History Hub at UCD
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History Hub is based at the School of History, University College Dublin. Our ambition is to make the most recent academic research available on-line to everyone who loves history.
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Thanks @ciaranon.bsky.social - it was such an honour to write this with Carole and Roisin, two scholars and friends I’ve learned so much from. Thanks to @irishhistsoc.bsky.social, in particular @elainefarrell.bsky.social & @clodaghtait.bsky.social
Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning.
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
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'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
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Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century
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December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thanks @ciaranon.bsky.social - it was such an honour to write this with Carole and Roisin, two scholars and friends I’ve learned so much from. Thanks to @irishhistsoc.bsky.social, in particular @elainefarrell.bsky.social & @clodaghtait.bsky.social
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Great historiographical piece by Lindsey Earner-Bynre, Roisin Higgins & Carole Holohan. Subtle on revisionism, really helpful discussion of method, and powerful on the intersection between work on respectability, the experiential turn, & the unofficial archive.
Great historiographical piece by Lindsey Earner-Bynre, Roisin Higgins & Carole Holohan. Subtle on revisionism, really helpful discussion of method, and powerful on the intersection between work on respectability, the experiential turn, & the unofficial archive.
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century
www.cambridge.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Great historiographical piece by Lindsey Earner-Bynre, Roisin Higgins & Carole Holohan. Subtle on revisionism, really helpful discussion of method, and powerful on the intersection between work on respectability, the experiential turn, & the unofficial archive.
Great historiographical piece by Lindsey Earner-Bynre, Roisin Higgins & Carole Holohan. Subtle on revisionism, really helpful discussion of method, and powerful on the intersection between work on respectability, the experiential turn, & the unofficial archive.
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Including me!
Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...
Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts
Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Including me!
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Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...
Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts
Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...
historyhub.ie
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...
Delighted to present podcasts from the 2025 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference, which took place @ucddublin.bsky.social last month. Lots of wonderful papers to listen to, including keynotes by Danielle Clarke and Ruth Canning. Listen on Apple ¦ Soundcloud ¦ Spotify historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Delighted to present podcasts from the 2025 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference, which took place @ucddublin.bsky.social last month. Lots of wonderful papers to listen to, including keynotes by Danielle Clarke and Ruth Canning. Listen on Apple ¦ Soundcloud ¦ Spotify historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...
🚨 Details on upcoming @ucddublin.bsky.social Lifelong Learning History courses for 2025 / 2026 have been announced. These courses are short in duration, generally running over 4 or 8 sessions, and are open to all adult learners. historyhub.ie/lifelong-lea... Options include:
Open and Lifelong Learning History Courses - History Hub
UCD offers a variety of study options and entry pathways, ranging from full-time degrees to short-term courses for pure interest. Lifelong Learning offers all adult learners the opportunity to explore...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨 Details on upcoming @ucddublin.bsky.social Lifelong Learning History courses for 2025 / 2026 have been announced. These courses are short in duration, generally running over 4 or 8 sessions, and are open to all adult learners. historyhub.ie/lifelong-lea... Options include:
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The latest #CulturalHeritage blog post, 'Stories through art: The Eviction by Lady Elizabeth Butler' has been published!
Written by Claire Dunne, you can read the blog here: buff.ly/sBNHHTH
@ucddublin.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
Written by Claire Dunne, you can read the blog here: buff.ly/sBNHHTH
@ucddublin.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The latest #CulturalHeritage blog post, 'Stories through art: The Eviction by Lady Elizabeth Butler' has been published!
Written by Claire Dunne, you can read the blog here: buff.ly/sBNHHTH
@ucddublin.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
Written by Claire Dunne, you can read the blog here: buff.ly/sBNHHTH
@ucddublin.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
As part of Taster Week at UCD Access and Lifelong Learning, Dr Sarah Feehan will give a free talk on 'America: A Global Leader in the 21st Century?' tomorrow in @ucddublin at 2pm. Details: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
August 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As part of Taster Week at UCD Access and Lifelong Learning, Dr Sarah Feehan will give a free talk on 'America: A Global Leader in the 21st Century?' tomorrow in @ucddublin at 2pm. Details: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
Taster week at UCD Access and Lifelong Learning continues tomorrow with 'Who do you think you are? An introduction to Irish family history' with Dr Thomas Tormey at @ucddublin.bsky.social The talk is free and takes place at 12pm.
hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Taster week at UCD Access and Lifelong Learning continues tomorrow with 'Who do you think you are? An introduction to Irish family history' with Dr Thomas Tormey at @ucddublin.bsky.social The talk is free and takes place at 12pm.
hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
**Tomorrow morning** as part of UCD ALL taster week, Dr Morgan Wait presents 'Ireland in the 1960s - An Overview'. This is a free preview of the @ucddublin.bsky.social Lifelong Learning course: 'From Lemass to Dickie Rock: the History of Ireland in the 1960s'. hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
August 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
**Tomorrow morning** as part of UCD ALL taster week, Dr Morgan Wait presents 'Ireland in the 1960s - An Overview'. This is a free preview of the @ucddublin.bsky.social Lifelong Learning course: 'From Lemass to Dickie Rock: the History of Ireland in the 1960s'. hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
**Tomorrow** as part of taster week, an online preview of the Lifelong Learning course: A History of UCD. The taster looks specifically at the relocation of the @ucddublin.bsky.social campus to Belfield and student protest movements hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
August 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
**Tomorrow** as part of taster week, an online preview of the Lifelong Learning course: A History of UCD. The taster looks specifically at the relocation of the @ucddublin.bsky.social campus to Belfield and student protest movements hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
Next week is Lifelong Learning Taster Week at @ucddublin.bsky.social These lectures give the opportunity to meet other learners and get a flavour of what UCD Lifelong Learning courses have to offer. Lectures include: UCD: A History (with Dr Jeremiah Garsha) on 19 August. hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Next week is Lifelong Learning Taster Week at @ucddublin.bsky.social These lectures give the opportunity to meet other learners and get a flavour of what UCD Lifelong Learning courses have to offer. Lectures include: UCD: A History (with Dr Jeremiah Garsha) on 19 August. hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_RE...
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These are two great podcasts/panel discussions. Among the many delights in it is Ailbhe Smith's* story telling; engaging, empathetic, funny and illustrative.
The second session on archiving was also really interesting.
* At least, I think it was Ailbhe. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The second session on archiving was also really interesting.
* At least, I think it was Ailbhe. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Delighted to present podcasts from @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social workshops - LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward. Panels included: History of LGBT Activism in Ireland; Documenting the Movement; and Writing Histories.
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - History Hub
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward is a UCD project which comprised of two workshops which were organised by Dr Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partners...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
These are two great podcasts/panel discussions. Among the many delights in it is Ailbhe Smith's* story telling; engaging, empathetic, funny and illustrative.
The second session on archiving was also really interesting.
* At least, I think it was Ailbhe. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The second session on archiving was also really interesting.
* At least, I think it was Ailbhe. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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My @researchireland.ie project 'LGBT+ Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward'. Panels & podcasts from (1)History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (2)Where We’re Going – Backlash, Solidarity, and Mobilising 👉 historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - History Hub
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward is a UCD project which comprised of two workshops which were organised by Dr Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partners...
historyhub.ie
June 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My @researchireland.ie project 'LGBT+ Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward'. Panels & podcasts from (1)History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (2)Where We’re Going – Backlash, Solidarity, and Mobilising 👉 historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
Delighted to present podcasts from @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social workshops - LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward. Panels included: History of LGBT Activism in Ireland; Documenting the Movement; and Writing Histories.
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - History Hub
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward is a UCD project which comprised of two workshops which were organised by Dr Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partners...
historyhub.ie
May 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Delighted to present podcasts from @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social workshops - LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward. Panels included: History of LGBT Activism in Ireland; Documenting the Movement; and Writing Histories.
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Prof. Robert Gerwarth @ucddublin reflects on the place of World War II in 20th century history and also how the memory of the conflict speaks to us in the present. youtu.be/gpNmhfYjwis
Robert Gerwarth - World Wars and a Changing Europe | Lecture on the 80th anniversary of end of WWII
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May 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Prof. Robert Gerwarth @ucddublin reflects on the place of World War II in 20th century history and also how the memory of the conflict speaks to us in the present. youtu.be/gpNmhfYjwis
In the final episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss return back to the archive and pluck their final tape, which is Harlan’s interview with Irish politician and managing director of the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social, Ernest Blythe.
Recording the Revolution: The Harlan Strauss Tapes - History Hub
In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared the...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In the final episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss return back to the archive and pluck their final tape, which is Harlan’s interview with Irish politician and managing director of the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social, Ernest Blythe.
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan are discussing Harlan's fascinating interview with Maire Comerford. historyhub.ie/recording-th...
April 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan are discussing Harlan's fascinating interview with Maire Comerford. historyhub.ie/recording-th...
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss are taking a look at Harlan's interview with James M Dillon, the former leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965 and son of the Home Rule MP John Dillon.
March 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss are taking a look at Harlan's interview with James M Dillon, the former leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965 and son of the Home Rule MP John Dillon.
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss pluck their second tape from the archive and discuss Harlan’s illuminating interview with the printer of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Christopher “Christy” Brady.
March 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss pluck their second tape from the archive and discuss Harlan’s illuminating interview with the printer of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Christopher “Christy” Brady.
'Crafting and Craftivism' is final episode of the Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast. Anna Muggeridge, Deirdre Connery & Joan Houston consider how ‘craftivism’ has been used by women’s organisations to raise awareness of complex and challenging issues historyhub.ie/womens-grass...
March 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
'Crafting and Craftivism' is final episode of the Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast. Anna Muggeridge, Deirdre Connery & Joan Houston consider how ‘craftivism’ has been used by women’s organisations to raise awareness of complex and challenging issues historyhub.ie/womens-grass...
Pleasure to be involved in producing this great series. Check out all 5 episode on History Hub historyhub.ie/womens-grass...
March 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pleasure to be involved in producing this great series. Check out all 5 episode on History Hub historyhub.ie/womens-grass...
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Amazing to work with fab members of @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social ICA & Fed of WI of Northern Ireland on #WGAPodcast. @ruthdav.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social Anna Muggeridge & myself v grateful to them + #AHRC & @historyhub.bsky.social for making it happen 😍.
📢 All 5 episodes of #AHRC #WGAPodcast now available to download & listen to via @ucddublin.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy this unique insight into #womensgrassrootsactivism across Ireland & England. Please re-post & share link to spread the word 🙂.
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Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series - History Hub
This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Iris...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Amazing to work with fab members of @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social ICA & Fed of WI of Northern Ireland on #WGAPodcast. @ruthdav.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social Anna Muggeridge & myself v grateful to them + #AHRC & @historyhub.bsky.social for making it happen 😍.
Ep 1 of 'Recording the Revolution: The Harlan Strauss Tapes' now available. Episode focuses on General Seán MacEoin and features Conor Mulvagh, Harlan Strauss, and Catherine O'Mahony along with clips from Harlan's interview with MacEoin, which was recorded in March 1972 historyhub.ie/recording-th...
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ep 1 of 'Recording the Revolution: The Harlan Strauss Tapes' now available. Episode focuses on General Seán MacEoin and features Conor Mulvagh, Harlan Strauss, and Catherine O'Mahony along with clips from Harlan's interview with MacEoin, which was recorded in March 1972 historyhub.ie/recording-th...
In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle. Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth.
March 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle. Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth.