Explore the Divided Society Archive
Divided Society has digitised over 500 journal titles published between 1990 – 1998 and focused on the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process. There are also over 800 posters, video content from RTÉ and UTV, and ten exclusive essays. A small sample of these materials can be seen here.
Essays
Ten leading academics have written exclusive essays for the project. Each essay focuses on one of the project’s 24 themes and includes Professor Marianne Elliott on Sectarianism, and Professor Thomas Hennessey on the Good Friday Agreement.
THE UNITED STATES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 1994-2007
Dr. Mary-Alice Clancy
SECTARIANISM IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND WHY IT HAUNTS THE PEACE PROCESS
Professor Marianne Elliott
THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
Professor Thomas Hennessey
SUFFERING, VICTIMS, AND SURVIVORS IN THE TROUBLES: POLICY AND THE POLITICS OF VICTIMHOOD
Professor Marie Breen-Smyth
DILEMMAS OF DECOMMISSIONING: THE PERSISTENCE OF THE GUN IN THE POLITICS OF PEACE
Dr. Kris Brown