By Kevin Hearty- If we are prepared to tell our own story then we must be prepared to let others do the same... Some months ago a former member of the security forces accosted me over my monograph Critical Engagement: Irish Republicanism, Memory Politics and Policing. I was accused of peddling ‘untruths’, trying to ‘rewrite... Continue Reading →
By Dieter Reinisch- The recent RTÉ screening of the I, Dolours documentary, directed by Maurice Sweeney, received much media attention in Ireland and was reviewed by several national newspapers, including the Irish Times, Irish Independent, and Irish Mirror. The documentary is, indeed, a gripping, and at times disturbing, insight into the history of the Northern... Continue Reading →
By Shaun McDaid – It is often said that Northern Ireland is one of the most researched places in the world. There certainly appears to be no shortage of academic research on all aspects of the conflict and its aftermath, some of which has been featured on this platform, dealing with subjects from the elite... Continue Reading →
By Patrick Finnegan- It has been a busy time for those following the news on Northern Ireland and the ‘Troubles’. In the space of seven days we saw the death of Willie Frazer, a controversial victim’s campaigner, Conservative leadership hopefuls took to the hustings in Belfast, Colum Eastwood was referred to the Northern Ireland’s attorney... Continue Reading →
By Jack Hepworth – Nearly 30 years have passed since John Whyte established that Northern Ireland is the most intensively studied place on earth. In the three decades since, much has changed in that complex polity, but the scholarly gaze on the region remains intense. Yards of bookshelves are devoted to the conflict in and... Continue Reading →
By Seán Brennan – Writing about ‘the Troubles’ can be complex. In a range of areas, from the interpretive to the conceptual and the methodological, selecting as well as attempting to write a PhD thesis as a mature, self-funding, part-time PhD student can be challenging. Such complexities pale into insignificance, however, when the subject for... Continue Reading →
By Erin Hinson- Wherever you are reading this blog, I want you to look around and notice the personal objects you have with you. Whether in your office, at your home, on a bus or a train, chances are you are carrying or have displayed several objects that are personally significant. These objects – be... Continue Reading →
By Connal Parr- I suspect anyone who peppers his papers with “heuristic”, “hegemony”, “paradigm”, “problematic”, “reification”, “homology” and the like. One can sometimes work through unintelligible and certainly rebarbative papers only to realise at the end that, though what they say is sensible and in some ways perceptive, it could have been said almost entirely... Continue Reading →
By Martin McCleery – For over 20 years there has been an on-going scholarly debate over the nature of the Provisional Irish Republican Army’s [PIRA] campaign during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’, largely conducted in the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. This discourse emerged in 1997 with an engagement between Robert White and Steve Bruce. White... Continue Reading →
