Modern Ireland, 1500 to Present (HIST-0079)

Fall 2026 · HIST 0079 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Ireland from English conquest to the present day. Ireland in the British Empire; English-Gaelic cultural encounters and race thinking; sectarianism; the Great Famine and global Irish migration; Irish nationalism leading to the Irish Revolution; citizenship in independent Ireland; the political violence of the Troubles; and the Republic of Ireland’s uneven transformation into a modern European nation-state.

Course codes: HIST-0079, HIST 0079, HIST0079, HIST-79, HIST 79, HIST79

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