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Politics and Society in 19th Century Ireland (HIS2011)

Level: 2
Semester: 1
Course Co-ordinator:
Olwen Purdue o.purdue@qub.ac.uk

Room G04, 16 University Square
Tel Ext: 3985

Aims and objectives

By the end of the course, you should have an understanding of the internal politics and socio-economic development of Ireland, and the nature and dynamics of Anglo-Irish relations, in the century between 1800 and 1900. You should also have a sense of the historiographical debate in Ireland over the national past, and the relation of this ‘revisionist controversy’ to Irish culture and identity in a period of rapid and sometimes unsettling modernization.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module students should be able to demonstrate in assessed essays, examination answers and seminar contributions:

  • A familiarity with the major issues and debates bearing on Irish politics and society during the period between the making of the Union of Britain and Ireland and the close of the nineteenth century;
  • A sense of the interrelatedness of political, economic, cultural and social forces in shaping the past
  • An appreciation of the complexity and pitfalls of history making

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