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Bill Rolston Mural Slideshow
Carl Milofsky
Bill Rolston goes through the history of murals in Irish history. He breaks them up into Loyalist murals and Republican murals. He covers the history of murals in Ireland from 1908 to the present day.
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Bishops 2004
Carl Milofsky
This is the second time the two retired bishops of the Catholic and Anglican churches of Derry/Londonderry visited the Bucknell class. The beginning gives personal histories of each man. Then they give an important account of the Inner City Trust, a project they jointly worked on with local business leaders, especially Paddy Doherty. The project used youth apprenticeships to re-build the walled city in central Derry. Then follow a variety of personal reflections on playing important roles as religious leaders and ministering to parishioners during the Troubles.
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Bishops 2005
Carl Milofsky
This is the third time the two retired Bishops visited our classes. In the first 15 minutes of each tape Edward Daly, the Catholic Bishop, and James Mehaffey, the Anglican Bishop, briefly tell their life histories. This tape has two significant substantive aspects. First, there is discussion of integrated education in Northern Ireland and how the Bishops view this educational innovation. Bishop Daly is critical of what he considers mechanical procedures to force integration. He thinks to achieve peace in Northern Ireland root political problems must be addressed. The second important content on this tape is Bishop Daly's account of working with and being pastors to hunger strikers in 1980 and 1981. This part of the tape runs about 20 minutes and it is very effective.
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Catherine Cook
Carl Milofsky
Catherine starts off by describing an event from her past that pushed her towards community development work. She elaborated how if it wasn't for the conflict, she might not be doing what she is involved in today. Catherine talks about how her life has changed since getting involved with this kind of work. She brings up how difficult the job was when she was just starting out. Cross-community relations were abysmal. She then describes how Derry had changed since the Troubles. Finally she answers how she believes Protestants and Catholics think about their living conditions and about how they look at each other.
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Chris Gilligan
Carl Milofsky
Gilligan has an intellectual position that is critical of the idea of identity. He thinks identities are generally fragmented. For many people sectarian identity is less important than other issues and commitments in their lives. In this lecture Chris goes over stress, PTSD, and other disorders that lead to counseling, but where he believes objective symptoms are not the reason children are given counseling. He discusses counseling itself and the issue of identity. Storytelling is also a key topic.
