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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 college and opened in 1954. In this episode we chat about the history of the ICA and its activities over the past 100 years to learn more about the contribution of this national women's organisation to Irish history, Irish society and to the everyday lives of women in Ireland.

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.

Closing Plenary at the 2024 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference by Hiram Morgan (UCC). Going Dutch - Ireland and the Low Countries 1491 to 1691.

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.

Podcast of Stephanie Wright's keynote at Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference at the University of Leeds.

Podcast of Geoffrey Hayes' paper at Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference at the University of Leeds.

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'.

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's Ghosts and his screenplay for the widely acclaimed and BAFTA nominated BBC drama "A Short Stay in Switzerland" which tells the story of Dr Anne Turner who chose to end her life in a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland in January 2006.

'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).

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'.

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'.

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'.

'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).

In this episode, a recording of Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture for 2024 by Prof. Doris Bergen.

'Eire Saor agus Gaelach? - The Military Service Pensions Collection and the Irish language' by Dr Siobhra Aiken (QUB).

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.

The event was organised and funded under the auspices of the UCD College of Arts and Humanities Research Strand in Digital Cultures.

1923 - Hitler's Breakthrough Year, Holocaust Education Ireland November Pogrom lecture by Dr Mark Jones (UCD).

Live Podcast Recording at the 2023 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference - Pat Palmer (Maynooth) in conversation with Brendan Kane (UCONN).

The murder of Walter Rathenau and the survival of Weimar democracy. Mark Jones on the year 1923.