History professor and Provost, McGee College, University of Ulster (the branch located in Derry) gives a historical overview of issues leading up to the development of the Troubles in 1968. This is partly a chronology of Irish history over 1000 years, which is necessary background. The history is organized around several themes most importantly the…

Fraser gives a history of Northern Ireland, the geopolitics of Northern Ireland’s geographic and political relationship to the United Kingdom, and the historic relationships between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England and also the historic relationship between Catholics and Protestants. This lecture is meant to take students up to the beginning of the…

Tape begins its history with Protestant and IRA ceasefires of 1994, exploring then new ways conflict would nbe given expression. The focus of the lecture is on parading in the Protestant tradition and ways that parading relates to or provokes conflict with Catholic community members. Digital Commons Transcript: Tom Fraser 2003 -It is suggested to have…

Mari Fitzduff presents a structural theory of conflict. Fitzduff recounts her experiences with a large number of conflicts from around the world and these led to her stage theory. The specific details of conflicts matter less, than the way general patterns of intergroup relations and leadership function to intensify or limit conflicts. Fitzduff also was…

Using the analytic framework of Allport’s contact hypothesis integrated education programs in Northern Ireland and Israel are Compared. Based on her research, Donelly is critical of integrated education programs in Northern Ireland. Digital Commons Transcript: Kaitlin Donelly Integrated Education -It is suggested to have the transcript open as the video is running Video:

Education researcher Grace Fraser talks about her research on the founding and operation of integrated schools and the challenges of running them. She distinguishes between schools that were called integrated but did little in terms of programs, schools that were integrated and ran educational programs but did little to affect interaction, and those that intensively…

This is the third time the two retired Bishops visited our classes. In the first 15 minutes of each tape Edward Daly, the Catholic Bishop, and James Mehaffey, the Anglican Bishop, briefly tell their life histories. This tape has two significant substantive aspects. First, there is discussion of integrated education in Northern Ireland and how…