Best Historyhub Podcasts (2024)

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Frank McGuinness. Living With Mortality - A Short Stay in Switzerland. 40:41

1M ago40:41

40:41

This 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'…

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AFTERLIVES. 'Talking 'bout revolutions' - conversations across borders about women and revolution. 58:56

2M ago58:56

58:56

'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).By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 14 of 'A history of xenophobia'. Matt Golder - Far Right Parties in Europe. 42:03

2M ago42:03

42:03

Matt 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'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 13 of 'A history of xenophobia'. Eoin O'Malley - The Far Right in Ireland. 36:07

3M ago36:07

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Associate 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'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 12 of 'A history of xenophobia'. David Art - The development of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe. 48:14

3M ago48:14

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Professor 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'.By Historyhub.ie

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AFTERLIVES. 'My life wasn't much after' - women's voices in the Military Archives. 39:41

3M ago39:41

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'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).By Historyhub.ie

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St Brigit and the beginnings of Irish history - a panel discussion at UCD History. 43:35

3M ago43:35

43:35

In this episode, 'St Brigit and the beginnings of Irish history' a panel discussion organised by UCD's Dr Fionnuala Walsh UCD for International Women's Day 2024.By Historyhub.ie

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Doris Bergen - The Holocaust as World History (Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture 2024). 1:09:51

6M ago1:09:51

1:09:51

In this episode, a recording of Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture for 2024 by Prof. Doris Bergen.By Historyhub.ie

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Siobhra Aiken. 'Eire Saor agus Gaelach? - The Military Service Pensions Collection and the Irish language'. 43:39

6M ago43:39

43:39

'Eire Saor agus Gaelach? - The Military Service Pensions Collection and the Irish language' by Dr Siobhra Aiken (QUB).By History Hub

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Women and the Irish Constitution - a roundtable discussion. 1:27:50

6M ago1:27:50

1:27:50

Featuring 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.By History Hub

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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'. 38:12

7M ago38:12

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The event was organised and funded under the auspices of the UCD College of Arts and Humanities Research Strand in Digital Cultures.By History Hub

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1923 - Hitler's Breakthrough Year. HEI November Pogrom lecture by Mark Jones. 1:06:55

9M ago1:06:55

1:06:55

1923 - Hitler's Breakthrough Year, Holocaust Education Ireland November Pogrom lecture by Dr Mark Jones (UCD).By History Hub

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Pat Palmer in conversation with Brendan Kane - Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference. 48:53

11M ago48:53

48:53

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

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Mark Jones on the year 1923 - The murder of Walter Rathenau and the survival of Weimar democracy. 21:31

1y ago21:31

21:31

The murder of Walter Rathenau and the survival of Weimar democracy. Mark Jones on the year 1923.By Historyhub.ie

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Matthew Neufeld - Early Modern Naval Healthcare in England, 1650-1750 (MWHN Keynote). 41:17

1y ago41:17

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Early Modern Naval Healthcare in England, 1650-1750, by Matthew Neufeld (Saskatchewan).By Historyhub.ie

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Ke-Chin Hsia - War and Welfare in Austria in the Age of the Great War (MWHN Keynote). 39:23

1y ago39:23

39:23

War and Welfare in Austria in the Age of the Great War, by Dr Ke-Chin Hsia (Indiana, Bloomington).By Historyhub.ie

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AFTERLIVES. Grannies, Guns, and Archives - Tracing revolutionary and post revolutionary women's lives. 1:00:08

1y ago1:00:08

1:00:08

Grannies, Guns, and Archives - Tracing revolutionary and post revolutionary women's lives, with Prof. Caitriona Beaumont, Dr Fionnuala Walsh and Dr Mary McAuliffe.By Historyhub.ie

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Writing LGBTQ histories from the medieval to the modern, with Dr Elva Johnston and Dr Mary McAuliffe. 1:08:52

1+ y ago1:08:52

1:08:52

Writing LGBTQ histories from the medieval to the modern, with Dr Elva Johnston and Dr Mary McAuliffe.By Historyhub.ie

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St Patrick - Historical Man and Popular Myth 13:38

1+ y ago13:38

13:38

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

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Felix Klein - Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture 2023. 1:34:20

1+ y ago1:34:20

1:34:20

In this episode, a recording of Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture for 2023 by Dr Felix Klein.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 11. Elizabeth Buettner. Europe After Empire - The response to (post)colonial migration in Europe. 1:06:25

1+ y ago1:06:25

1:06:25

Professor Elizabeth Buettner (Amsterdam) is the interviewee in the 11th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 10. William Brustein. Anti-Semitism in Europe before the Holocaust. 51:21

1+ y ago51:21

51:21

Professor William Brustein (West Virginia) is the interviewee in the 10th episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 9. Maddalena Marinari. Unwanted - American restrictionism and Italian and Jewish immigrants, 1882-1924. 50:50

1+ y ago50:50

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Dr Maddalena Marinari (Gustavus Adolphus College) is the interviewee in the ninth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 8. Kathryn Pillay, Indian Migrants in South Africa, 1860s-1900s. 41:46

2y ago41:46

41:46

Dr Kathryn Pillay (University of KwaZulu-Natal) is the interviewee in the eight episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 7. Mae Ngai, The Chinese Question - The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. 57:07

2y ago57:07

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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'.By Historyhub.ie

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The Lados Group and the Attempted Rescue of Polish Jews, a lecture by Roger Moorhouse. 1:04:09

2y ago1:04:09

1:04:09

Lecture by Roger Moorhouse, co-organised by: Holocaust Eduction Ireland, The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ireland, UCD School of History, and TCD School of Histories and Humanities.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 6. Marilyn Lake, Drawing the Global Colour Line - White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality. 54:20

2y ago54:20

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Marilyn Lake (Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne) is the interviewee in the sixth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 5. Hidetaka Hirota - Irish migrants in mid-19th century Boston and New York. 41:25

2y ago41:25

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Associate Professor Hidetaka Hirota (Berkeley) is the interviewee in the fifth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 4. Leo Lucassen - Mob violence towards labour migrants – from medieval England to 1930s Myanmar. 46:14

2y ago46:14

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Professor Leo Lucassen (Leiden) is the interviewee in the fourth episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 3. Elisabeth Ivarsflaten - Gender and the Radical Right (Episode 3 of 'A History of Xenophobia'). 51:04

2y ago51:04

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Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (University of Bergen) is the interviewee in the third episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Between Love and Coercion - Sexuality in the Holocaust, a lecture by Dr. Anna Hajkova. 42:42

2y ago42:42

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Lecture by Dr Anna Hajkova, jointly organised by UCD Centre for War Studies, Holocaust Education Ireland and UCD History Seminar Series in Gender History.By Historyhub.ie

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Episode 2. Ruth Wodak - Politics of Fear (Episode 2 of 'A History of Xenophobia'). 49:37

2y ago49:37

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Emeritus Professor Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) is the interviewee in the second episode of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Lars Rensmann - Explaining demand and supply-side factors behind nativists' success (Episode 1 of 'A History of Xenophobia'). 47:55

2y ago47:55

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Professor Lars Rensmann (University of Passau) is the first interview in 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Introduction to the series with Irial Glynn and Yanli Xie. 16:13

2y ago16:13

16:13

Irial Glynn and Yanli Xie discuss the reasons for making the series 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport and the Troubles and How TV brought GAA into homes (Episode 11 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 1:02:39

2y ago1:02:39

1:02:39

Sport and the Troubles and How TV brought GAA into homes, episode 11 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport in Ireland after Partition (Episode 10 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 50:32

2+ y ago50:32

50:32

Sport in Ireland after Partition, episode 10 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport, Politics and War (Episode 9 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 37:43

2+ y ago37:43

37:43

Sport, Politics and War, episode 9 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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'Denounced, belittled, trivialised' - Women's presence in sport (Episode 8 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 44:06

2+ y ago44:06

44:06

'Denounced, belittled, trivialised' - Women's presence in sport, episode 8 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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The Commercialisation of Sport through History (Episode 7 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 49:37

2+ y ago49:37

49:37

'The Commercialisation of Sport through History', episode 7 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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The Origins and Importance of the GAA (Episode 6 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 41:25

2+ y ago41:25

41:25

'The Origins and Importance of the GAA', episode 6 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport as imperialism | Teaching nationalism | Ireland and England's intertwining (Episode 5 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 38:48

2+ y ago38:48

38:48

'Sport as imperialism. Teaching nationalism. Ireland and England's intertwining', episode 5 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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The history of football games and the myth of William Webb Ellis (Episode 4 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 39:30

2+ y ago39:30

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'The history of football games and the myth of William Webb Ellis', episode 4 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Cockfighting, bullbaiting and the death of traditional sports (Episode 3 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 48:34

2+ y ago48:34

48:34

'Cockfighting, bullbaiting and the death of traditional sports', episode 3 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport before 1800 (Episode 2 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 35:48

2+ y ago35:48

35:48

'Sport before 1800', episode 2 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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Sport in Ireland: An Historical Introduction (Episode 1 of Sport and Ireland: A History, with Prof. Paul Rouse). 39:37

2+ y ago39:37

39:37

'Sport in Ireland: An historical introduction', episode 1 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse.By Historyhub.ie

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David Armitage - Ideas of Civil Wars. 46:46

3y ago46:46

46:46

Keynote by Prof. David Armitage (Harvard) from Civil Wars in History conference at UCD.By UCD Humanities Institute

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Penny Roberts and David J. Appleby - Civil and Uncivil Wars in the Early Modern Period. 38:47

3y ago38:47

38:47

Keynote by Prof. Penny Roberts (Warwick) and Dr David J. Appleby (Nottingham) from Civil Wars in History conference at UCD.By UCD Humanities Institute

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Stathis Kalyvas - The (Changing?) Logic of Civil Wars. 29:43

3y ago29:43

29:43

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

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Marnie Hay - The perils of adolescent activism during the Irish Revolution. 25:23

3y ago25:23

25:23

Dr Marnie Hay (DCU) on the potentially perilous activities undertaken by adolescents during the years 1916-23 and the serious consequences these teenage activists faced.By Historyhub.ie

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Diarmaid Ferriter discusses The Anglo-Irish Treaty 33:56

4y ago33:56

33:56

In epsiode one of History Hub's Educational Resources podcast, Dr Irial Glynn is in conversation with Professor Diarmaid Ferriter on The Anglo-Irish Treaty.By Historyhub.ie

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