Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins (P01763)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCL-P-NIRETROUB

The civil unrest in Northern Ireland, which was at its peak between 1969 and 1994, has an ongoing significance in the contemporary history of the United Kingdom and of Ireland. Yet this bloody and expensive conflict is rarely fully explored within the undergraduate curriculum in British universities, and still less by historians. This course aims to investigate the 'Troubles' in long-term historical perspective, investigating their origins and development, and their impact upon wider British and Irish politics. Some consideration will be given to theoretical and comparative perspectives, with analysis of the ways in which scholars have sought to define and classify the conflict.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Through reading often conflicting and sometimes polemical materials, students will develop their ability to assess evidence. They will hopefully be able to hoan their skills as discussants, formulating defensible arguments from these assessments. The course seeks to make students aware of the possibilities presented by newly available documentary evidence, and thus to encourage an interest in further research within British and Irish history.