Ethical remembering

Ethical Remembering
Acknowledging the Decade of Change & Violence
1912‐1922
A 6 Session Course from
19th January 2011 – 23rd February 2011
7.30pm – 9.30pm
at
The Irish School of Ecumenics
683 Antrim Road
Belfast BT15 4EG
Course Facilitators:
Dr Johnston McMaster
Dr Cathy Higgins
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Ethical Remembering and Future Vision
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Covenant, Guns and Militarised Politics
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Rising, Blood Sacrafice and Equality Deferred
Wednesday 9 February 2011
The Somme, Slaughter and Sectarianised Memory
Wednesday 16 February 2011
An Irish Parliament and a War of Independence
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Partition, Civil War and Legacy
The events of 1912‐1922 provided a decade of enormous change in Ireland leaving a legacy for good and ill. The events shaped the rest of the 20th century and still cast a long shadow into the 21st century. The Ulster Covenant and the Easter Proclamation, in ways a mirror of each other, became foundational documents of two states in Ireland after 1921. Everything had changed by 1922 but the decade was also a decade of intense and often brutal violence. The legacy of violence remained and erupted again in Northern Ireland for a further 35 years at the end of the 20th century.
The centenaries of these dramatic events will be remembered between 2012‐2022. The critical question is how? In a very different world and context how will we remember events of change steeped in violence? Both the change and the violence need to be remembered and acknowledged together in Ireland and Britain. Ethical remembering will mean asking critical and ethical questions about violence, justice, peace in the context of the present and the desired shared future.
The course will explore the events of the decade, the change that took place and the violence that surrounded it all. Above all what is our future vision?

Participants
This course is open to anyone interested in the subject matter and in improving understanding between the churches and within the local community.
Funders
This course is part‐financed by Community Relations Council Core Funding
Course Objectives
Main Objectives of The Irish School of Ecumenics (Trinity College Dublin) Education for Reconciliation courses ‐
∙ To develop greater understanding between people from the different traditions in local communities
∙ To raise awareness of and explore key community, religious, cultural, political, social and reconciliation issues
∙ To empower participants to be actively involved in the practice of reconciliation within local communities
∙ To promote the practice of equity, diversity and interdependence between the traditions
∙ To enable participation in the building of an integrated and inclusive civic society through the practice of active citizenship
All of this will take place in a relaxing environment, giving the opportunity to contribute, listen, discuss, learn from others and make new friends.
For further information, please contact:
Karen Nicholson
Tel: 048 9077 5010
Email: cenisec@tcd.ie
Inclusive Course Fees:
Unwaged £10
Waged £20