Kyle's Journey

In the summer of 2018, religious studies graduate student Kyle Schofield traveled to Ireland to study Attic Greek at University College Cork (UCC).  The eight-week program covered three semesters of introductory Greek grammar and syntax, which Kyle describes as "a very challenging course, but very rewarding."  By the end of the program, Kyle and his fellow classmates were translating sections of Plato's Apology of Socrates, Aristotle's Poetics, and Plutarch's Life of Antony.  Kyle's summer wasn't just about increasing his knowledge of the Greek language, however; he made the most of his time abroad and worked in trips to see local landscapes and other treasures of the Emerald Isle.  As Kyle shares, "The program demanded a lot of my time, but when I had free time I got to travel around the beautiful Irish countryside.  The most memorable place I visited was Trinity College in Dublin.  It was there that I saw the Book of Kells, a 9th century CE illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels."

Kyle's trip was funded in part by a travel award from the Department of Religious Studies.

Kyle Schofield:

BA, Bringham Young University, 2015

MA, religious studies, University of Kansas, 2019