 – 23, 2024
Ireland
NORTH AND SOUTH
OF THE BORDER
STUDY ABROAD TRIP
An Enriching and Meaningful Experience in a Post-Conflict Setting
St. Stephen's University offers a Study Abroad Trip to Ireland with a focus on Northern Ireland and the theological, contemplative, and practical dimensions of The Troubles. This trip is part of all our master's degree programs and is an opportunity to journey along side other peacemakers and learn from reputable scholars and practitioners of peacebuilding and reconciliation, ex-combatants and victims of violent conflict during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, theologians and mediators, and other fascinating and invested people who are directly involved in grassroots, community-based peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and reconciliation from the ground up.
Topics
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The inner transformation of a peacemaker
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Contemplative spirituality and building peace
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The role of prayer in peacebuilding
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Christian Nationalism
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Gracious remembering in truth and reconciliation
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Memory and storytelling in peacebuilding
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Theology of reconciliation
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The role of religion in sectarian conflict
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Ritual and interreligious peacebuilding
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Trauma healing
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Restorative justice
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement and The Troubles in N.Ireland
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Lament in peace and reconciliation
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Nurturing hope in conflict transformation
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And many more...
Our partners for this ten-day study abroad trip include the Trinity College Dublin; Irish School of Ecumenics; The Lucan Centre; Queen's University Belfast; The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice; Corrymeela Community; An Cuan Peace and Reconciliation Centre; Guardians of the Flame; Holy Cross Abbey, Rostrevor.
AT A GLANCE
DATES – Aug. 14 – 23, 2024
CREDIT HOURS – 6 c/h (only if taken for credit)
TOTAL TRIP COST FOR CREDIT – $5,200 CAD + flights (includes tuition)
TOTAL TRIP COST FOR NON-CREDIT – $3,500 CAD + flights
DELIVERY MODES – readings before the trip, intensive academic sessions with experts in their fields, pilgrimage / silent retreat, documentary screening with panel discussion, folk show and storytelling, learning tours and museums, assignments after the trip
CURRICULUM SUBJECTS – Christian nationalism, post-conflict trauma healing, religion in peace and violence, inter-faith hospitality, memory and history in truth and reconciliation, restorative justice, forgiveness, hope-building, trust- and relationship-building, public theology, storytelling in peacebuilding, with application and case studies in post-Troubles N.Ireland
Check out the incredible sights and experiences from last year's Study Abroad Trip
Itinerary
