Synopsis
This series is a collection of academic podcasts on a plethora of historical subjects. It ranges in scope from full recordings of academic research papers to informative contributions from professional historians discussing the details of specific historical events. Funded by the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin, the series is a partnership with the historyhub.ie website and multimedia hub.
Episodes
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Sarah McKibben (Notre Dame). Courtly Seductions - Reading a Bardic Love Poem in the 21st century (Opening Plenary).
23/09/2024 Duration: 47minOpening Plenary at the 2024 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference by Sarah McKibben (Notre Dame). Courtly Seductions - Reading a Bardic Love Poem in the 21st century.
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Stephanie Wright. Dis/economies of welfare - war, disability and Francoist veterans of the Spanish Civil War (MWHN Conference Keynote).
16/09/2024 Duration: 50minPodcast of Stephanie Wright's keynote at Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference at the University of Leeds.
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Geoffrey Hayes. From Military Medicine to Health - The Challenge of Soldier's Welfare in the Wartime Canadian Army, 1939-1945.
16/09/2024 Duration: 20minPodcast of Geoffrey Hayes' paper at Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference at the University of Leeds.
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Episode 15 of 'A history of xenophobia'. Joe Mulhall - From postwar British fascism to the rise of the global far right.
11/09/2024 Duration: 58minJoe Mulhall is the Director of research at HOPE not hate, the UK's largest anti-fascism organisation. An expert on far-right extremism he is the interviewee in episode 16 of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.
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Frank McGuinness. Living With Mortality - A Short Stay in Switzerland.
25/07/2024 Duration: 40minThis episode features the renowned playwright and poet Frank McGuinness who gave a paper entitled "Living With Mortality - A Short Stay in Switzerland" on February 25th 2010 in the UCD Humanities Institute. Frank spoke about the issue of mortality as treated in drama from Greek theatre to contemporary work, including his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts and his screenplay for the widely acclaimed and BAFTA nominated BBC drama "A Short Stay in Switzerland" which tells the story of Dr Anne Turner who chose to end her life in a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland in January 2006.
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AFTERLIVES. 'Talking 'bout revolutions' - conversations across borders about women and revolution.
10/06/2024 Duration: 58min'Talking 'bout revolutions' - conversations across borders about women and revolution, with Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD, Gender Studies), Prof Ingrid Sharp (Leeds), and Dr Corinne Painter (Leeds).
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Episode 14 of 'A history of xenophobia'. Matt Golder - Far Right Parties in Europe.
06/06/2024 Duration: 42minMatt Golder is Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University and the interviewee in the episode 15 of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.
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Episode 13 of 'A history of xenophobia'. Eoin O'Malley - The Far Right in Ireland.
27/05/2024 Duration: 36minAssociate Professor Eoin O'Malley (DCU) is the interviewee in the 13th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.
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Episode 12 of 'A history of xenophobia'. David Art - The development of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe.
20/05/2024 Duration: 48minProfessor David Art (Tufts) is the interviewee in the 12th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.
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AFTERLIVES. 'My life wasn't much after' - women's voices in the Military Archives.
15/05/2024 Duration: 39min'My life wasn't much after' - women's voices in the Military Archives, with Dr Fionnuala Walsh (UCD), Dr Leeann Lane (DCU) and Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne (TCD).
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Doris Bergen - The Holocaust as World History (Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture 2024).
28/02/2024 Duration: 01h09minIn this episode, a recording of Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture for 2024 by Prof. Doris Bergen.
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Siobhra Aiken. 'Eire Saor agus Gaelach? - The Military Service Pensions Collection and the Irish language'.
26/02/2024 Duration: 43min'Eire Saor agus Gaelach? - The Military Service Pensions Collection and the Irish language' by Dr Siobhra Aiken (QUB).
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Women and the Irish Constitution - a roundtable discussion.
20/02/2024 Duration: 01h27minFeaturing Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD) Prof. Caitriona Beaumont (LSBU), Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth), Orla O'Connor (NWC), Prof. Lindsey Earner Byrne (TCD) and poet Julie Morrissy.
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Charles Ivar McGrath and Suzanne Forbes. 'Our shared built military heritage - the online mapping, inventorying and recording of the army barracks of Ireland, 1690-1921'.
31/01/2024 Duration: 38minThe event was organised and funded under the auspices of the UCD College of Arts and Humanities Research Strand in Digital Cultures.
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1923 - Hitler's Breakthrough Year. HEI November Pogrom lecture by Mark Jones.
22/11/2023 Duration: 01h06min1923 - Hitler's Breakthrough Year, Holocaust Education Ireland November Pogrom lecture by Dr Mark Jones (UCD).
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Pat Palmer in conversation with Brendan Kane - Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference.
20/10/2023 Duration: 48minLive Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference - Pat Palmer (Maynooth) in conversation with Brendan Kane (UCONN).
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Mark Jones on the year 1923 - The murder of Walter Rathenau and the survival of Weimar democracy.
10/08/2023 Duration: 21minThe murder of Walter Rathenau and the survival of Weimar democracy. Mark Jones on the year 1923.
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Matthew Neufeld - Early Modern Naval Healthcare in England, 1650-1750 (MWHN Keynote).
08/08/2023 Duration: 41minEarly Modern Naval Healthcare in England, 1650-1750, by Matthew Neufeld (Saskatchewan).
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Ke-Chin Hsia - War and Welfare in Austria in the Age of the Great War (MWHN Keynote).
08/08/2023 Duration: 39minWar and Welfare in Austria in the Age of the Great War, by Dr Ke-Chin Hsia (Indiana, Bloomington).
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AFTERLIVES. Grannies, Guns, and Archives - Tracing revolutionary and post revolutionary women's lives.
20/07/2023 Duration: 01h08sGrannies, Guns, and Archives - Tracing revolutionary and post revolutionary women's lives, with Prof. Caitriona Beaumont, Dr Fionnuala Walsh and Dr Mary McAuliffe.