History Now is a weekly history show, broadcast on Northern Visions TV in Belfast and presented by historian Barry Sheppard. A focus on Irish and world history, the show's host speaks with local and professional historians from across the world on a range of historical topics. (All podcasts of History Now episodes are courtesy of Northern Visions Television Belfast).
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Brendan Behan with Donal Fallon and Barry Sheppard
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Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and broadcaster, Donal Fallon to talk about the life and work of author, playwright, and republican Brendan Behan.
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Dr Paul Corthorn from Queen's University Belfast speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain'.
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Mary Ann McCracken - Belfast radical and abolitionist.
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Barry Sheppard discusses the life of Mary Ann McCracken with Paula Reynolds and Aaron McIntyre from the Belfast Charitable Society.
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Tartan Gangs and Loyalist Commemorations, Gareth Mulvenna and Jonathan Evershed.
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Barry Sheppard is joined by authors Dr Gareth Mulvenna, "Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries: The Loyalist Backlash" and Dr Jonathan Evershed "Ghosts of the Somme: Commemoration and Culture War in Northern Ireland" to discuss Loyalist youth gangs and Loyalist and Unionist commemorations of the Somme.
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Brian J. Dooley - Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland.
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Barry Sheppard is joined by human rights activist and author, Dr Brian Dooley. Author of several books, including "Robert Kennedy: The Final Years" and "Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America", Brian is speaking to Barry about Ireland and the Irish diaspora and his book "Choosing the Green? Second Generation…
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Barry Sheppard speaks with American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual, Professor Cornel West. Recorded on NVTV for History Now's 100th episode, Professor West discusses how history has played an important role in teaching philosophy and discusses some of the historical figures who have made an impact upon his l…
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James Baldwin's America - Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'Begin Again - James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Today'.
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Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy 2020, Brian Hanley and Ida Milne
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Recorded in February 2020, Barry Sheppard was joined by Dr Brian Hanley from Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Ida Milne from Carlow College to talk about the aborted commemoration of Royal Irish Constabulary officers who died during the Irish War of Independence, asking if this proposed commemoration impacted Fine Gael's 2020 election campaign.…
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Science vs Religion, and religious fundamentalism in 19th century Ulster, with Dr Stuart Mathieson
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Barry Sheppard speaks with Dr Stuart Mathieson about the history of science vs religion and his Leverhulme Trust-funded project Fundamentalism as an Ulster phenomenon? Popular Protestantism, 1859–1939.
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Canon John Hayes and 90 years of Muintir na Tíre
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Barry Sheppard is joined by former National President of the rural Irish organisation, Muintir na Tíre (the People of the Land) to discuss the organisation and its founder Canon John Hayes, on the 90th anniversary of its first meeting (7 May 1931).
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Sexual violence in the Irish revolution with Professor Linda Connolly
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Professor Linda Connolly of Maynooth University joins Barry Sheppard to talk about her research into sexual violence during the Irish revolutionary period.
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History Now Extra - Cuban Revolutions
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Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and host of the History of the Cuban Revolution podcast, Nick Ramos. A podcast series that covers the history of Cuba, from Columbus to Castro, focusing on the events of the Cuban Revolution of 1953-1959, its causes, and its repercussions. https://thinkabouthistory.podbean.com/…
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Barry Sheppard welcomes Dr Elaine Callinan from Carlow College and Dr Martin O'Donoghue from University of Sheffield to speak about Irish election propaganda.
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The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland
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Dr Brian Hanley speaks to Barry Sheppard about his book 'The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland, 1968-79: Boiling Volcano'?
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Matt Loughrey, Tuol Sleng Genocide, and the Colourization of Old Photos
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History Now Extra - Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, Associate Professor in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin. Emily is speaking about the controversy over the alteration of photographs in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum by Irish photography artist, Matt Loughrey, and the colourization of…
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Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940–1986 with Dr Eric Morier-Genoud
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Dr Eric Morier-Genoud talks to Barry Sheppard about the role of the Catholic Church in Mozambique while it was a Portuguese colony and after its war of independence.
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History Now - Irish Military Service Pensions
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Cécile Gordon, Project Manager of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection, talks to Barry Sheppard about the background to the digitalization of the Military Archives and the fascinating insight into the role of women in the period.
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History Now - Irish music with Stuart Bailie and Conor McCaffrey
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Music journalists Stuart Bailie and Conor McCaffrey talk to historian Barry Sheppard about how music trends have shaped Irish society over the past 50 years.
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Professor Kehinde Andrews and The New Age of Empire.
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Barry Sheppard speaks with Professor Kehinde Andrews about his new book, The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World. Professor Andrews is Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University.
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Irish Suffrage Movement, with Dr Margaret Ward.
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Historian Dr Margaret Ward talks to Barry Sheppard about how the female suffrage movement reacted to the Home Rule question and the First World War.
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History Now - Barry Sheppard speaks with History Ireland editor Tommy Graham
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History Ireland editor Tommy Graham talks to Barry Sheppard about his work on the magazine and the importance of public history.
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History Now - Enoch Powell - Barry Sheppard speaks to Dr Paul Corthorn about his book on Powell
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Barry Sheppard speaks with Dr Paul Corthorn from Queen's University Belfast about his book 'Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain'.
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History Now - Digital Mapping of UVF members in Belfast 1913-18 with Professor Richard Grayson.
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Professor Richard Grayson from Goldsmiths, University of London talks to Barry Sheppard about his digital mapping project, the Geography of Service and Death, looking at UVF members from East and West Belfast, 1913-18.
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History Now - Dr Maggie Scull - historian and author of the book 'The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-1998'.
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Barry Sheppard speaks with historian Dr. Maggie Scull on her book 'The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-1998', which is available from Oxford University Press.
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History Now - Barry Sheppard speaks with historian and author Dr Connal Parr
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Barry Sheppard talks to Connal Parr about his book Inventing the Myth: Political Passions and the Ulster Protestant Imagination.
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History Now - Episode 1 of the show - Belfast and the Irish revolution with Alison Martin and John Dorney
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Barry Shepard is joined by historians Alison Martin and John Dorney to discuss Belfast connections during the Irish revolutionary period. This was the pilot episode of History Now at NVTV's studios in the summer of 2018.
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History Now - Civil War and the border question with historians Cathal Brennan and John Dorney
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Barry Sheppard welcomes historians John Dorney and Cathal Brennan to discuss the Irish Civil War and the border question in the revolutionary period. John Dorney is the author of several books on the Irish revolution. Cathal Brennan is a historian and researcher and the host (alongside John) of the Irish History Show podcast.…
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Brian Hanley - The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland, 1968-79: Boiling Volcano?
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Audio recording of historian and author Dr Brian Hanley (TCD) addressing Queen's University 14 February 2020 on his book 'The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland, 1968-79: Boiling Volcano?'
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History Now - Capital Punishment in Ireland.
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Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Lynsey Black of Maynooth University and Dr Coleman Dennehy of the University College Dublin, to talk about the history of capital punishment in Ireland.
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History Now - 1930s Belfast with Sean Mitchell and Philip Orr
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Barry Sheppard is joined by Philip Orr and Sean Mitchell to talk about Belfast in the 1930s, the building and opening of Stormont, unemployment and the Outdoor Relief Movement and other figures in 1930s Belfast society.
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History Now - Dr Niamh Puirséil on the history of the Irish National Teacher's Organisation.
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Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and critic Dr Niamh Puirséil, whose book 'Kindling the Flame: 150 Years of the Irish National Teacher's Organisation' examines the INTO from the age of the Fenians to Brexit, charting the development of one of Ireland’s oldest and most influential unions, as well as offering an in-depth look at education and so…
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History Now - The Irish Famine with Peter Gray, Robyn Atcheson and Alan Fernihough
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Professor Peter Gray, Dr Robyn Atcheson, and Dr Alan Fernihough from Queen's University Belfast join Barry Sheppard to discuss the Irish Famine.
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Professor Diarmaid Ferriter discussing his books On the Edge. Ireland’s Off-shore Islands and The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics
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Barry Sheppard welcomes Professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, Diarmaid Ferriter to the show. Professor Ferriter discusses his two books, 'On the Edge. Ireland’s Off-shore Islands: A Modern History' and 'The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics', both of which had been recently published at the time of th…
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Remembering and Forgetting the 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion with Guy Beiner and Peter Collins
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Barry Sheppard is joined by Professor Guy Beiner, historian from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, author of Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster. And Dr Peter Collins from St. Mary's University College Belfast, author of Who Fears to Speak of ’98: Commemoration and the Continuing Impact …
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History Now - The 1918 General Election with Donal Fallon and Alan de Bromhead.
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Barry Sheppard speaks to historian and broadcaster Donal Fallon and Economic Historian Dr Alan de Bromhead about the 1918 General Election in Ireland. (Originally broadcast for the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Election, in late 2018).
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History Now the Ulster Crisis 1912-1914 (Originally broadcast on NVTV on Oct. 2018)
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Queen's Management School Economic Historian, Dr Graham Brownlow and Queen's School of HAPP, Prof. Fearghal McGarry join Barry Sheppard to discuss the Home Rule Crisis of 1912-1914.
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