Women's History Association of Ireland

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The aim of the Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) is to promote research into the history of women in Ireland, to bring together scholars in Irish women's history, to recognise excellence in research and to promote public engagement with women's history in an Irish context. The WHAI is a…

Women's History Association of Ireland


    • Mar 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Cumann na mBan, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Split, 1922; A Symposium

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 122:32


    UCD Gender Studies and Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) presents 'Cumann na mBan, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Split, 1922; A symposium' (25/02/22)

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    Ruth Karras - Mutilation as Gendered Punishment: State Violence and Sexual Transgression in Medieval Europe (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 55:59


    The first keynote at the 2020/21 WHAI Annual conference was given by Prof. Ruth Karras (Trinity College Dublin).

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    Political Investigations, Legal Archives and Women's Testimonies of Sexual Violence (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 46:52


    Keynote panel with Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD), Prof. Rosemary Byrne (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Prof. Stephanie McCurry (Columbia) at the WHAI Annual conference.

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    Sinead Kennedy - Antigone's Daughters: Gender, Reproduction and the Irish State (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 53:10


    The third keynote at the 2020/21 WHAI Annual conference was given by Dr Sinead Kennedy (Maynooth) at the WHAI Annual conference.

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    Susie Deedigan - Republican women and prisoner support organisations, 1939-45 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 23:15


    It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!’: republican women and prisoner support organisations, 1939-45.

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    Dieter Reinisch - Ideological and organization continuities of dissident republican women, 1986-2021 (WHAI Conference).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 21:36


    The Irish republican movement in abeyance: Ideological and organization continuities of dissident republican women, 1986-2021.

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    Charlotte Aslesen - The emotional impact of hunger striking and forcible feeding on male Republicans, 1916-1921 (WHAI).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 16:20


    I suffered indescribable pain: The emotional impact of hunger striking and forcible feeding on male Republicans, 1916-1921.

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    Elaine Callinan - Propaganda and women in elections from 1918 to 1920 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 19:26


    'The best feminist propaganda that is being done is being done by the mere fact of voting': Propaganda and women in elections from 1918 to 1920.

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    Liz Kyte - 'Radicalised Bodies': Irish Socialist Feminists and Anti-Militarism, 1913-1923 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 33:38


    'Radicalised Bodies': Irish Socialist Feminists and Anti-Militarism, 1913-1923 by Dr Liz Kyte.

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    Gerri O'Neill - 'Sex for Secrets? The IRA’s ‘honey-trap’ operation, 1920-21' (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 23:23


    'Radicalised Bodies': Irish Socialist Feminists and Anti-Militarism, 1913-1923 by Dr Liz Kyte.

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    Susan Byrne - Gender and sexual violence during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War (1919-1923) (WHAI Conference).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 21:42


    Gender and sexual violence during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War (1919-1923) by Susan Byrne.

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    Leeann Lane - 'War on women': violence and the female Civil War prison (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 24:54


    ''War on women': violence and the female Civil War prison' by Dr Leeann Lane (DCU).

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    Mary McAuliffe - The Dublin Brigade in Kerry, 1923: gendered militancy and violence against women during the Civil War (WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 24:37


    'The Dublin Brigade in Kerry, 1923: gendered militancy and violence against women during the Civil War' (WHAI).

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    Closing remarks at 'Why Not A Woman? Celebrating Women in Public and Private life in Ireland, 1918-2018' (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 53:03


    The final panel at the 2018 WHAI conference featured Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG), Sinead McCoole (DCHG), and Senator Ivana Bacik. Chair: Catriona Crowe.

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    History, Activism and Feminism: The Personal is Political, 1970-2018 (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 76:11


    Panel 4 featured: Mary Maher, Mary Dorcey and Prof Linda Connolly. Chair: Vincent Browne.

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    Women on the Margins: Contemporary Issues, Historical Debates (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 86:55


    Panel 3 featured: Prof Lucy McDiarmaid (Montclair), Dr Ciara Breathnach (UL), Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG), Donnah Vuma (UL). Chair: Catherine Heaney (NMI).

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    Collecting and Presenting Women's Material Culture (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 89:56


    Panel 2 featured: Mona Holm (IAWM), Sinead McCoole (DCHG), Kate Cunningham (WMI), Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald (UCD). Chair: Dr John Bowman.

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    Celebrating Women in Public Life: Family reflections and legacy (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 75:13


    Panel 1 featured: Brian Fennell (husband of Nuala Fennell), Tom Ferris (husband of Nimah Bhreathnach), and Brian Lynch (son of Celia Lynch). Chair: Claire McGing.

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