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Ireland 1848-1972: A Political and Social History (HI283) - Lecture Programme

Term

Week

Lecture Topic

Autumn Term 1 Introduction and The Writing of Irish History
2 The Famine: causes, course and consequences [Powerpoint presentation(Powerpoint Presentation)]
3 Militant separatism [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
4 Religion and Irish Society [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
5 Land Agitation 1870-1890 [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
6 Reading Week
7 Home Rule [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
8 The ‘New nationalism’, 1890-1916 [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
9 Unionism and Making the Union Work [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
10 Rising and Revolution, 1916 and after [Powerpoint presenation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
Christmas Vacation
Spring Term 1 Treaty and Civil War [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
2 The Irish Free State, 1923-1932
3 The Age of de Valera, 1932-1948 [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
4 Ireland: 1948-1957, Political, Social and Economic Malaise? [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
5 Women in Irish Political Life, 1850-1932 [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
6 Reading Week
7 Ireland: 1957-1972 [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
8 Emigration in Irish history [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
9 Social Change, 1922-1972
10 Northern Ireland 1918-1945: The Establishment and Consolidation of the State [Powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint Presentation)]
Easter Vacation
Summer Term 1 Northern Ireland: The Years of Transition 1945-1969
2 The Troubles 1969-1972
3 Conclusion and Revision