The focus of this volume is the triangular relationship between Germany Ireland and the UK in
the aftermath of Brexit. The collection offers an interdisciplinary approach to considering
various cultural and political facets of relations between the three countries covering
different perspectives issues and the opportunities which arise.The book contains fifteen
chapters organised into two main sections. The first part of the volume is entitled 'Academia
and Languages: British-German Relations and British Studies in Germany German Studies in the UK
as well as Irish-German Relations and German Studies in Ireland and Irish Studies in Germany'.
It maps the respective areas of German Irish and British Studies in the different
constituencies and increased focus on respective bilateral relations. The second part is
entitled 'Reflecting Europe and the European Union in Ireland North and South after Brexit
(Re-) Unification in the Past and in the Future and the Situation in Northern Ireland'. This
section includes reflections regarding Europe and its relationship to Ireland North and South
German unification as well as past and future relationships between Ireland and Northern
Ireland and within Northern Ireland itself. Contributors include Matthias Barner Paul
Carmichael John Coakley Oran Doyle Joachim Fischer Paul Gillespie Marius Guderjan Katy
Hayward Gisela Holfter Marieke Krajenbrink James W. McAuley Nicola McLelland Edward
Moxon-Browne Pól Ó Dochartaigh Jürgen Pelzer Katharina Rennhak Gesa Stedman Contents
MATTHIAS BARNERForeword1 PAUL CARMICHAEL GISELA HOLFTERIntroductory Notes on Unions Break-ups
and Special Relationships - Aspects of Irish-German-UK Relations3 SECTION ONEACADEMIA AND
LANGUAGES: BRITISH-GERMAN RELATIONS AND BRITISH STUDIES IN GERMANY GERMAN STUDIES IN THE UK AS
WELL AS IRISH-GERMAN RELATIONS AND GERMAN STUDIES IN IRELAND AND IRISH STUDIES IN GERMANY
NICOLA MCLELLANDGerman Teaching and German Studies in the UK: A Snapshot after Brexit and
Mid-Pandemic13 MARIEKE KRAJENBRINKGerman Studies in the Republic of Ireland29 PÓL Ó
DOCHARTAIGHGerman at the Northern Irish Universities39 GISELA HOLFTERReflections on
Irish-German Studies in Theory and Practice45 KATHARINA RENNHAKIrish Studies in Germany Today:
A Report61 GESA STEDMANGerman-British Relations? The Centre for British Studies Revisited69
MARIUS GUDERJANGerman-British Relations Post Brexit75 PAUL GILLESPIEBritish-Irish Studies:
Change and Cooperation91 SECTION TWOREFLECTING ON EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN IRELAND
NORTH AND SOUTH AFTER BREXIT (RE-)UNIFICATION IN THE PAST AND IN THE FUTURE AND THE SITUATION
IN NORTHERN IRELAND JOACHIM FISCHERWhere is Europe in Irish Education? A Plaidoyer for a
Revival of European Studies in Irish Schools after Brexit113 JÜRGEN PELZERWhen Hope and History
(Might) Rhyme: Reflections of the Wende in East and West German Poetry between 1989 and 1992135
JOHN COAKLEYThe Partition of Ireland: Perspectives on the Future147 EDWARD MOXON-BROWNEBrexit
and Irish Unity: Festina Lente?161 KATY HAYWARDMaking and Breaking Unions: The Unintended
Consequences of the Protocol on Ireland Northern Ireland167 JAMES W. MCAULEYChanging Cultures
and Identity? Politics in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland175 ORAN DOYLEIrish Unification:
Constitutional Modalities and Ada
