Middlebury

INTD0160A-S25

Conflict in Northern Ireland

Conflict Transformation: An On The Ground Case Study in Northern Ireland (half-credit)
In preparation for a spring break trip to Northern Ireland, we will learn how conflict transformation (CT) led to the Good Friday Agreement, to The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and how it continues to be used to maintain peace there. We will approach this with a CT lens while also learning and practicing CT skills and traveling to Northern Ireland to study the history of the conflict and its current status today. This course will look at many aspects of The Troubles including history, religion, colonialism, violence, peacemaking, and civil involvement through readings, lectures, using CT approaches to reflection and hearing from local experts and peace activists during our trip. The tour will be led by Mejdi Tours, a tour group which provides guides from different perspectives for a dual-narrative approach. Throughout the course and our travels we will ask how the CT approach in Northern Ireland may or may not be relevant to other global or local conflicts. This class will be team taught by Sarah Stroup, Mark Orten, Danielle Stillman and Zahra Moeini. We will meet weekly for classes over dinner before the trip, travel to Northern Ireland together over spring break, and gather for three more weeks of final presentations after the trip. This is a half credit course.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22669
Subject Code:
INTD
Course Number:
0160
Section Identifier:
A

Course

INTD 0160

All Sections in Spring 2025

Spring 2025

INTD0160A-S25 Lecture (Stroup, Moeini Meybodi, Orten, Stillman)