Best UCD Humanities Institute Podcasts (2024)

This week, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Cheryl Lawther discuss the politics of apologies within the Northern Ireland Peace Process. This is based of Kieran's recent paper 'Abject and True Remorse': Loyalism and the Politics of Regret in Northern Ireland' which is part of the Irish Studies in International Affairs journal, available at this link https:…

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Burning Questions Podcast: A conversation about… EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s First Satellite 19:52

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This episode features Vikram Pakrashi in conversation with Lorraine Hanlon and David McKeown from UCD, who share their experience of working on EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite. Burning Questions is a conversation podcast that shines a spotlight on expertise in the fields of the engineering, mechanics and computer science across the island of Ir…

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The Bolton Library: reconsidering an early modern book collection in the 21st century 15:52

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Olivia Lardner, Cataloguer of the Bolton Library, University of LimerickHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.In April…

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Reading Books Here and There and Then 22:55

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Professor Brendan Dooley, Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College CorkDr Elizabethanne Boran and Professor Brendan Dooley give two short talks about cultures of reading and collecting in Ireland and Europe in the early modern period. This is the final event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the H…

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Curious collections of scarce and valuable books': eighteenth-century Irish private libraries. 16:47

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Dr Máire Kennedy, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Early Modern History, Trinity College DublinDr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott introduce us to institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland. This is the first event in a three-part series on early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the…

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The St. Canice's Library: 'Past, Present and Future' 15:45

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Alexandra Caccamo, Assistant Librarian with responsibility for Special Collections and Archives, Maynooth University LibraryHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee…

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Cold, draughty, and unwelcoming? The institutional libraries of early modern Ireland. 20:59

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Dr Jason McElligott, Director of Marsh’s LibraryDr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott introduce us to institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland. This is the first event in a three-part series on early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish AcademyIn April / May 2…

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Factors affecting book collecting in early modern Ireland and Europe 23:41

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Dr Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian, Edward Worth LibraryDr Elizabethanne Boran and Professor Brendan Dooley give two short talks about cultures of reading and collecting in Ireland and Europe in the early modern period. This is the final event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee an…

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Well read and well-travelled: The Franciscan book collection at UCD Special Collections 24:56

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Eugene Roche, Assistant Librarian, UCD Special CollectionsHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.In April / May 2024, T…

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Siobhan Angus. 'Photography and extraction - Ways of seeing/ways of knowing'. 43:05

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Talk by Dr Siobhan Angus (Carleton) at UCD Humanities Institute on 25 April 2024. Funded by the Irish Research Council MINERALS Laureate project.By UCD Humanities Institute

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Adam Bridgen. 'Underworlds and undercurrents: Approaching extractive history from below'. 43:59

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Talk by Adam Bridgen (Durham) at UCD Humanities Institute on 17 April 2024. Funded by the Irish Research Council MINERALS Laureate project.By UCD Humanities Institute

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ARINS: Partition and Census Enumeration 58:17

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Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Paul Nolan to discuss censuses and how they have influenced, and will influence, Northern Ireland's constitutional position. This discussion is based on Paul's most recent paper 'The Imprint of Finality? Partition and Census Enumeration' which can be read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/921576This is epi…

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Cynthia Longfield and the St George expedition of 1924: the making of an entomologist 44:39

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The RIA Library held a lunchtime lecture to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Cynthia Longfield's adventure on the St George Expedition. Cynthia set out on the St George Expedition travelling across the Atlantic and around the South Sea Islands. To talk about this voyage of discovery, Dr Angela Byrne gave a lunchtime lecture, on Tuesday 9 Apr…

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Jennifer Keating. Lines on the land - Slow violence and the geometry of dispossession in late imperial Central Asia. 46:00

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Talk by Jennifer Keating (UCD) at UCD Humanities Institute on 22 February 2024. Funded by the Irish Research Council MINERALS Laureate project.By UCD Humanities Institute

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ARINS: Common Ground: A new Irish Times project 50:50

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Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Pat Leahy, Political Editor of the Irish Times and Mark Hennessy, Ireland and Britain Editor of the Irish Times. Their conversation focuses on how north-south and east-west relationships are covered in the media and the recently launched Irish Times initiative, 'Common Ground', which examines the constitutional iss…

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Xavier Aldana Reyes. Keynote from UCD Humanities Institute PhD Conference 2024 (Cannibal Consumption). 56:25

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Keynote by Xavier Aldana Reyes from 'Cannibal Consumption - Culture, Capitalism, Critique', the 2024 UCD Humanities Institute's Annual PhD Conference.By UCD Humanities Institute

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ARINS: Does the 'subvention' matter? 55:31

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Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Professor John Doyle, VP for research at DCU, Dr Esmond Birnie, senior economist, University of Ulster and Professor Edgar Morgenroth, professor of Economics at DCU to discuss the the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland. Their conversation is based around Doyle's paper arguing that the 'subvention' does n…

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Kieran Keohane. Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization - Diagnoses and Therapies. 47:42

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Podcast of Prof. Kieran Keohane's Humanities Institute Annual Distinguished Guest Lecture for 2024.By UCD Humanities Institute

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

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Featuring Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD) Prof. Caitriona Beaumont (LSBU), Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth), Orla O'Connor (National Women's Council), Prof. Lindsey Earner Byrne (TCD) and poet Julie Morrissy.By History Hub

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ARINS: Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland 50:48

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In this month’s ARINS Podcast host Rory Montgomery interviews Dr Andrea Mulligan, Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Clayton Ó Néill, Queens University Belfast, authors of Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland. The authors identify the formation of health law north and south across public and private law and the constitutional…

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ARINS/Irish Times Survey '23: New positions and perspectives a year on 56:07

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In the January ARINS podcast on the ARINS/IrishTimes survey Rory Montgomery hosts Professors John Garry (QUB) and Brendan O’Leary (UPENN) authors of the survey along with Dr Jamie Pow (QUB). Together they scrutinise the intriguing findings of the ARINS/Irish Times survey and disentangle the answers to seasoned questions asked in the ’22 Survey, whi…

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ARINS: Victims' rights on the island of Ireland 54:33

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Anurag Dep is a PhD researcher in law at QUB and Ian Jeffers commissioner for Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland, soon to be chief executive of Cooperation Ireland speak to our host Rory Montgomery about the legal framework of provision of rights and support to victims of crime in Ireland and Northern Ireland.What legal frameworks support th…

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Patrick Anthony. Underlands, Empires, Atmospheres - Extractive Histories of Environmental Science. 40:32

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Talk by Patrick Anthony (UCD) at UCD Humanities Institute on 7 November 2023. Funded by the Irish Research Council MINERALS Laureate project.By UCD Humanities Institute

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John Barry. The Imagination, Hope and the Planetary Crisis (Rethinking Crises Forum). 33:08

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Talk by Professor John Barry (QUB) at UCD Humanities Institute. The event was part of the 'Rethinking Crises' Forum and took place on 10 November 2023.By UCD Humanities Institute

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ARINS: Who is Better Off? The Irish, Northern Irish or the British? 1:00:30

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In this month’s ARINScast Paul Gosling author of 'A New Ireland' and 'Lessons from the Troubles and the Unsettled Peace', shares his insights regarding the quality of life, the standard and cost of living, and disparities in disposable income, (income inequality) in and across Northern Ireland, Ireland and Britain with Professor John Fitzgerald and…

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Elizabeth Povinelli - Unskinning the Rights of Nature. Sacred Sites and Mining Manias in the wake of Geontopower. 47:58

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Talk by Elizabeth Povinelli (Columbia University) at UCD Humanities Institute on 4 October 2023. Funded by the Irish Research Council MINERALS Laureate project.By UCD Humanities Institute

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Christina Lupton - The Reader as Part-time Worker. 47:58

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Podcast of keynote at Un/Disciplining Reading, a symposium which took place in the RIA and Kilmainham Gaol on 15-16 September 2023.By UCD Humanities Institute

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ARINS: What would reform of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement look like? 1:00:32

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This month’s ARINS podcast examines how the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement has functioned over the 25 years since it was signed, and how it is currently received. Host Rory Montgomery speaks with Professor Alan Renwick and Conor J. Kelly authors of the UCL constitution unit’s report on Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Div…

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ARINS: ARINS/IT Survey - why do we focus on focus groups? 55:34

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In this ARINS Podcast hosted by Rory Montgomery, Professor Jennifer Todd from UCD and Professor John Doyle DCU discuss their recent article with co-author Dr Joanne McEvoy (University of Aberdeen) titled 'Time for Deliberation, not Decision, on the Shape of a New United Ireland: Evidence from the ARINS Survey focus groups.'Together they explore the…

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Discover the ARINS podcast through the clips you hear here. If you want to hear more from any of the podcast episodes included find the episode names below:In order of appearance: Two labour markets - John FitzGerald and Tom McDonnell Police governance, oversight and accountability in a united Ireland - Vicky Conway (RIP) and Roger MacGinty, The AR…

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Window on the Irish soul: A century of Irish stamps 59:00

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Lecture title: Window on the Irish soul: A century of Irish stampsSpeaker: Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist and Museum CuratorChair: Barbara McCormack, Academy LibrarianThis lecture was recorded on 17 May 2023 and due to popular demand was held again during Heritage Week on 15 August 2023.Shortly after independence in 1922, the new Irish governm…

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Understanding and representing extractivism - methodologies and approaches (Roundtable at Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes). 1:12:17

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Podcast of roundtable from Tallinn meeting of 'Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes' - Humanities, artistic and activist responses.By UCD Humanities Institute

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Geofractions, creative soundscape research in Ida-Virumaa - John Grzinich (Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes). 44:48

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Podcast of John Grzinich's paper from Tallinn meeting of 'Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes' - Humanities, artistic and activist responses.By UCD Humanities Institute

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From Extraction to Regeneration - Houston and the Gulf Coast - Sophie Sapp Moore (Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes). 10:53

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Podcast of Sophie Sapp Moore's paper from Tallinn meeting of 'Post-extractivist legacies and landscapes' - Humanities, artistic and activist responses.By UCD Humanities Institute

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