Writing
Reckoning with the Past: Teaching History in Northern Ireland
by Margaret E. Smith
Lexington Books
www.lexingtonbooks.com
“Margaret Smith has written a systematic and comprehensive book that captures the complex issues embedding in teaching history in situations of intractable conflict. Her insightful analysis of Northern Ireland as a case-in-point is a rich source of data for those who aspire to understand the relationship between the teaching of history, peacemaking and reconciliation.”
Hugh O’Doherty, Harvard University
Other Writing
Investigating “Collective Trauma”
Paper given at the International Studies Association annual conference, Atlanta, March 16, 2016.
Victimhood, Truth Recovery, and Public Forgiveness
In Bas Van Stokkom, Neelke Doorn and Paul van Tongeren, Eds., Public Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Contexts. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2012.
A New Sense of Empowerment
In Michael Henderson, Ed., No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2009
Education and Post-Conflict Recovery
In Barry Hart, Ed., Peacebuilding in Traumatized Societies. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2008.