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Irish Studies
Religion December 7, 2023

Borders of Belief

Religious Nationalism and the Formation of Identity in Ireland and Turkey

Gregory J. Goalwin

Hosted by Keith Krueger
Despite theories to the contrary, religious nationalism, and the use of religion to determine membership in the national community, has continued to play a role in processes of identification in …

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Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Irish Studies November 20, 2023

The Wolfhounds of Irish-American Nationalism

A History of Clan Na Gael, 1867-present

Seán Creagh

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
As Ireland's oldest revolutionary movement and America's oldest transatlantic nationalist organization this is the first book covering the entire history of Clan na Gael. Formed in 1867 and existing up …
Irish Studies November 11, 2023

Power, Politics and Territory in the ‘New Northern Ireland’

Girdwood Barracks and the Story of the Peace Process

Elizabeth DeYoung

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
In the wake of the Good Friday Agreement, the redevelopment of the former Girdwood Army Barracks in North Belfast was hailed as a ‘symbol of hope’ for Northern Ireland. It …
Literary Studies November 8, 2023

Seamus Heaney’s Afterlives

A Discussion with Joseph Nugent and Vera Kreilkamp

Joseph Nugent and Vera Kreilkamp

Hosted by John Yargo
In 1995, Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. During his speech, he explained that the adequacy of lyric poetry spoke to the “‘temple inside our hearing’ which …
General History November 4, 2023

The Great Defiance

How the World Took on the British Empire

David Veevers

Hosted by Michael Vann
The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. In fact, far …
Irish Studies October 31, 2023

Dublin

Mapping the City

Joseph Brady and Paul Ferguson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Until the twentieth century and the arrival of aerial images …
Irish Studies October 28, 2023

Indian, Black and Irish

Indigenous Nations, African Peoples, European Invasions, 1492-1790

James V. Fenelon

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
In this interview James Fenelon discusses his new book entitled Indian, Black and Irish: Indigenous Nations, African Peoples, European Invasions, 1492-1790, recently published with Routledge (2023). The book traces 50 …
Human Rights October 27, 2023

Reparations and War

Finding Balance in Repairing the Past

Luke Moffett

Hosted by Lavinia Stan
For thousands of years, reparations have been used to secure the end of war and to alleviate its deleterious consequences. While human rights law establishes that victims have a right …
British Studies September 27, 2023

The Year that Shaped the Victorian Age

Lives, Loves and Letters of 1845

Michael Wheeler

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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What was special about 1845 and why does it deserve particular scrutiny? In The Year that Shaped the Victorian Age: Lives, Loves and Letters of 1845 (Cambridge UP, 2022), one …
British Studies September 21, 2023

The Happiness of the British Working Class

Jamie Bronstein

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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For working-class life writers in nineteenth century Britain, happiness was a multifaceted emotion: a concept that could describe experiences of hedonic pleasure, foster and deepen social relationships, drive individuals to …
General History September 16, 2023

An Introduction to the Irish Civil War

John O'Donovan

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
During the Irish Civil War, events of late 1922 and early 1923 together with waves of 'dishonourable' killings created poisoned relations between Republicans and 'Free Staters' which would last for …
Critical Theory September 15, 2023

Imperial Island

An Alternative History of the British Empire

Charlotte Lydia Riley

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
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Can Britain escape from being a nation trapped in its past? In Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin, 2023), Charlotte Lydia Riley, an Associate Professor of History in …
Irish Studies August 19, 2023

House and Home in Georgian Ireland

Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life

Conor Lucey

Hosted by Crawford Gribben
Conor Lucey's book House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life (Four Courts Press, 2022) explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland …
Irish Studies August 18, 2023

No Way Out

The Irish in Wartime France, 1939–1945

Isadore Ryan

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
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The experiences of the Irish in France during the war were overshadowed by the threat of internment or destitution. Up to 2,000 Irish people were stuck in occupied France after …
Irish Studies July 30, 2023

Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States, 1688-1815

Finola O'Kane

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States, 1688-1815 (Yale University Press, 2023) by Dr. Finola O’Kane explores how revolutionary ideas were translated into landscape design, encompassing liberty …
Irish Studies June 27, 2023

Gender and Punishment in Ireland

Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 1922-64

Lynsey Black

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
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Dr Lynsey Black is a lecturer in criminology, in the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University. She researches in the areas of gender and punishment, the death penalty, historical …
Irish Studies June 18, 2023

Broken Irelands

Literary Form in Post-Crash Irish Fiction

Mary M. McGlynn

Hosted by Colleen English
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In this interview Mary M. McGlynn, Professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY, discusses her new book Broken Irelands: Literary Form in Post-Crash Irish Fiction (Syracuse University Press, 2022). While …
Early Modern History May 24, 2023

Intelligence and Espionage in the English Republic C. 1600-60

Alan Marshall

Hosted by Crawford Gribben
Alan Marshall's book Intelligence and Espionage in the English Republic C. 1600-60 (Manchester UP, 2023) is a richly detailed account of the ideas and activities in the early-modern 'secret state' and its …
British Studies May 2, 2023

A Mighty Fleet and the King's Power

The Isle of Man, AD 400 To 1265

Tim Clarkson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Situated in the middle of the Irish Sea, the Isle of Man is like a stepping-stone between the lands that surround it. In medieval times, it played an important role …
Irish Studies April 2, 2023

Democracy and Dissent in the Irish Free State

Opposition, Decolonization, and Majority Rights

Jason Knirck

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Jason Knirck is the chair of the History Department at Central Washington University. He is a modern Irish historian who also teaches British and western European history. His research concerns …