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. Our podcasts feature historians talking about a whole range of subjects from medieval to modern history, both Irish and international. We also have a From the Archives section featuring archival documents and a History and Policy section, where historians contribute to current policy debates.
Please explore our content, listen to our podcasts, watch our videos, read our posts, and learn about how you can study history at UCD.
Dr Irial Glynn
UCD Historian and Editor of History Hub
History at UCD
UCD School of History offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate options for study. Alongside the full-time options there are part-time options for those wishing to explore history at university without having to undertake assignments and exams via UCD’s innovative Open and Lifelong Learning programme.
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Latest Posts
Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts
Since 2011, researchers from a range of disciplines including History, Irish, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. History Hub, in association with Real Smart Media, has produced more than 290 podcasts from these conferences.
Military Welfare History Network – Conference Podcasts
The Military Welfare History Network provides a networking and dissemination platform for scholars who are research active in military welfare history.
In 2024 the Military Welfare History Network (MWHN) hosted its third international conference at the University of Leeds on 20 and 21 June. Led by Prof Jessica Meyer, the organising team hosted a two-day event at Leeds on the theme of ‘Economies of Military Welfare: conversations between past and present’. The conference was generously supported by the University of Leeds and the Economic History Society. Two papers recorded at the conference are now available to podcast.
A History of Xenophobia
History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is: what causes xenophobia? Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?
Open and Lifelong Learning History Courses
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 a subject of their choice without the pressure of an examination. Open Learning is a flexible way of studying history part-time at UCD. Explore your UCD History options for the coming year.
Explore our podcasts
History Hub first started podcasting talks, lectures and interviews in 2011. Since then we have had over 1.7 million downloads across more than 20 different podcast series.
History Hub podcast series feature interviews, conference presentations and research papers on everything from the Easter Rising to the cult of Stalin, from early Christian Ireland through the Tudor and Stuart monarchs to contemporary Europe. Many of our podcasts are posted directly to the site but for convenient access to our entire archive, users can subscribe (completely free of charge) to our podcast series on Apple, Spotify, Soundcloud and via RSS feed.
At History Hub we enjoy collaborating with historians across the world, history conferences and associations, in creating podcasts. Since 2011 we have been privileged to collaborate with the Tudor and Stuart Ireland in producing podcasts. Renowned historian Professor Michael Laffan honoured us by recording his final semester of lectures at UCD in 2010. His series The Irish Revolution was the most popular podcast in Ireland shortly after launch.
Congratulations to our editor Dr Irial Glynn @UCDHistory on the award of an @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for his ‘SOS’ project, which will investigate the history of boat refugees since the 1940s https://t.co/pj57AlLdUD
— History Hub.ie (@HistoryHub_ie) January 31, 2023
