Trinity College Dublin

Korean is a fascinating language with a uniquely logical and easy-to-learn writing system. In addition to learning some basics of spoken and written Korean, students explore a cultural topic in its linguistic context.

Social Neuroscience is one of the newest fields in psychology and explores the neural systems underlying social behavior. The course outline the theoretical origins of the field, basic neuroanatomy, and core methodologies including brain imaging techniques and behavioral paradigms. In addition, areas covered include how the brain enables the processing of faces, emotions, theory of mind, prejudice and stereotypes, moral judgments and economic decision making. The course also considers some of the ethical implications associated with our growing understanding of the neural determinants of interpersonal behavior and the impact this knowledge can have on our notion of free will and responsibility.

This course consists of a series of lectures, tutorials, and laboratory sessions that deals with a range of developmental topics emphasizing a molecular approach to understanding the principles of animal development. A number of animal model systems is dealt with and the contribution of each to our overall understanding of development discussed. Specific topics include: developmental genetics: the identification of genes that regulate development in Drosophila and vertebrates; positional determination: how the body plan of the embryo is laid down including the role of homeo-box genes; induction: the role of cell and tissue interactions and signaling cascades; developmental neurobiology: positional determination within the vertebrate central nervous system, neuronal diversity and axonal guidance, and neural crest cells and development of the peripheral nervous system. Other topics include limb development, organogenesis, and evolutionary developmental biology.

In this course, students examine the development of Jewish life across Europe. Topics include emancipation and integration; Jewish life in the Russian empire and in Eastern Europe; the emergence of different forms of Judaism; antisemitism; mass migration; and radical politics, gender issues, and varieties of Jewish national politics.

This course provides an introduction to monstrosity as an important part of Victorian culture. Students examine versions of the monstrous which emerged in the Victorian period in a broad historical and cultural context. Students are offered a critical introduction to the various ways in which significant theoretical developments have influenced interpretations of the Gothic, and are encouraged to use and challenge important critical terms and ideas within their own analyses.