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This 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. History Hub is based in the Unive…

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    • Oct 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 121 EPISODES


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    Introduction to the series with Irial Glynn and Yanli Xie.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 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'.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 62:39


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 50:32


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 37:43


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 44:06


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 49:37


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 41:25


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 38:48


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 41:25


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 39:30


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 48:34


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 35:48


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 39:37


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

    David Armitage - Ideas of Civil Wars.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 46:46


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 38:47


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 29:43


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 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.

    Diarmaid Ferriter discusses The Anglo-Irish Treaty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 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.

    Marian Lyons - Opening remarks at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 7:30


    Opening remarks by Marian Lyons (Maynooth) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Eamonn O'Ciardha - Irish Jacobites in early modern Europe: exile, adjustment and experience, 1691-1745.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 22:31


    Paper by Eamonn O'Ciardha (UU) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Jaroslaw Pietrzak - The Sobieski: Polish royal family in the history of Europe.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 28:43


    Paper by Jaroslaw Pietrzak (Krakow) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Richard Maher - The Rescue and Escape of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 23:55


    Paper by Richard Maher (Rathmines / TUD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Estelle Gittins - Princess Clementina's Marriage Certificate and other Jacobite 'Relics' in the Library of Trinity College Dublin.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 14:38


    Paper by Estelle Gittins (TCD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Edward Corp - Clementina Sobieska at the Jacobite Court: a Catholic Queen confronted by her husband's Protestant favourites.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 20:56


    Paper by Edward Corp (Toulouse) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Declan Downey - The Habsburg-Hanoverian Alliance and its perspective on the Stuart-Sobieska match.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 23:59


    Paper by Declan Downey (UCD) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Aneta Markuszewska - Political allusions in musical compositions dedicated to James III Stuart and Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1719 Rome.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 19:51


    Paper by Aneta Markuszewska (Warsaw) at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'.

    Peter Leary - Mind your p's and queues: the past and the Irish border.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 36:44


    Keynote by Peter Leary (UCD) at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.

    Sucheta Mahajan - 'Bearing Witness' to 'Silence as Sanctuary': Remembering and Forgetting in Oral Histories of Conflict in India and Ireland.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 33:39


    Sucheta Mahajan's (JNU, New Delhi) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.

    John Coakley - The Irish border: the first hundred years.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 35:12


    John Coakley's (UCD) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.

    Debali Mookerjea-Leonard - Literature, Women, and the Partition of India: Borders, Bodies, Livelihoods.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 47:48


    Debali Mookerjea-Leonard's (James Madison University) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU.

    Stathis Kalyvas - Violence in Civil War.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 20:03


    Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (Oxford) gives an overview of past research on violence in civil war as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.

    Glenda Gilmore - Writing the History of the American Civil War.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 18:07


    Prof. Glenda Gilmore (Yale / UCD) talks about writing the history of the American Civil War as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.

    Anne Dolan - Writing the History of the Irish Civil War.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 15:30


    Dr. Anne Dolan (Trinity College Dublin) talks about writing the history of the Irish Civil War as part of 'Writing the History of Civil War', a UCD Centre for War Studies seminar.

    Writing the History of Civil War (UCD War Studies).

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 95:00


    This UCD Centre for War Studies seminar gathered some of the leading scholars of civil wars to discuss their unique approaches to the subject.

    Linda Colley - Inscribing a Modern World: Constitutions Across Histories and Literatures.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 63:19


    Professor Linda Colley's 2018 UCD Arts and Humanities Annual Lecture.

    Thomas Cummins - Writ Large: Printing, Painting, and Conversion in 16th Century America.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 82:37


    Keynote lecture from Typography, Illustration and Ornamentation in the Early Modern Iberian Book world, 1450-1800.

    The Rarest Books in the World, interview with Lindsay Doyle.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 9:10


    With the 'Sole Survivors' exhibit, Marsh's Library will display 32 incredibly rare books and materials for the public.

    Myth, War and the Comics.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 20:50


    Episode 3 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.

    Martin Sheridan: the life of an Irish-American Olympian.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 7:26


    This podcast, from UCD's Dr Paul Rouse, discusses the life of Irish-American athlete Martin Sheridan.

    World War Two and the Comics of the 1950s.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 14:12


    Episode 2 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.

    Boys' Adventure Comics in 1950s Britain.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 9:41


    Episode 1 of 'Boys' Adventure Comics and World War Two', a series of podcasts by UCD History graduate Sean Murray.

    A History of International Women's Day.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 4:44


    In this episode Abigail Smith (MA in Public History at UCD) takes a look at the history of International Women's Day.

    David Rieff. In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 36:19


    This episode features a lecture by David Rieff as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. The lecture, 'In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and its Ironies', was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).

    Michael Staunton. Thomas Becket and the Invasion of Ireland.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 31:20


    Podcast of Associate Professor Michael Staunton's paper recorded at Dublin City Council's medieval symposium on The Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr.

    Justin Dolan Stover. Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2017 33:34


    This episode features a paper by Professor Justin Dolan Stover (Idaho). The paper - 'Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution' - was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).

    Timothy D. Snyder. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 92:07


    Professor Timothy D.Snyder discusses some of the ideas behind his book - 'Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning' - at UCD History.

    Judith Devlin on the Russian Revolution.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 28:01


    UCD's Professor Judith Devlin discusses the Russian Revolution of 1917.

    James Belich. Globalisation, Connectivity, Globalisation, and Divergence over Five Millennia: An Approach to Global History.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2017 53:22


    Lecture by Prof James Belich (Oxford) at the 2017 SouthHem Seminar Series at University College Dublin.

    Matthew Lewis. Northern experiences of the Civil War's aftermath.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 33:12


    This episode features a paper by Dr Matthew Lewis. The paper - 'Northern experiences of the Civil War's aftermath' - was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).

    Anne Dolan. Divisions after the Irish Civil War.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 34:07


    This episode features a paper by Dr Anne Dolan (TCD). The paper - 'Divisions after the Irish Civil War' - was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).

    Gavin Foster. Local and Family Memory of the Irish Civil War.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 33:42


    This episode features a paper by Dr Gavin Foster (Concordia). The paper - 'Local and Family Memory of the Irish Civil War' - was introduced by Dr Marie Coleman (QUB).

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