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HI4001: SPECIAL SUB.: IRISH TROUBLES (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

This course examines the events known collectively as the “Irish Troubles”. That is, the origins, development and partial conclusion of non-violent and violent opposition to the continuation of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the mid-1960s until the present day.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Colin Barr

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Erasmus Off Campus or History (HI)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course examines the events known collectively as the “Irish Troubles”. That is, the origins, development and partial conclusion of non-violent and violent opposition to the continuation of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the mid-1960s until the present day. Topics to be covered include the origins, nature and organization of Northern Ireland; the Ulster Unionist Party; Irish nationalism; the civil rights movement; the IRA and provisional IRA; paramilitary loyalism; political loyalism; the Republic of Ireland and Irish republicanism; the United Kingdom and Ulster Unionism; paramilitary tactics; counter-insurgency tactics; the Hunger Strikes; the ‘Long War’; the origins of the peace process; the Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath; dissident republicanism. Particular attention is paid to the leading personalities involved in the Troubles as well as the competing understandings of Irish (or Ulster, or British) identity that underpinned much of the conflict. The study of original documents and autobiographical accounts as well as popular representations (especially film) forms an integral part of the course.


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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

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