History in Stories: The Irish Past and the Challenges of the Present

Scope of the Volume

This volume comprises articles by scholars from three disciplines – literary studies, TEFL methodology, and history – from three universities – University College Cork (UCC), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Leuven Centre for Irish Studies (KU Leuven/LCIS), and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg/Irish Studies Würzburg (JMU/ISWÜ) – in three European countries – Ireland, Belgium, and Germany.

Focus of the Contributions

The contributors explore Irish history in stories from the vantage point of their national and disciplinary contexts, emphasizing cultural knowledge and historical lessons to be drawn from texts from and about the Irish past.