Mar 29, 2024  
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IRS 205 - Memory and Violence in Ireland

Three Credits
Fall Semester

Focuses on the ethics of remembering Ireland’s often violent history. Students engage with theories of memory and commemoration to probe what is at stake in Ireland in the creation of commemorative sites, programs, and literature. Covering the First World War to the Troubles, the course examines moral and ethical questions about memory and its relationship to sectarian violence in Ireland.

Fulfills the Moral Inquiry requirement.

Course may be applied to the Irish Studies minor.