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Perspective in Conflict Studies
Recently, I visited Cambridge University to help me decide whether to pursue a PhD there or attend law school in the United States next year. On the train there from London King’s Cross, I read a book, Between Ourselves: Exploring … Continue reading
“Our pioneers keep striking, inwards and downwards:” Poetry in Northern Ireland
The first thing that drew me to Belfast was poetry. After spending a year poring through the verse of Northern Ireland’s poets, I wanted too to live “in Belfast between the mountain and the gantries/To the hooting of lost sirens … Continue reading
A Taste of the North
Over the last few months, I felt I had come to understand Northern Ireland after having read a few books about the Troubles and often spoken to Irish friends about the conflict. Yet nothing could have prepared me for my … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2013, Uncategorized
Tagged Belfast, northern ireland, post-conflict
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Cross Border Observations
My Human Rights Law program is split between Queen’s University in Belfast and the National University of Ireland in Galway. This means that my Mitchell year has been divided North and South, with two different cities, cohorts, currencies, and cultures. … Continue reading
PeaceMeals in Belfast
There is unique healing to be found by creating space for people to let go of their troubles (or The Troubles) by laughing and talking around a shared meal. Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2013, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Belfast, food, healing, meal, PeaceMeals, Troubles, women, youth
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2 Photographers and Me
In the second semester of our MFA program, I feel a lot of the students (and myself) coming into their own. We have been given the tools, the encouragement, and the inspiration to pursue creative, new bodies of work with … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Bessie Young, class of 2013, MFA Photography, University of Ulster Belfast
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Ordinary Days and Extraordinary People
It seems fitting to write this blog post about the people who turn ordinary days into ones filled with adventure and endless laughter. I know that it might seem clichéd to say I feel I’ve known my friends in Derry/Londonderry … Continue reading
Sinking In, Running Around
I’ll admit to a slow start. I arrived in Belfast with the standard hopes-and-dreams of any student arriving in a new country to study. Perhaps being in the field of human rights law, I was a bit more starry-eyed and … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2013, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Belfast, ceili dancing, International Human Rights Law, Katie Dwyer, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2013, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, Queens University Belfast, study abroad, surfing in Ireland, University of Oregon
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“And it’s over the fields with my pack on my back…”
I’m up on my feet, walking again—yesterday I even ran to catch a bus! The last few months have been full of travel and activity, and I’ve had lots of opportunities to dispel the restlessness that built up during my convalescence. … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, National University of Ireland Galway
Tagged Belfast, castles, Connemara, derry, fairy tales, Galway, ireland, Irish theater, Irish theatre, londonderry, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, ringmasters, sightseeing in Ireland, sisters, travel in Ireland
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Contradicting Myself
Almost halfway through. One would think that at this point in my Mitchell year I would have a firm grasp on identity processes and divisions in Belfast. The opposite is true. On this very blog, I wrote that the … Continue reading
Belfast: Part 2
For the first time this year, I spent the holiday season away from home. And though I missed Wisconsin (a place often known to my Belfast friends only as the setting of “That ’70s Show”), it was a true delight … Continue reading
Belfast: Part 1
My time in Northern Ireland has been a series of pleasant surprises. It began when I boarded my flight to Belfast, a bit nervous, having not traveled abroad for the better part of a decade. I was excited not only … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, University of Ulster
Tagged Belfast, Derick Stace-Naughton, ireland, Irish Culture, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, post-graduate study in northern ireland, the Troubles health communication, University of Ulster (UU)
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