Dates: 30 January -20 March 2025

Time: 7pm-9pm  

Venue: Western Gateway Building, Room G09, UCC

Fee: €250

Closing date for registrations: 20 January 2025

Course Overview: 

This 8-week course focuses on the causes of conflict and human rights abuses. Each lecture incorporates a wide variety of audio and visual material to examine current political and social events such as the growth of far-right politics in Europe and the US, tensions in the Middle East and social media’s role in spreading conspiracy theories.   

Course Schedule: 

1. Human Rights: The Movement from Coercion to Co-operation. 

1. Them and Us:  How The Nazis Created Divisions in Society. 

1. Doomsday Clock: How Nuclear Weapons changed the nature of War. 

1. Shifting Sands – The Changing face of the Middle East 

1. Mandela, Apartheid and The Path of Reconciliation. 

1. “Black Lives Matter” – America’s Struggle with Racism. 

1. Conspiracy Theories and the Social Media Age.  

1. Trump, Putin and the Rebirth of Far-Right Politics.

Course Lecturer : 

Anthony Angelini is a lecturer with ACE. He has an Mphil in International Peace Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in Journalism and New Media from Munster Technological University. 

Requirements: 

Applicants must be at least 18 years old at course commencement. 

Contact Details for Further Information: 

Email: shortcourses@ucc.ie  

Please note our refund policy as follows: 

100% refund if student cancels 1 week prior to course commencement, less €50 processing fee.

100% refund if student's course is cancelled due to insufficient numbers.