Podcasts by History Hub

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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.

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Pat Palmer in conversation with Brendan Kane - Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference. from 2023-10-20T05:30

Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference - Pat Palmer (Maynooth) in conversation with Brendan Kane (UCONN).

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Pat Palmer in conversation with Brendan Kane - Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference. from 2023-10-20T05:30

Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference - Pat Palmer (Maynooth) in conversation with Brendan Kane (UCONN).

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Episode 7. Mae Ngai, The Chinese Question - The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. from 2022-11-23T08:27

Professor Mae Ngai (Columbia University) is the interviewee in the seventh episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.

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Stathis Kalyvas - The (Changing?) Logic of Civil Wars. from 2022-04-21T10:56:40.942680

Keynote by Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (Oxford) from Civil Wars in History conference at UCD.

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The final years of the Irish workhouse and its dissolution. Professor Mary Daly. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.622141

Professor Mary Daly on the final years of the Irish workhouse and its dissolution.

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The Irish Revolutionary Generation - Professor Roy Foster (University of Oxford) from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.619745

The Irish Revolutionary Generation by Professor Roy Foster (University of Oxford).

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Ivar McGrath - Mapping State and Society in Eighteenth-Century Ireland from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.618284

Mapping State and Society in Eighteenth-Century Ireland by Dr Ivar McGrath (UCD).

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 1 - Background). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.562209

Episode 1 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 5 - The August Offensive (Suvla Bay)). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.558370

Episode 5 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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Brian Schoen. Abraham Lincoln (Ep 3 - Lincoln and the rise of the Republican Party). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.555885

Episode 3 (Lincoln's Early life) of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen (Ohio).

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David McCullagh. Part 1 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.554030

Costello - Background and the Law, Part 1 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 6 - Evacuation and Aftermath). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.548257

Episode 6 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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The rise and demise of Dublin (Hidden Dublin Series). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.545076

Part 1 of 'Hidden Dublin - from the Monto to Little Jerusalem by Donal Fallon and Irial Glynn'

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Sandy Wilkinson. The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 (UCD Open Learning History Module) from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.539584

Dr Sandy Wilkinson discusses his module - 'The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000' which is open to the public through the UCD Open Learning programme.

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John McCafferty. Ireland's English Centuries (UCD Open Learning History Module) from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.538434

Professor John McCafferty discusses his UCD Open Learning module 'Ireland's English Centuries' which looks at the complex blend of identities, allegiances and social changes that shaped the past an...

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Nadav Davidovitch. Evidence-based Medicine from a Historical Perspective (3/3). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.533106

Epidemiologist and public health physician Professor Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this third of three podcasts, Professor Davidovitch dis...

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Nadav Davidovitch. Vaccination and Body Politics (2/3). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.532264

Epidemiologist and public health physician Professor Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this second of three podcasts, Professor Davidovitch di...

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Nadav Davidovitch. Resistance to Vaccination (1/3). from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.530402

Epidemiologist and public health physician Professor Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this first of three podcasts, Professor Davidovitch dis...

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David Rieff. In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.468835

'In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies' by David Rieff.

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A History of International Women's Day. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.467613

'A History of International Women's Day' by Abigail Smith (UCD).

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World War Two and the Comics of the 1950s. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.464815

'World War Two and the Comics of the 1950s' by Sean Murray (UCD).

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Martin Sheridan: the life of an Irish-American Olympian. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.464061

Martin Sheridan: the life of an Irish-American Olympian by Dr Paul Rouse.

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Thomas Cummins - Writ Large: Printing, Painting, and Conversion in 16th Century America. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.461522

'Writ Large: Printing, Painting, and Conversion in 16th Century America' by Professor Thomas Cummins (Harvard).

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Debali Mookerjea-Leonard - Literature, Women, and the Partition of India: Borders, Bodies, Livelihoods. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.456380

Debali 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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John Coakley - The Irish border: the first hundred years. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.455636

John Coakley's (UCD) keynote 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. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.454605

Sucheta 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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Peter Leary - Mind your p's and queues: the past and the Irish border. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.453798

Keynote by Peter Leary (UCD) at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.

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Stathis Kalyvas - The (Changing?) Logic of Civil Wars. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.444249

Stathis Kalyvas - The (Changing?) Logic of Civil Wars.

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Penny Roberts and David J. Appleby - Civil and Uncivil Wars in the Early Modern Period. from 2022-02-21T04:39:12.443225

Penny Roberts and David J. Appleby - Civil and Uncivil Wars in the Early Modern Period.

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Marnie Hay - The perils of adolescent activism during the Irish Revolution. from 2021-09-24T11:19

Dr Marnie Hay’s most recent book, Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23: Scouting for Rebels (Manchester UP), is now available in paperback.

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Marian Lyons - Opening remarks at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'. from 2019-05-29T12:19

Paper by Marian Lyons (Maynooth) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Eamonn O'Ciardha - Irish Jacobites in early modern Europe: exile, adjustment and experience, 1691-1745. from 2019-05-29T12:18

Paper by Eamonn O'Ciardha (UU) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Jaroslaw Pietrzak - The Sobieski: Polish royal family in the history of Europe. from 2019-05-29T12:17

Paper by Jaroslaw Pietrzak (Krakow) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Richard Maher - The Rescue and Escape of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska. from 2019-05-29T12:16

Paper by Richard Maher (Rathmines / TUD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Estelle Gittins - Princess Clementina's Marriage Certificate and other Jacobite 'Relics' in the Library of Trinity College Dublin. from 2019-05-29T12:15

Paper by Estelle Gittins (TCD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Edward Corp - Clementina Sobieska at the Jacobite Court: a Catholic Queen confronted by her husband's Protestant favourites. from 2019-05-29T12:14

Paper by Edward Corp (Toulouse) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Declan Downey - The Habsburg-Hanoverian Alliance and its perspective on the Stuart-Sobieska match. from 2019-05-29T12:13

Paper by Declan Downey (UCD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Aneta Markuszewska - Political allusions in musical compositions dedicated to James III Stuart and Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1719 Rome. from 2019-05-29T12:12

Paper by Aneta Markuszewska (Warsaw) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

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Stathis Kalyvas - Violence in Civil War. from 2018-11-21T13:12

Prof. 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. from 2018-11-21T13:11

Prof. 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. from 2018-11-21T13:10

Dr. 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). from 2018-11-17T13:26

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. from 2018-11-12T07:06

'Inscribing a Modern World: Constitutions Across Histories and Literatures' by Professor Linda Colley (Princeton).

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The Rarest Books in the World, interview with Lindsay Doyle. from 2018-05-15T21:06

Sole Survivors: The Rarest Books in the World.

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Myth, War and the Comics. from 2018-04-10T07:06

'Myth, War and the Comics' by Sean Murray (UCD).

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Boys' Adventure Comics in 1950s Britain. from 2018-03-23T09:06

'Boys' Adventure Comics in 1950s Britain' by Sean Murray (UCD).

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Michael Staunton. Thomas Becket and the Invasion of Ireland. from 2017-11-21T15:53

A paper by UCD historian Assoc Prof. Michael Staunton 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. from 2017-11-12T12:06

'Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution' by Prof Justin Dolan Stover.

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Timothy D. Snyder. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. from 2017-10-31T14:00

Professor Timothy D.Snyder discusses some of the ideas behind his book - 'Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning' - at UCD School of History.

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Judith Devlin on the Russian Revolution. from 2017-10-26T03:00

Judith Devlin discusses the tumultuous events of 1917, including: the February Revolution; Lenin's return from exile; the October Revolution and aftermath; the ensuing Civil War; and the commemorat...

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James Belich. Globalisation, Connectivity, Globalisation, and Divergence over Five Millennia: An Approach to Global History. from 2017-08-24T02:50

'Globalisation, Connectivity, Globalisation, and Divergence over Five Millennia: An Approach to Global History' by Prof James Belich (Oxford)

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Matthew Lewis. Northern experiences of the Civil War's aftermath. from 2017-06-26T21:06

Northern experiences of the Civil War's aftermath by Dr Matthew Lewis.

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Anne Dolan. Divisions after the Irish Civil War. from 2017-06-26T21:05

Divisions after the Irish Civil War by Dr Anne Dolan (Trinity College Dublin).

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Gavin Foster. Local and Family Memory of the Irish Civil War. from 2017-06-26T21:04

Local and Family Memory of the Irish Civil War by Dr Gavin Foster (Concordia).

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Richard Kearney. Commemoration: Trauma and Recovery. from 2017-06-26T21:03

Commemoration: Trauma and Recovery by Professor Richard Kearney (Boston College).

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Maurice Manning. Response to Richard Kearney. from 2017-06-26T21:02

Prof. Maurice Manning's response to Richard Kearney's Annual Irish Lecture at Queen's University Belfast, June 2017.

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Gai Roufe. The creation of modern Portuguese colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa (1/3). from 2017-06-21T14:05

Historian Dr Gai Roufe (Ben-Gurion/Tel Aviv/Open University) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this first of three podcasts, Dr Roufe discusses the creation of modern Portug...

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Gai Roufe. The Portuguese Colonial Wars in Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea (2/3). from 2017-06-21T11:05

Historian Dr Gai Roufe (Ben-Gurion/Tel Aviv/Open University) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this second of three podcasts, Dr Roufe discusses the Portuguese Colonial Wars...

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Gai Roufe. The Process of Decolonisation of Portuguese Africa (3/3). from 2017-06-21T10:05

Historian Dr Gai Roufe (Ben-Gurion/Tel Aviv/Open University) visited UCD in 2017 as part of the Erasmus+ programme. In this third of three podcasts, Dr Roufe discusses the process of decolonisation...

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David Armitage. Civil Wars: A History in Ideas. from 2017-04-19T02:05

Civil Wars: A History in Ideas by Professor David Armitage (Harvard).

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Bill Kissane. State formation, contested legitimacy and civil war in independent Ireland 1922-23. from 2017-04-19T01:04

State formation, contested legitimacy and civil war in independent Ireland 1922-23 by Dr Bill Kissane (LSE).

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Gemma Clark. The nature of communal violence in the Irish Civil war. from 2017-04-18T01:03

The nature of communal violence in the Irish Civil war by Dr Gemma Clark (Exeter).

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Tuomas Tepora. The Finnish Civil War and its legacy, 1918. from 2017-04-18T01:02

'The Finnish Civil War and its legacy, 1918' by Dr Tuomas Tepora (Helsinki).

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Alan Knight. The Mexican Revolution in Global Perspective. from 2017-02-20T05:00

Keynote lecture from '2016 Globalizing the History of Revolutions Conference: Revolutions in the Age of Acceleration' by Professor Alan Knight (Oxford).

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Ronan Fanning. The Political Abuses of 1916. from 2016-03-28T02:00

The Political Abuses of 1916, lecture by Ronan Fanning at 'Remembering, Forgetting and Fulfilling 1916' conference in Christ Church Waterford.

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Charles Townshend. The Complexities of Commemoration. from 2016-03-28T01:00

The Complexities of Commemoration, lecture at 'Remembering, Forgetting and Fulfilling 1916' conference in Christ Church Waterford.

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David McCullagh. Part 6 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2016-02-27T01:00

Second Term, Pt 6 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Dublin's Multicultural History (Hidden Dublin Series). from 2016-02-22T01:00

Part 3 of 'Hidden Dublin - from the Monto to Little Jerusalem by Donal Fallon and Irial Glynn'

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Health and housing in Dublin - from tenements to suburbia (Hidden Dublin Series). from 2016-02-15T01:00

Part 2 of 'Hidden Dublin - from the Monto to Little Jerusalem by Donal Fallon and Irial Glynn'

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David McCullagh. Part 5 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2016-01-11T01:00

Mother and Child, Pt 5 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Diarmaid Ferriter. Kevin Barry and his legacy. from 2015-12-14T01:00

Kevin Barry and his legacy by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter.

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David McCullagh. Part 4 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2015-11-25T01:00

Costello - Declaring the Republic, Pt 4 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Columbanus - Saviour of Civilisation? by Elva Johnston. from 2015-11-18T01:00

Podcast on Columbanus - Saviour of Civilisation? by Dr Elva Johnston

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David McCullagh. Part 3 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2015-11-02T01:00

Costello - Reluctant Taoiseach, Pt 3 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Brian Schoen. Abraham Lincoln (Ep 5 - With Malice Toward None). from 2015-10-26T01:00

Episode 5 (With Malice Toward None) of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen (Ohio).

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David McCullagh. Part 2 of his series on John A. Costello. from 2015-10-20T01:00

Costello - The Rule of Law, Part 2 of David McCullagh's series on John A. Costello.

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Brian Schoen. Abraham Lincoln (Ep 4 - Lincoln and the crisis of Union). from 2015-10-12T01:00

Episode 4 (Lincoln and the crisis of Union) of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen (Ohio).

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Rob Meens. Columbanus and the practice of penance in early medieval Europe. from 2015-09-28T01:00

Plenary at the Irish Conference of Medievalists by Rob Meens.

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Brian Schoen. Abraham Lincoln (Ep 2 - Lincoln's Early Life). from 2015-08-17T01:00

Episode 2 (Lincoln's Early life) of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen (Ohio).

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Brian Schoen. Abraham Lincoln (Ep 1 - Assassination). from 2015-08-11T01:00

Episode 1 of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen (Ohio).

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 4 - The August Offensive (Sari Bair)). from 2015-07-24T01:00

Episode 4 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 3 - The Advance to Krithia). from 2015-04-19T01:00

Episode 3 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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Jeff Kildea. The Irish at Gallipoli (Ep 2 - The Landing). from 2015-04-13T01:00

Episode 2 of The Irish at Gallipoli by Dr Jeff Kildea (UNSW).

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Mark Peel. Dramatising Poverty - Comparative Perspectives on Case Files, Stories and Remedies from 2015-02-22T01:00

Dramatising Poverty - Comparative Perspectives on Case Files, Stories and Remedies by Professor Mark Peel (University of Leicester).

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Commemorating Clontarf - 1014 through the Ages. from 2014-04-19T01:00

A special History Hub documentary. Commemorating Clontarf - 1014 through the Ages.

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St Patrick - Historical Man and Popular Myth from 2014-03-13T11:08

St Patrick - The historical man and the popular myth by Dr Elva Johnston (UCD)

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The life of Cardinal John Henry Newman from 2014-01-13T01:00

Dr Stephen Kelly on the life of Cardinal John Henry Newman

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Eoin MacNeill. Revolutionary Scholar? from 2013-11-25T01:00

An audio documentary on the scholarly legacy of Eoin MacNeill featuring Daibhi O'Croinin (NUIG) and Elva Johnston (UCD)

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Diarmaid Ferriter on Eoin MacNeill from 2013-11-11T02:08

Professor Diarmaid Ferriter (UCD). Eoin MacNeill - Revolutionary and Scholar.

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Food in Ireland during the Second World War from 2013-07-21T07:08

Dr Bryce Evans (Liverpool Hope University). Food in Ireland during the Second World War..

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Irish Advanced Nationalism and Youth in the Early Twentieth Century. from 2013-06-16T07:08

Dr Marnie Hay (UCD). Irish Advanced Nationalism and Youth in the Early Twentieth Century.

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Towards a Just Society. from 2013-04-28T07:08

Dr Ciara Meehan (UCD). Towards a Just Society.

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The Mother and Child Controversy. from 2012-06-25T11:08

Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne (UCD). The Mother and Child Controversy.

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British Policy in the Falklands in the 1970s. Dr Aaron Donaghy. from 2012-06-11T11:08

British Policy in the Falklands in the 1970s. Dr Aaron Donaghy.

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Current Irish Emigration - a comparison with the 1950's and 1980's. from 2012-05-28T11:08

Current Irish Emigration - a comparison with the 1950's and 1980's.

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Merlin and his Prophecies. from 2012-05-14T11:08

Jennifer Farrell - Merlin and his Prophecies.

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The Third Home Rule Bill 1912 from 2012-04-16T11:08

Conor Mulvagh - The Third Home Rule Bill 1912

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The legacy of The Crusades - Prof Jonathan Phillips from 2012-04-02T11:08

The legacy of The Crusades by Prof Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London)

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The Third Crusade, Richard Lionheart and Saladin - Prof Jonathan Phillips from 2012-03-19T11:08

The Third Crusade, Richard Lionheart and Saladin by Prof Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London

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The reasons for the calling of the Second Crusade - Prof Jonathan Phillips from 2012-03-05T11:08

The reasons for the calling of the Second Crusade - Prof Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London)

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Why did Pope Urban II launch the First Crusade in 1095? - Prof Jonathan Phillips from 2012-02-20T11:08

Why did Pope Urban II launch the First Crusade in 1095? - Prof Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London)

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Why is the legacy of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland contested? from 2012-01-23T11:08

Dr Sarah Campbell (UCD) looks at the myths surrounding the civil rights movement and why its legacy is contested.

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Postcolonial Britain from 2012-01-16T11:08

Dr Christopher Prior (UCD) looks at British society after the fall of the empire.

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What actually happened at the founding meeting of the GAA? from 2011-12-19T11:08

Dr Paul Rouse (UCD) looks at the founding meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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Why are people so interested in Stalin's personality? from 2011-12-12T11:08

Dr Judith Devlin (UCD) explores the interest in Stalin's personality.

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Why did the British Empire come to an end? from 2011-12-05T11:08

Dr Christopher Prior (UCD) explores the demise of the British Empire.

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Why was there a Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland? from 2011-11-28T11:08

Dr Sarah Campbell (UCD) explores the origins of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. She also explores why the movement occurred in the 1960's and not before.

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The Origins of the First World War. from 2011-11-21T11:08

Dr William Mulligan (UCD) explores the complex origins of the conflict.He explores the roles of imperialism, rising military capability and the impact of the global economic climate on policy and p...

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Why was there an Easter Rising? from 2011-11-14T11:08

Professor Michael Laffan

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Why was there an Easter Rising? from 2011-11-14T11:08

Prof Michael Laffan (UCD) explores the national and international circumstances of Ireland before Easter Week, 1916. He looks at the reasons for the Rising from the perspectives of public opinion, ...

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