The lecture explores the dialectics of territory and identity in the Irish context.
The historical background shows the seminal importance of the nature of Anglo-Irish and British-Irish relations in the shaping of conflicting identities in Ireland.
This conflict looms large and over the partition of the island in the 20th century in two distinct territories and over the present state of Ireland and the set of relationships entertained between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The historical background shows the seminal importance of the nature of Anglo-Irish and British-Irish relations in the shaping of conflicting identities in Ireland.
This conflict looms large and over the partition of the island in the 20th century in two distinct territories and over the present state of Ireland and the set of relationships entertained between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
- Enseignant: Yann Bevant