In this chapter, Richard Parfitt examines the use of music by different nationalist factions in Ireland during a period of intense revolutionary activity and civil unrest between 1913 and 1921. He analyses music’s…
This article examines the role that the popular Irish sporting organization, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), played in the construction of an Irish identity and promotion of ‘Irishness’ during the Gaelic…
In this article, Margaret O’Callaghan takes a closer look at the creation of an Irish national identity in the early years of the Free State. She examines the need to establish an individual identity, separate from…
This entry to the library from The New Yorker is a collection of three short works of fiction by the South American author Jorge Luis Borges, with the first two particularly relevant as examples of ‘peace literature’:…
‘‘History, Myth and Archetype in Borges’s View of Argentina” is an article written by R. K Britton and published in The Modern Language Review on the work of the highly renowned Argentinian author of the 20th century,…
This article discusses efforts on the part of the Reformation-era Church of Scotland to act as a peacemaker within Scottish communities. In particular, the Kirk opposed the hitherto broadly-accepted practice of…
Building for Hope is Syrian architect Marwa al-Sabouni’s sequel to The Battle for Home, which examines how architecture and urban planning lead to the civil war and urbicide in Syria. In this book, al-Sabouni turns her…
In this article, philosopher Marshall Berman discusses urban blight, not from a scholarly perspective, but from a personal one. He reflects on returning to the ruins of his childhood neighborhood in the South Bronx,…
This article provides a fascinating history of protest songs and their connection to political opposition in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Protest songs were used in more traditional contexts, such as strikes and…
This article discusses how artists used music and music videos to create a counternarrative during Turkey’s 2013 Gezi Park protests. It analyzes the various tactics used by artists and filmmakers, such as mash-ups,…