ConflictResolutioninN.Ireland

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

Conflict (resolution) in Northern Ireland explores the communal cultures underpinning nationalist and unionist politics during the ‘Troubles’; examines the dynamics of political violence and terrorism in modern Ireland; and evaluates the international influences on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, from the political mediation of the United States to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The course will investigate contemporary terrorist campaigns and political agreements in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and Latin America, offering an international assessment of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Emerging from my European Union-funded ‘Peace Process: layers of meaning’ project, students will have access to unique heritage interviews on the Troubles, opening the study of conflict (resolution) in Northern Ireland to new sources of inquiry. Students on this course, finally, will have the opportunity to engage with policy makers in Dublin, Belfast, and London.