BRIAN M. WALKER is Professor Emeritus of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. He has served as Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s and Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast. He has written many books on Irish history, including A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace (2012).
While knowledge of history can explain our contemporary situation, an awareness of the myths and misuses of our history can bring a broader and more conciliatory approach to current political and social challenges. History or, more correctly, 'views of the past' or 'historical myths'...
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