course materials & Pre-Trip Readings

You will receive all your course readings in Northern Ireland. Nonetheless, we urge you to arrive with some knowledge of Northern Ireland and its history, especially “The Troubles" *(see recommendations below).

Strongly Recommended Resources

Books:

• Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction. Marc Mulholland (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN-13: 978-0192801562. Check your library. Also available on Amazon.

• Making Sense of the Troubles – 2012 edition. David McKittrick and David McVea (Viking, 2012) ISBN-13: 978-0241962657. Check your campus library. Also available on Amazon.

Websites:

• BBC Northern Ireland: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/history/stateapart

• Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN): http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/

• Northern Ireland government sites:

https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/

https://education.niassembly.gov.uk/post-16 

Other Recommended Resources

Websites

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board www.discovernorthernireland.com/

• Belfast Telegraph (current Belfast news) www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

• Irish Times (Republic of Ireland news) www.irishtimes.com

• BBC Northern Ireland (current news) www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland

Books

• Maximizing Study Abroad. R. Michael Paige, et al. (2006) ISBN 978-0972254557

• Northern Ireland After the Troubles: A Society in Transition. Colin Coulter, Michael Murray, eds. (Manchester University Press, 2008)

• Northern Ireland’s '68: Civil Rights, Global Revolt and the Origins of the Troubles. Simon Spence, Paul Bew (Irish Academic Press, 2007)

• Representing the Troubles in Irish Short Fiction. Michael L. Storey (Catholic University of America Press, 2004)

Reports

• Northern Ireland:  The Peace Process, Ongoing Challenges, and U.S. Interests  produced by the Congressional Research Service.