Highlights From Talking History

To discuss the life and times of Jewish philosopher Maimonides on Talking History with Professor Patrick Geoghegan was Professor Sarah Stroumsa, the Alice and Jack Ormond Emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the author of 'Maimonides in his world: Portrait of a Mediterranean thinker', Dr Moshe Halbertal, Professor of Jewish thought and philosophy at Hebrew University Jerusalem and is also Grüss professor of Law at NYU, Dr Marc Shapiro, Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton and author of Author of ‘Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters’. Dr George Yaakov professor George Yaakov for Modern Jewish philosophy at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, Professor Robert Eisen, Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at George Washington University in Washington DC and Dr David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor of Jewish History, University of California, Davis and author Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought.”

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for February 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery and War Transformed Medicine' with Jim Downs, 'The Celtic Myths That Shape The Way We Think' with Mark Williams, 'The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell' with Sean O Curirreain, 'The Dublin Cattle Market's Decline 1955-1973' with Declan O Brien and 'Jane Austen Early and Late' with Freya Johnson.

This week Patrick explores the life and legacy of Cnut, also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016. Joining Patrick on the panel are:Dr. Timothy Bolton is an honorary fellow of both Cardiff and Aberdeen Universities, Caitlin Ellis is an expert on Medieval Britain and Ireland has recently begun work as an O’Donovan Scholar in the School of Celtic at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Philip Parker is a former diplomat and publisher, Professor Levi Roach teaches at the University of Exeter and is an expert in kingship and royal governance and Tore Skeie Author of: The Wolf Age: The Vikings, The Anglo Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire.

Join Patrick for the best in Irish and International history publications for February 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'Meet The Georgians' with Robert Peal, 'The Reckoning' with Prit Buttar, 'Colm O'Caodhain: An Irish Singer and His World' with Rionach ui Ogain, 'Faith and Fury: The Evangelical Campaign in Dingle and West Kerry 1825-45' with Bryan Mac Mahon, Peadar Cowan (1903-62) Westmeath GAA administrator and political maverick with Tom Hunt, and 'Christian Ireland' with Crawford Gribben.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'A Brief History of Motion' with Tom Standage, 'The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War' with Robert Sackville West, 'The Bronze Lie' with Myke Cole, 'The Poets of Rapallo' with Lauren Arrington, 'The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada' with Don Hollway and 'The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40' with Dr David Murphy.  

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Tudors in Love' with Sarah Gristwood, 'A Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution' with Mike Duncan, 'Antrim: The Irish Revolution 1912-1923' with Brian Feeney, 'The Making of the Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985' edited by Frank Sheridan and The Little Museum of Dublin Icons Lecture Series.  

This week Patrick and a panel of esteemed historians, researchers and scholars discuss the lore of the great mythical hunter-warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Natasha Sumner, Director Fionn Cycle Folklore Project, Harvard, Dr Kevin Murray, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork, Dr Sile Ni Muhurchu, Department of Modern Irish, University College Cork, Brian O' Sullivan, Author and Historian, Dr Jim MacKillop, Editor of  the 'Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology' and Dr Joseph Flahive, Scholar, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Fall of Robespierre' by Colin Jones, 'Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy' with Julian Hayes, 'The Terror War' with Joe Connell,  'A History of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry' with Pat Mc Carthy and 'Adomnan, Adhamhnan, Eunan. Life and Afterlife of a Donegal Saint with Brian Lacey.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for December 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'We Are The Legion' with Julie Summers, 'What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's Century of Division' with Kevin Meagher, 'Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush' with Owen O' Shea', Napoleon's Plunder: Napoleon's Theft of Veronese's Feast' with Cynthia Saltzman  and 'Your Story, My Story' with Connie Palmen.

This week Patrick and a panel of historians and biographers discuss the life and legacy of the great Prussian King Frederick the Great. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor Tim Blanning, Professor of modern European history, University of Cambridge, Professor David Blackbourn, Chair of History, Vanderbilt University, Dr Patricia A. Simpson, Professor of German Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Giles Mc Donogh, author of 'Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for December 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'The Glory and the Sorrow: A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution' with Timothy Tackett, 'The Black and Tans, 1920-1921' with Jim Herlihy, 'Ireland 1913 by Richard Arnold Berman' with Florian Krobb, 'The First Irish Cities' with David Dickson and 'A Hare-Marked Moon: From Bhutan to Yorkshire: The Story of an English Stupa' with David Lascelles.  

This week Patrick and a panel of biographers, historians and classicists discuss the life and legacy of Roman General Scipio Africanus. Joining Patrick on the show are: Author and Historian Adrian Goldsworthy, Dr Catherine Steel, Professor of Classics, University of Glasgow, Dr David Levene, Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, New York University, Professor Federico Santangelo, Professor of Ancient History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University and Dr John Serrati, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa.

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This week Patrick explores the best in Irish and International history publications for November 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'France: A Short History' with Jeremy Black, 'Medieval Dublin XV111' with Sean Duffy, 'Irish American Diaspora Nationalism. The Friends of Irish Freedom, 1916-1935' with Michael Doorley, 'The War Lords and The Gallipoli Disaster' with Nicholas Lambert and 'Speaking East: The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou' with Andrew Hussey.

This week Patrick and a panel of historians discuss the Centenary of Northern Ireland and Partition. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor Michael Laffan, Department of History, UCD, Dr Cormac Moore, Historian in Residence, Dublin City Council, Dr Margaret O'Callaghan, Queens University Belfast, Dr Marie Coleman, Queens University Belfast and Lord Paul Bew, Chair, Northern Ireland Office Centenary Historical Panel. This evenings music is from Brendan Kerr and Catriona Gribbon.  

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for November 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Icebound in the Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition' with Michael Smith, 'A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible' with Kristin Swenson', 'Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs' with Gordon Whittaker,  'Ireland's Pirate Trail' with Des Ekin and Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A History of Latin America Through Cricket' with James Coyne.        

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for October 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty-One Buildings' with Peter Stanford, 'The Tsarina's Daughter' with Ellen Alpsten, 'The Middle Ages: A Graphic History' with Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel, 'Someone Has to Die For This: November 1920 - July 1921' with Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly and Sinead Mc Coole on Women and the Decade of Commemorations.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for October 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Bretons and Britons: The Fight for Identity' with Barry Cunliffe, 'Dwellers in the Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney' with Kate Kennedy, 'To Rule the Skies: General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War' with Brent D. Ziarnick, 'When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present' with Nick Bryant and 'The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance' with Judy Batalion.  

This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of literary scholars, biographers and critics discuss the life and the creative legacy of English poet, philosopher and theologian Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr James May, University College Dublin, Professor Tim Fulford, Academic Director, Biennial Summer Conference, The Friends of Coleridge Society, Dr Jeffrey Barbeau, Professor of Theology, Wheaton University and author of ' Sara Coleridge: Her Life and Thought, Dr Rosemary Ashton, author of 'The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Critical Biography' and Dr William Keach, Professor of English at Brown University.

This week Patrick covers the best of Irish and International history publications for October 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Philip Roth: A Counterlife' with Ira Nadel, 'Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices from History' with Peter Furtado, 'White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea' with Tyler Stovall, 'The Tale of the Axe' with David Miles and 'Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City' with Edmund Richardson.