History Hub is for everyone who loves history. This podcast 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 UCD School of History, the series is a partnership with University College Dublin's History Hub website and multimedia hub.
Welcome to Ben's History Hub. I love History, and love talking about it. So each week, we will delve into a different time in History. We will explore the characters and events that make up the History we all find fascinating.
In this week’s episode of 'Recording the Revolution', Conor and Harlan pluck their second tape from the archive and discuss Harlan's illuminating interview with the printer of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Christopher "Christy" Brady. Christopher Brady reminisces on his time spent in Liberty Hall, his conversations with James Connolly and…
In this episode, a recording of Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Holocaust Annual Memorial Lecture for 2025 by Prof. Anthony McElligottAv Historyhub.ie
In this final episode, Dr Anna Muggeridge, Deirdre Connery of the Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA) and Joan Houston of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), Northern Irish Federation, discuss crafting and 'craftivism' in the ICA and SIGBI. We consider the importance of crafting to women historically and today, how these…
In our first episode of Recording the Revolution, Conor and Harlan sit down with Catherine O’Mahony, a producer at Scratch Films. Catherine and Aine O'Neill were working on a project several years ago when a source, Jim Dolan, told them about an interview transcript in his attic. Within days, Catherine and Aine had tracked down the interviewer Harl…
In this episode, series editor Heather Delaney talks to historian Dr Conor Mulvagh and finds out all about the Harlan Strauss tapes and why they are such an important archive.Av Historyhub.ie
In this episode, Dr Anne Logan, Chrissie Booth, Vice-Chair of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), and Lorna Blackmore, past regional President of the Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Southeast Region, discuss the myriad ways in which women’s organisations have campaigned, and continue to campaign, to pro…
In this episode, Dr Ruth Davidson, Caroline Auckland, former President of the Tunbridge Wells and District Soroptimists Club, Kent, and Eadaoin Lawlor, national past President of Soroptimists Republic of Ireland discuss how Soroptimists have campaigned to end Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). We consider the ways this work is achieved throug…
In this episode with Prof Caitríona Beaumont, Margaret Broome, former chair of the Federation of Women's Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI), June Lawless, National Secretary of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) and Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent and Women's Institute member) chat about what membership of a women’s organisation means …
The first episode of the Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast with Prof Caitríona Beaumont, Mary D'Arcy, President of the ICA, Breda Cahill, ICA Wexford Federation President and Deirdre Connery, member of Duncannon, Co. Wexford ICA guild, was recorded at An Grianan, Co. Louth. The ICA's An Grianan is Ireland’s first residential adult education colle…
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.Av Historyhub.ie
We look into the fascinating history of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy. We look into two interesting facts that you may not know about Pompeii... The first ever social media post discovered there, and how the people of Pompeii loved fast food.Av Ben Phillips
Closing Plenary at the 2024 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference by Hiram Morgan (UCC). Going Dutch - Ireland and the Low Countries 1491 to 1691.Av Tudor and Stuart Ireland
Opening Plenary at the 2024 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference by Sarah McKibben (Notre Dame). Courtly Seductions - Reading a Bardic Love Poem in the 21st century.Av Tudor and Stuart Ireland
Joe Mulhall is the Director of research at HOPE not hate, the UK's largest anti-fascism organisation. An expert on far-right extremism he is the interviewee in episode 16 of 'A history of xenophobia - from the goldmines to the rise of the far right today'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'…
'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).Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
'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).Av Historyhub.ie
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.Av History Hub
Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference - Pat Palmer (Maynooth) in conversation with Brendan Kane (UCONN).Av Tudor and Stuart Ireland
Grannies, Guns, and Archives - Tracing revolutionary and post revolutionary women's lives, with Prof. Caitriona Beaumont, Dr Fionnuala Walsh and Dr Mary McAuliffe.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
Lecture by Dr Anna Hajkova, jointly organised by UCD Centre for War Studies, Holocaust Education Ireland and UCD History Seminar Series in Gender History.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie
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'.Av Historyhub.ie