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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![Peter Leary - Mind your ps and queues: the past and the Irish border.]()
Peter Leary - Mind your p's and queues: the past and the Irish border.
04/12/2018 Duration: 36minKeynote by Peter Leary (UCD) at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.
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![Sucheta Mahajan - Bearing Witness to Silence as Sanctuary: Remembering and Forgetting in Oral Histories of Conflict in India and Ireland.]()
Sucheta Mahajan - 'Bearing Witness' to 'Silence as Sanctuary': Remembering and Forgetting in Oral Histories of Conflict in India and Ireland.
04/12/2018 Duration: 33minSucheta Mahajan's (JNU, New Delhi) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.
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![John Coakley - The Irish border: the first hundred years.]()
John Coakley - The Irish border: the first hundred years.
04/12/2018 Duration: 35minJohn Coakley's (UCD) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.
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![Debali Mookerjea-Leonard - Literature, Women, and the Partition of India: Borders, Bodies, Livelihoods.]()
Debali Mookerjea-Leonard - Literature, Women, and the Partition of India: Borders, Bodies, Livelihoods.
04/12/2018 Duration: 47minDebali Mookerjea-Leonard's (James Madison University) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.
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![Stathis Kalyvas - Violence in Civil War.]()
Stathis Kalyvas - Violence in Civil War.
21/11/2018 Duration: 20minProf. Stathis Kalyvas (Oxford) gives an overview of past research on violence in civil war as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.
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![Glenda Gilmore - Writing the History of the American Civil War.]()
Glenda Gilmore - Writing the History of the American Civil War.
21/11/2018 Duration: 18minProf. Glenda Gilmore (Yale / UCD) talks about writing the history of the American Civil War as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.
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![Anne Dolan - Writing the History of the Irish Civil War.]()
Anne Dolan - Writing the History of the Irish Civil War.
21/11/2018 Duration: 15minDr. Anne Dolan (Trinity College Dublin) talks about writing the history of the Irish Civil War as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.
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![Writing the History of Civil War (UCD War Studies).]()
Writing the History of Civil War (UCD War Studies).
17/11/2018 Duration: 01h35minThis UCD Centre for War Studies seminar gathered some of the leading scholars of civil wars to discuss their unique approaches to the subject.
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![Linda Colley - Inscribing a Modern World: Constitutions Across Histories and Literatures.]()
Linda Colley - Inscribing a Modern World: Constitutions Across Histories and Literatures.
12/11/2018 Duration: 01h03minProfessor Linda Colley's 2018 UCD Arts and Humanities Annual Lecture.
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![Thomas Cummins - Writ Large: Printing, Painting, and Conversion in 16th Century America.]()
Thomas Cummins - Writ Large: Printing, Painting, and Conversion in 16th Century America.
02/07/2018 Duration: 01h22minKeynote lecture from Typography, Illustration and Ornamentation in the Early Modern Iberian Book world, 1450-1800.
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![The Rarest Books in the World, interview with Lindsay Doyle.]()
The Rarest Books in the World, interview with Lindsay Doyle.
15/05/2018 Duration: 09minWith the 'Sole Survivors' exhibit, Marsh's Library will display 32 incredibly rare books and materials for the public.
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![Myth, War and the Comics.]()
Myth, War and the Comics.
10/04/2018 Duration: 20minEpisode 3 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.
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![Martin Sheridan: the life of an Irish-American Olympian.]()
Martin Sheridan: the life of an Irish-American Olympian.
05/04/2018 Duration: 07minThis podcast, from UCD's Dr Paul Rouse, discusses the life of Irish-American athlete Martin Sheridan.
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![World War Two and the Comics of the 1950s.]()
World War Two and the Comics of the 1950s.
03/04/2018 Duration: 14minEpisode 2 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.
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![Boys Adventure Comics in 1950s Britain.]()
Boys' Adventure Comics in 1950s Britain.
23/03/2018 Duration: 09minEpisode 1 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.
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![A History of International Womens Day.]()
A History of International Women's Day.
06/03/2018 Duration: 04minIn this episode Abigail Smith (MA in Public History at UCD) takes a look at the history of International Women's Day.
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![David Rieff. In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies.]()
David Rieff. In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies.
09/01/2018 Duration: 36minThis episode features a lecture by David Rieff as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. The lecture, 'In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies', was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).
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![Michael Staunton. Thomas Becket and the Invasion of Ireland.]()
Michael Staunton. Thomas Becket and the Invasion of Ireland.
21/11/2017 Duration: 31minPodcast of Associate Professor Michael Staunton's paper recorded at Dublin City Council's medieval symposium on The Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr.
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![Justin Dolan Stover. Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution.]()
Justin Dolan Stover. Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution.
12/11/2017 Duration: 33minThis episode features a paper by Professor Justin Dolan Stover (Idaho). The paper - 'Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution' - was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).
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![Timothy D. Snyder. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.]()
Timothy D. Snyder. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.
31/10/2017 Duration: 01h32minProfessor Timothy D.Snyder discusses some of the ideas behind his book - 'Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning' - at UCD History.
