Key Dates for International Peace Studies 2013-2014
First Term: September 23 to December 13 2013
September 20 ISE Orientation, 9.30am -12pm
September 23 Start of Term
October 3 Student Organising Committee meeting, 1pm
October 3 Social evening, ISE, 5pm-7pm
October 10 Internship Module Meeting, 12am
October 13 Howth Head walk, 2pm
November 4-8 Reading Week: no lectures/classes
Week beginning Nov 25 Thanksgiving Drinks (date to be confirmed)
November 28 Peace Studies re-orientation, 11am
December 13 Teaching ends
Second Term: January 13 to April 4 2014
January 8-10 Belfast ‘Fields of Reconciliation’ field trip tbc
January 13 Teaching begins
February 24-February 28 Reading Week: no lectures/classes
February 24-28 South Africa: Ethics of Truth and Reconciliation, to be confirmed (Belfast-organised two-day programme, held in Dublin, or Belfast(location tbc). ISE and ISE Dublin students may attend/audit)
April 3 IPS Programme Evaluation, 4pm
April 3 End of Term Drinks, 5pm-7pm tbc
April 4 Teaching ends
April 18-22 Easter Long Weekend
May 1, 2 UN Geneva field trip, or Hague Trip (to be confirmed)
May 6-9 Mediation Spring School (to be confirmed)
August 20 Dissertation due
Students will be notified of changes to any of these dates or of additional events via their TCD e-mail address.
Essay Deadlines
Semester 1: NB: If you are being assessed for a module in semester one, you must submit your essay for that module by semester one deadline
PPC essay: Monday December 9 2013, by 5pm
All Optional essays (from 1st semester module): January 27 2014, by 5pm
Semester 2: If you are being assessed for a module in semester two, you must submit your essay for that module by semester two deadline
Optional essays: April 14 2014, by 5pm
Research Proposal: April 23, 2014, 5pm
Dissertation: August 20 2014