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Commemoration Special: JFK assassination
History Hub presents a number of documents relating to reaction in Ireland to the assassination of John F Kennedy on the 22nd of November 1963.
Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution
Justin Dolan Stover is Assistant Professor of transnational European history at Idaho State University. As part of the AHRC-funded project: ‘Commemorating Partition and Civil Wars in Ireland, 2020-23’, Stover gave a paper in QUB in October 2017. The paper – Toward an Environmental History of the Irish Revolution – is now available to podcast.
Podcasts: The Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr Symposium
The Abbey of St. Thomas the Martyr was founded in the 12th century and played a pivotal role in the religious and political affairs of Dublin city until its dissolution in 1539. In October 2017, Dublin City Council organised a weekend of events to celebrate the Abbey and a symposium on the history of the Abbey took place in St Catherine’s Church, Thomas Street on 14 October.
Timothy Snyder – The Holocaust as History and Warning
Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale) visited UCD School of History in October 2017 where he gave a talk based on his book ‘Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning’. In this work, which was first published in 2015, Snyder argues that by overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future.
Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the 16th and 17th centuries
In episode 14 of History Hub’s podcast series – ‘Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898‘ – Dr Amelia Almorza Hidalgo is in conversation with series host Dr Edward Collins. In the episode, which is available to podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud, they discuss Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries..
