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SUMMARY:Screening: Irish Democracy Student Documentary Shorts on Culture, Histor
y, and Democratic Practice
DESCRIPTION:\nStudents from the 2025 Maymester course The Culture of Del
iberative Democracy in Ireland (CAS/PLSC 299H) studied the particular wo
rkings of Irish democracy\, drawing upon the nation's cultural context\,
historical and political legacies\, and the successes and failures of t
he Irish Citizens’ Assemblies as entry points for investigation. Each gr
oup chose a particular aspect of culture or politics to explore. The res
ult is five fascinating documentaries that\, together\, provide both a b
readth and depth of insight for how and why Ireland's democracy function
s as it does.\n\nScreening Schedule\n\n3:00 p.m.: Welcome and Opening Re
marks\n\n3:10 p.m.: Citizens' Assemblies in Ireland: Their Rise and Fall
\n\n3:30 p.m. Historical Crisis and its Role in Shaping Ireland's Contem
porary Political Responses\n\n3:50 p.m.: More Irish Than the Irish Thems
elves: The Contemporary Challenges to Traditions of Assimilation and Wel
come in Ireland\n\n4:10 p.m.: Education in Ireland and Its Impact on Dem
ocratic Practices \n\n4:30 p.m: The Power We Hold: A Reflection on Irish
Democracy from American Students' Perspectives\n\n4:50 p.m.: Final thou
ghts and questions\n\nLight refreshments will be served.\n\nFor more det
ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/irish-democracy-student-documentar
y-shorts/
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he 2025 Maymester course The Culture of Deliberative Democracy in Irelan
d (CAS/PLSC 299H) studied the particular workings of Irish democracy, dr
awing upon the nation's cultural context, historical and political legac
ies, and the successes and failures of the Irish Citizens’ Assemblies as
entry points for investigation. Each group chose a particular aspect of
culture or politics to explore. The result is five fascinating document
aries that, together, provide both a breadth and depth of insight for ho
w and why Ireland's democracy functions as it does.
Screening Sch
edule
3:00 p.m.: Welcome and Opening Remarks
3:10 p.m.:
Citizens' Assemblies in Ireland: Their Rise and Fall
3:30 p.m.
Historical Crisis and its Role in Shaping Ireland's Contemporary Po
litical Responses
3:50 p.m.: More Irish Than the Irish The
mselves: The Contemporary Challenges to Traditions of Assimilation and W
elcome in Ireland
4:10 p.m.: Education in Ireland and Its
Impact on Democratic Practices
4:30 p.m: The Power We Hol
d: A Reflection on Irish Democracy from American Students' Perspectives<
/em>
4:50 p.m.: Final thoughts and questions
Light refreshmen
ts will be served.
For more details: https://events.
la.psu.edu/event/irish-democracy-student-documentary-shorts/
LOCATION:515 Welch Building
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