This volume includes contributions on German Studies at third-level institutions in Ireland, covering, for the most part, developments and experiences during the last decades, with some contributions focusing on a longer time span. Over thirty academics from nineteen Irish universities and Institutes of Technology (now Technological Universities) look back and reflect on aspects of German Studies at their respective institutions and their personal experiences, presenting a portrayal of a subject that was introduced at third level in Ireland in 1776, a world first.
CONTENTS
GISELA HOLFTER
Introduction: Towards a History of German Studies in Ireland 1
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (TCD)
GILLIAN MARTIN
Language teaching in the German Department at Trinity College Dublin, between 1900-1930 17
GILBERT CARR
The German Syllabus at Trinity College Dublin from 1873 to 1972 and beyond 33
TIM JACKSON
German in Trinity College – A Personal View 49
EDA SAGARRA
Trinity College:
Germanistik in Irland
1951-1998 and beyond 57
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
COLIN WALKER AND TONY WILLIAMS
German at Queen’s University Belfast 63
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CORK (UCC)
JOACHIM BEUG AND MANFRED SCHEWE
Ein Streifzug durch verschiedene Entwicklungsphasen der deutschen Abteilung am University College, Cork (UCC) 75
UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY
HERMANN RASCHE
Deutsch in Galway 93
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD)
DAN FARRELLY
University College Dublin – Some Personal Remarks 107
HERBERT HERZMANN
Germanistik in Galway (UCG) und Dublin (UCD) 1971-2005 – Ein persönlicher Rückblick 111
HUGH RIDLEY
University College, Dublin – An Overview 117
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (UU)
PÓL Ó DOCHARTAIGH
Germanistik an der University of Ulster 135
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
ARND WITTE
German at Maynooth University – Developments and Transformations 147
DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (DIT) (NOW TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN)
DORE FISCHER
Vom Trinity College Dublin zum Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT): Strafarbeit mit Zwischenstationen 161
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (UL)
ROSEMARY LITTLE
German Studies at NIHE/University of Limerick: A Personal Perspective and Reflection on Language Teaching Methodology in a Wider Context 177
JOACHIM FISCHER
Das Studienfach Deutsch an der Universität Limerick, 1990 bis heute 189
LETTERKENNY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (LYIT) (NOW PART OF ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
ÚNA CARTHY
German at Higher Level Institutions in Letterkenny 205
WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (WIT) (NOW PART OF SOUTH EAST TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
FIONNUALA KENNEDY AND ROSANNA MOLLOY
German in Waterford 213
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TRALEE (IT TRALEE) (NOW PART OF MUNSTER TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
KRISTIN BROGAN
German at the Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT/MTU Tralee Campus) 217
NIHE DUBLIN, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY (DCU)
ANTHONY COULSON
Dublin City University (formerly NIHE Dublin), Part I 223
BARBARA FREITAG
Dublin City University, Part II 231
JENNY WILLIAMS
Dublin City University, Part III 239
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SLIGO (IT SLIGO) (NOW PART OF ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
KARL-BERNHARD BÖDEKER
IT Sligo and Exchanges with Kempten 245
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CARLOW (IT CARLOW) (NOW PART OF SOUTH EAST TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
CLAUS DERENDA
Teaching of German at IT Carlow (formerly RTC Carlow) 249
ATHLONE REGIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, ATHLONE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NOW TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE SHANNON, MIDLANDS MIDWEST)
VINCENT O’CONNOR
Some Reflections on German in Regional Technical College, Athlone / Athlone Institute of Technology 253
CORK REGIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NOW PART OF MUNSTER TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
SHEREE BORGE
A Brief History of German Studies at Cork Regional Technical
College / Cork Institute of Technology / Munster Technological
University (Cork Campus) 277
GALWAY-MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (GMIT) (NOW PART OF ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)
JESSICA LYSAGHT
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) 281
MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE LIMERICK (MIC)
CARMEL FINNAN
Germanistik
/German Studies at Mary Immaculate College I 285
SABINE EGGER
Mary Immaculate College II 289
CHRISTIANE SCHÖNFELD
Mary Immaculate College III 295
Notes on Contributors 301