Podcasts by Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
This series consists of interviews with leading experts in the areas of Portuguese and Spanish history, from the beginning of the Portuguese discoveries in 1415 to the end of Spanish dominion in America in 1898. The interviews cover a range of topics on the domestic and overseas histories of both nations, which include, among others: the Portuguese explorations of Africa and Asia, Spanish navigation and settlement in America, the church in Portugal and Spain, monarchy and intermarriage in the Iberian kingdoms, natural science and mapping in America, the role of nautical science, Irish historical relations with Portugal and Spain, and imperial competition in Europe and overseas. This History Hub series is funded by UCD Seed Funding and supported by UCD School of History. Edited by Mike Liffey (Real Smart Media).
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Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 from 2022-02-21T04:39:13.820659
Ellen Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 with Edward Collins, host of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of ...
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Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas. from 2022-02-21T04:39:13.818679
Allison Bigelow in converation on 'The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas' with historian Edward Collins.
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Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. from 2022-02-21T04:39:13.761937
Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (UT Austin) discusses Old Testament Culture of the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance. from 2022-02-21T04:39:13.761050
Zoltan Biedermann (UCL) discusses the importance of diplomacy in the Portuguese Empire, especially in Asia, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico. from 2022-02-21T04:39:13.753030
Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist from 2019-08-13T18:26
Episode 19 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Palmira Fontes da Costa (FCT) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century. from 2018-08-19T13:26
Episode 17 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Adrian Masters (UT Austin) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain. from 2018-06-24T00:07
Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.
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Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584. from 2018-01-15T00:07
Episode 15 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Carla Rahn Phillips (University of Texas).
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Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. from 2017-11-06T00:01
Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo (Pablo de Olavide, Seville).
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Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715. from 2017-09-25T00:01
Episode 13 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Aaron Alejandro Olivas (Texas A and M).
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Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest. from 2017-08-14T00:01
Episode 12 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Barbara E. Mundy, Chair and Professor of Art History at Fordham University.
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Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries. from 2017-07-17T00:01
Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).
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Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas. from 2017-06-12T00:01
Episode 10 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University.
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Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy. from 2017-05-15T01:00
Flora Cassen (UNC) discusses her current project on Italian Jewish spies in the employ of Spain, in this case King Philip II of Spain, and his Italian Jewish spy, Simon Sacerdoti.
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Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620. from 2017-01-13T01:00
Onesimo T. Almeida (Brown) discusses Portugal and the dawn of modern science, from 1419 to 1620, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599). from 2016-08-29T01:00
Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa (Cambridge) discusses 'Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599)' with Edward Collins
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Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609. from 2016-07-18T02:00
Ricardo Padron discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with historian Edward Collins.
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Introduction to 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' podcast series by Edward Collins. from 2016-06-10T02:00
Edward Collins introduces his series of conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.
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Introduction to 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' podcast series by Edward Collins. from 2016-06-10T02:00
Edward Collins introduces his series of conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.
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Introduction to 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' podcast series by Edward Collins. from 2016-06-10T02:00
Introduction to Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
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