Description

This course offers a survey of Irish history with special focus on Anglo-Irish relations. The first two classes will set the stage by introducing students to some aspects of the medieval period up to the 18th century, focusing on conquest, plantation and the establishment of the Protestant ascendency. The principal focus will then be on the 19th and 20th centuries. This module will chart the gradual emergence of the two contending ideologies of Irish unionism and nationalism (both in a moderate, constitutional form and in a more radical, militant form) by studying such events as the Act of Union, the Campaigns for Catholic Emancipation and the Repeal of the Act of Union, the Great Irish Famine, Irish migration to Britain, Reforms on land ownership and the Home Rule crisis. It will then focus on the dislocation of the Union through the Anglo-Irish War, leading to the Partition of Ireland in 1921, which saw the 26 southern counties obtaining quasi-independence under the Irish Free State, while the 6 counties making up Northern Ireland were loosely maintained within the United Kingdom. The final lesson will focus on how the two polities, north and south of the border, evolved after partition with the solidification of ideological and cultural differences.

Throughout the semester, special attention will be placed on visual documents and representations (political cartoons, book illustrations, mural paintings, postcards, stamps, architecture, film extracts…), as a way to raise awareness of how images mirror or transform historical events, but also participate in shaping public opinion and, sometimes, political attitudes and policy-making. Analysing contemporary representations but also later productions will allow discussions about memorialisation processes and the creation of national myths and heroes. Students will be introduced to the methodology and vocabulary of picture and film analysis in order to gain better understanding of visual culture, visual communication and their political implications and uses.

The course will follow a chronological progression, most two-hour classes combining a lecture and a seminar primarily dedicated to the analysis of visual documents and to class discussions. All chapters in the course will be backed up by powerpoint presentations that will be made available through the Moodle platform, along with all the pictures and films extracts analysed in class.

This module requires regular attendance and active oral participation in class.

Continuous assessment: oral participation, 2 or 3 other exercises during the semester.

Compétences visées

• Acquérir des connaissances précises sur l’histoire des relations anglo-irlandaises

• Conduire une analyse des implications historiques, sociales et politiques de documents visuels variés

• Utiliser le vocabulaire de l’analyse d’image et de l’analyse filmique

• Développer une analyse comparée de systèmes

• Conduire une analyse réflexive et distanciée des enjeux

• Communiquer à des fins de transferts de connaissance par écrit ou par oral

• Conduire une analyse réflexive et distanciée de situations complexes

• Identifier les sources documentaires

• Conduire un projet mobilisant des compétences pluridisciplinaires dans un cadre collaboratif

• Approfondir la maîtrise de l’anglais

• Communiquer en anglais

Disciplines

• Études anglophones
• Histoire et civilisations: histoire des mondes modernes, histoire du monde contemporain; de l'art; de la musique

MCC

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Régime d'évaluation

CT (Contrôle terminal, mêlé de contrôle continu)

Coefficient

1.0

Évaluation initiale / Session principale - Épreuves