----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Communication Studies Department and the English Department at Northern Illinois University are sponsoring a four week summer program on "Media and Culture in Ireland" at Dublin City University from June 25 to July 21. In its fourth year, the program focuses on Ireland's struggle to define its own cultural identity in a world of American and British media domination. Students learn about Irish social and economic history and literary traditions as a backdrop to understanding Ireland's development of a modern, indigenous media industr--with intensive screenings of historical and contemporary Irish films. Prominent Irish media artists and academics present guest lectures in addition to lectures by NIU faculty Jeff Chown, Robert Self, and Gretchen Bisplinghoff. Students may earn six hours of graduate or undergraduate credit in Communication Studies or in English. For further information contact Bob Self ([log in to unmask]) or Jeff Chown (Communication Studies Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. 815-753-6989).