Postgraduate Course: Armed Struggle: The Northern Ireland Troubles and their Origins (PGHC11218)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 3000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Alvin Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)51 3848
Email: alvin.jackson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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