Jerome Aan De Wiel

Jérôme aan de Wiel was born in Enkhuizen in the Netherlands in 1966. His mother was French and his father Dutch. In 1975, he moved to Etampes, in the southern suburbs of Paris. He studied in the Sorbonne nouvelle and later in the University of Caen in Normandy and in the College for Education in Amsterdam. His interests are twentieth-century European and Irish history, and European Studies. He is fluent in Dutch, French, English and German, and has a good reading knowledge of Afrikaans and Italian. Jérôme is married and has two sons.

Research interests: 20th century European and Irish history with an emphasis on political history, military history, intelligence studies, WW1, WW2,Cold War, European integration, Irish-continental European relations, Church history, humanitarianism.

Project: "Ireland's foreign children, 1945-1950" (manuscript & research in progress) An additional humanitarian operation to Ireland's sending of supplies to Europe between 1945 and 1950 was the welcoming of continental children. Around 1,100 children from France, Germany, Austria, Central Europe (Jews) and Poland (cadets from the Polish forces based in the UK) stayed in Ireland in the immediate post-war years in order to recuperate. The study seeks to analyse their stay in the country and how the Irish authorities and people dealt with them within a comparative European context.

Project: "Ireland during the Cold War, 1945-1990" (manuscript & research in progress) This project seeks to analyse Ireland's role during the Cold war, i.e. anti-Communism, domestic and foreign intelligence activities, strategic importance, media, civil defence, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, East-West trade, human rights etc.

Project: “East German intelligence activities against the British forces in West Germany and West Berlin, 1949-1990” (research in progress) I have begun a new research project concerning East German intelligence activities against the British forces forces based in West Germany and West Berlin during the Cold War. 

Teaching interests: EU foreign policy; East-West confrontation in Europe during Cold War; Minority issues, nationalism and identity politics in Europe; East and West Germany, 1945-1990; European democracy, memory and identity; First World War, 1914-1918; State formation in Europe, 1618-1990s; Intelligence studies (East German Stasi)

Modules taught (see UCC's Book of Modules):

ES1002: Introduction to Europe and the European Union (Europe during the Cold War)

HI2051: The First World War, 1914-1918; Politics, culture and society

ES2022: The European Union and the International System (EU foreign policy)

ES4027: Capitalism, Communism and the Cold War; East and West Germany from the 'Hour Zero' to the 1989 Revolution (1945-1990)

ES4029: The EU Periphery; Minority issues, nationalism and identity politics

ES6015: European Democracy, Citizenship, Memory and Identity

HI6045: War and Peace; The European State System from 1648 to 1990

I also previously taught in:

HI2105: Case Studies in Research Skills; the East German Stasi

HI3022: History Research Seminar; history of Irish foreign policy

HI3045: Church and State in Ireland

I supervise research projects in:

HI2104: Special Research Project (5,000-word research project)

HI3302: Special Research Project (5,000-word research project)

ES4022: Research Dissertation (10,000-word dissertation)

PO3001: Dissertation (9,000-word dissertation)

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