2001-2002: Comparative Civil Wars

The United States as a Case Study

• What is the historic and political framework by which we can analyze and compare civil wars?
• What kinds of civil wars are there?
• How do civil wars lead to changes in existing institutions of governance?

Featured Speakers:

• Alan K. Henrikson, Director, The Fletcher Roundtable on a New World Order: "What Makes Civil Wars Different?"
• Daniel Hamilton, Former High School Teacher & PhD Candidate - History Department, Harvard University: "The Legal History of the U.S. Civil War."
• Jay Griffin, History Department, Medford High School & President, Medford Historical Society: "A photographic Essay Depicting the Effects of the Civil War."

Civil Wars in Europe

NORTHERN IRELAND

• British hegemony and the struggle for Irish independence
• The break-up of Ireland; Ulster vs. Catholics

Featured Speakers:

• Susan Dargan, Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Framingham State College: "A New Perspective on the Irish Civil War."
• Lorin Maloney, History Department, Winchester High School: "A Visual Approach to Teaching about the Irish Civil War."

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

• International Fascism and fear of the Left
• Franco vs. The Spanish Republic, prelude to World War II

Featured Speakers:

• Anita Gombos, PhD candidate, The Fletcher School: "The Spanish Civil War: Choosing Between Two Evils."
• Thomas MacDonough, Chair, Social Studies Department, Norwood High School: "Was the Spanish Civil War Inevitable?"

Civil Wars in Africa

• Liberia, Angola, Sudan, Somalia
• How to resolve Civil Wars, U.N. as peace-keeper; success or failure?

Featured Speakers:

• Peter Uvin, The Fletcher School: "Why Are There so Many Civil Wars in Africa Now? Will it Ever End? And more Unanswerable Questions."
• Ian Johnstone, The Fletcher School: "The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping."