SPRING 2022

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis

TR 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM

Room 006, Hayes Hall

Class Number:  23794

The primary theme of this course will be the challenges that democratic societies face when dealing with terrorism.

This course will be an in-depth exploration of the thirty-year conflict that raged within Northern Ireland that was often referred to, with characteristic British understatement, as the “Troubles.”  The primary focus of the course will be the challenges that democratic societies face when dealing with terrorism.  

We will explore the Troubles in a variety of ways.  We will have some conventional readings and lectures to establish context.  We will also read memoirs of key participants.  We will watch several films, both fiction and documentary, to try to understand how different facets of the Troubles have been remembered and represented.

Prerequisites:  None